Marco Jauregui's three-point with just under eight seconds remaining gave Gibraltar the 59-57 win over Southern Door for their second win of the campaign Tuesday night in Fish Creek.
The Eagles' Lauden Berg and the Vikings' Kayin Jackson showed why they are among the best in the conference in driving the ball to the hoop as the two traded buckets early on. Three pointers from Landon Vandertie and Talon Mueller helped stretch the lead out to double digits before the Vikings brought it back to a 22-18 ball game in the closing minutes. A pair of threes from Dawson Schwartz and a few more Berg buckets stretched the lead back to 14 points as the Eagles went a 10-0 run. The rally was broken when Jackson hit a running shot from distance to close the half with the Vikings trailing the Eagles 32-21 at the break.
The two teams played even for the first 10 minutes of the second half before the Vikings were able to finally whittle away at the Eagles' lead and get it to single digits. Vandertie and Schwartz made big baskets down the stretch to keep the Vikings at a distance, only to have Finn Bremer, Jauregui, and Jackson get it to within a single possession late. Trailing by one with less than 30 seconds remaining, the Vikings were able drain the clock down to set up Jauregui's herorics.
A last-second shot from Berg came up empty, giving the Vikings their second win of the season and prevented the Eagles from building on their win over Marinette on Monday.
Jackson scored a game-high 28 points for the Vikings with Jauregui adding 19 points and Aaron Brey, Wyatt Bultman, and Bremer all chipping in with four points. Berg ended his evening with 17 points to pace the Eagles while Vandertie added 12 points and Eli Jadin joined Schwartz with eight-point efforts.
Both teams are back in action on Saturday when the Vikings travel to Sturgeon Bay to take on the Clippers at 2 p.m. while the Eagles look to rebound against Kewaunee at 7 p.m.