Box Score CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL. - Big players make big plays.

Prairie State needed the leading scorer in the country to make a play at the end of its Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference matchup against Waubonsee. That's exactly what sophomore Jared Johnson did. 

The Chiefs held the All-American candidate for most of the game but Johnson drilled a contested 3-pointer with 11 seconds remaining helping the Pioneers to a 78-76 victory. The win is the ninth consecutive win for Prairie State. 

The Pioneers trailed for much of the game but finally took the lead when Wil Mendez hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to give his team its first lead of the second half. The lead was short lived as Waubonsee scored the next five points, but Prairie State inched its way back setting the stage for Johnson's big shot. 

Mendez finished with 16 points and hit four triples. Johnson finished with a team-high 19 points. Six Pioneers finished with double digits. Breion Hill (12), Rashaad Williams (11), Tyler Houston (10) and Jalen Sparks (10) round out the double digit scorers. Houston was outstanding with nine assists and eight rebounds. Johnson had five assists and 13 rebounds. Hill had a double-double adding 11 rebounds. Hill was also a force at the rim with four blocks.

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