HAMPSHIRE – Crystal Lake Central's Corban Murphy had seen it before, but perhaps not at that magnitude or in a bigger moment.

Point guard Brad Knoeppel was in the middle of everything for the Tigers in their winner-takes-first-place game with Hampshire. Whenever the Whip-Purs edged closer, Knoeppel hit another shot, picked up a steal or whipped a sharp pass for an assist.

“He stepped up big for us in the second half,” Murphy said. “Once he makes one, he just takes off. He gets that look in his eye.”