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Carroll s season ends in regional semifinals
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
Lafayette Jefferson beat Carroll 52-46 to knock Carroll out of the Class 4A state tournament in the Logansport regional semifinal Saturday afternoon.
The Chargers (18-7) took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter and led by as much as 39-33 early in the fourth quarter after Sam Strycker hit two free throws, but the Bronchos (25-2) wrestled back the lead with a 12-0 scoring streak fueled by Brooks Barnhizer, Brady Preston and Jahsiah Kirk-Williams. Six of those 12 points came at the free throw line.
The fourth quarter Jefferson run started with about five minutes left in the game, around the time that Carroll junior Jalen Jackson left the game holding his back after he crashed backwards into the second row of bleachers. He returned to the court and ended the Bronchos scoring streak with a drive to the basket that cut the Jefferson lead to 45-41, but would not score again, finishing the game w