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Photo Gallery: A Basketball Rivalry Classic

St. Edward hosts St. Ignatius in basketball showdown.

Posted Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:50 am ET|Updated Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:45 pm ET

What is a rivalry without lots of excitement?

Where there is and St. Ignatius athletes (and fans) in the same building you get both.

And it was a thriller.

The gym at St. Edward was packed — crowds of people huddled in the corner of the gym trying to get a peek at the game. Some even stood in the lobby.

The Eagles — led by Elijah Brown with 20 points — had control throughout most of the game. And pulled away in the end.

The victory gave St. Edward the season sweep over arch-rival St. Ignatius. The Eagles on Jan 28 by a much larger mark of 62-46.

Before a standing-room-only crowd, the Eagles won the contest 73-65.

Lakewood Patch was there to capture some of the best moments of the game.

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