Carlisle’s buzzer-beater gives Chargers chance to secure fifth place at Macomb-Western tourney

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | December 29, 2024
Illini West's Ethan Carlisle (left) and Wesley Robertson react to Carlisle's game-tying 3-pointer at the fourth quarter buzzer during Saturday's fifth place game against Eureka in the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament in Macomb, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

MACOMB, Ill. — It was only fitting that Ethan Carlisle stepped to the free-throw line in the final seconds of overtime and put the finishing touches on a fifth-place finish for the Illini West boys basketball team at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament. His heroics at the end of regulation were the reason the Chargers were…

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