Hard to believe one of those last second tips couldn't find the bottom of the net. Tough way to end the season against your arch rival, but I felt this team largely overachieved this year given the inexperience and overall talent level. While they seemed to play better early in the year as opposed to late, this was never a team that had a very high ceiling. I think they reached their peak right before they briefly held the #1 ranking in the state (which was more so by default than anything else).
Eagles will bring back their most important piece next year in Michael Bova, who should be one of the front-runners for POY in the NE Lakes District. Freer-Brown and Jair Knight, both very capable 5th men this year, should occupy the other guard spots. One of them will have to step up as a consistent scoring threat to pair with Bova. We were too reliant on him for offense this year. As Ignatius exhibited last night and in the second matchup, no one else on the team seemed capable of taking their man off the dribble when pressure was applied at the perimeter. The font court will be the bigger question mark. Lavelle is an underrated guy who is crafty around the basket and could become the second best scoring option, but he's not a banger down low. Wendell Henry saw decent minutes as a freshman, and could develop into a solid big. Maybe the Armstrong twins will be ready to contribute at the varsity level next year as sophomores. Other than them, I don't see much size coming up through the ranks.