The Southern Door Eagles boys’ basketball team gathered a conference win over the Oconto Blue Devils on Tuesday night, 43-41.

 

The close finish was due to a defensive battle all night between the two squads. The Eagles found themselves down early on and were outscored 25-16 to end the first half. Southern Door came out in the second half to put on a 11-3 scoring run over the Blue Devils to tie the game 33-33.

 

The Eagles and Blue Devils traded baskets until Southern Door's Nate Everard made a last moment shot to secure a victory over the undefeated Oconto program. It was his second buzzer beater in the last week. Everard led the Eagles with 13 points while Alex Daoust chipped in another 12 points. Caleb Moe led the Blue Devils with 11 points on the evening with two other players scoring eight. The Eagles move to 2-1 and face Peshtigo on Friday at home.