2025 BU commit- Matthew Zobrist

[Mikey]

Wanted to clarify about the Rudigers. Bill was Audie's uncle, not his father. Audie's dad was Bob Rudiger (Bill's younger brother). Audie was a freshman walk-on for Joe Stowell in the 1976-1977 season which was 3 or 4 years after freshman teams were disbanded.

[Da Coach]

Thanks for the info. It's hard to find that kind of background stuff. So take the Rudigers of Manlius off the list of fathers & sons in Bradley history.

[garbonie]

https://youtube.com/@digimaxsportsne...qJPAOA_lQ65thd Metamora game tonight

[Da Coach]

https://youtube.com/@digimaxsportsne...qJPAOA_lQ65thd Metamora game tonight

Here is the direct ink to the stream for tonight's Metamora-Kankakee game. It starts at 6:45 pm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDdESLNeRww

[yoda]

Halftime
Kankakee 30 - Metamora 24
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update- end of 3rd quarter
Kankakee 44 - Metamora 32

[yoda]

announcers noted that Zobrist is playing with a leg injury but didn't go into detail.
His shot is off and he is not moving well. Hopefully it is not a serious injury but against a very good team like Kankakee,
the injury might be the difference-maker.

Metamora battling back - 2 point game final minute


update
Metamora ties the game with 10 seconds left.

[Da Coach]

I'm hearing that Matthew got hurt in the 2nd half, but stayed in the game. That might have something to do with his low production in the 2nd half....

Yep, we reported about Matthew Zobrist's injury last week after the win over Dunlap. His leg injury is obviously affecting his shot. It's way off, and most of the shots are short. And other than Jonah Funk, who's having a nice game, the other Metamora players haven't stepped up much. As a result of Zobrist's limitations, Metamora was forced to play a zone defense the entire first half and into the 2nd half, and Kankakee capitalized by hitting a bunch of threes. Now they are in a man-to-man, but Kankakee is still getting good shots and making them.
Metamora down 9 now (53-44) with 3 minutes left.

[Da Coach]

Metamora made a run in the final 3+ minutes with Zobrist making a couple baskets to cut the Kankakee lead to just 2 points (53-51) with under a minute to go.

[Da Coach]

Kankakee ball with a timeout. The game is tied 53-53 with 9.7 seconds left.

Update- game going to overtime, tied 53-53.

[yoda]

Overtime!!
Tied 53-53
Great comeback by Metamora

[Da Coach]

Metamora was trailing 53-41 with 3 minutes left, then scored the final 12 points of the 4th quarter to tie the game.
In overtime, Metamora scored the first 6 points to take a 59-53 lead. There is now 1:40 left with Metamora shooting free throws.

[Da Coach]

Metamora scored 20 straight points to turn a 53-41 deficit into a 61-53 lead in overtime.
Kankakee is back within 4 (64-60), with 15 seconds left.

[yoda]

Final score in OT- amazing finish down the stretch and in OT....Zobrist nailing FT after FT...
Kankakee's season ends...
Metamora 65 - Kankakee 63
Metamora advances to the Sectional Final Friday 7pm against the winner of Peoria Centra/LaSalle-Peru

[Da Coach]

Metamora advances to the sectional final with a 65-63 win over Kankakee.
They will face the winner of the Peoria HS-LaSalle Peru game

Jonah Funk 22 points
Ashton Grieves 19 points
Matthew Zobrist 14 points

[yoda]

Ciproud.com will stream the game tonite between
Metamora & Peoria Central-
the link is not up yet but here’s the promo

if you go to ciproud.com, click on Sports across the top banner or drop-down, then choose Live Streaming Games

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