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Top Illinois high school basketball team wins at buzzer — again: Look

Homewood-Flossmoor guard Gianni Cobb, a Columbia commit, hits second game-winner over Thornton in a month

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

All Gianni Cobb had time to do was create separation, catch and release. The Homewood Flossmoor (Illinois) guard let a 3-point attempt go that splashed in to down Thornton on Sunday. 

Thornton led by one with 1.5 seconds left when Cobb, a Columbia commit, flashed out to the 3-point arc and drained a high-arcing shot to lift the Vikings (21-2) to a 65-63 win and send a packed South Holland crowd into a frenzy.

The thriller at the Chelby Frazier Memorial Shootout marks the second time Cobb has beat Thornton (20-3) at the buzzer this season. 

Top 25 Illinois high school boys basketball rankings (1/29/2024)

On Dec. 29, he had the winning bucked with two seconds left to lift Homewood-Flossmoor, the top-ranked team in Illinois, to a 53-52 win. 

Homewood-Flossmoor is 3-0 in SouthWest Suburban League 

Watch every angle of the play here:

-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebook.com | @sblivesports

Lead photo by Nate Latsch.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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