Jefferson holds off South Elgin

ROCKFORD - Jefferson finished its J-Hawk MLK Showcase 3-1 with a 57-43 win over South Elgin.

The J-Hawks raced out to a 10-2 lead, but the Storm slowed the game down and kept the deficit under double-digits for most of the second half.

Jefferson's Quillin Dixon, who was honored before the game for hitting 1,000 career points on Saturday, had his first good shooting game in the Showcase, leading the J-Hawks with 19 points. George Williams chipped in 14 and My'Quion Garrett had 13.

Vince Miszkiewicz led South Elgin with 11 points.

BOXSCORE

Jefferson 57, South Elgin 43

Jefferson ... 14  11  12  20 - 57
S. Elgin ..... 11   8    8   16 - 43

JEFFERSON - Dunner 2 0-0 4, G. Williams 5 0-0 14, Powell 1 1-1 3, J. Robinson 2 0-0 4, Dixon 6 3-3-3 19, Garrett 6 0-2 13. Totals 22 4-6 57.
SOUTH ELGIN - Montgomery 2 4-4 8, Ashby 1 0-0 2, Warrick 3 2-2 9, Rohr 4 0-0 9, Bimian 1 0-0 2, Miszkiewicz 4 3-5 11. Totals 16 9-11 43.
3-pt FG: Jefferson 9 (Williams 4, Dixon 4, Garrett), S. Elgin 2 (Warrick, Rohr).