![Jefferson's Creighton Robinson (white) drives the ball against Iowa City West's Dondre Alexander (left) and Jeremy Morgan (20) for the go-ahead basket late in Friday's game at Jefferson. Alexander's basket with 1:30 left lifted the top-ranked Trojans past No. 8 Jefferson, 50-49. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)](/images/photos/jefferson/boysbasketball/1.06.12 crj bbk robinson.jpg)
No. 1 Trojans block J-Hawks at buzzer
Taylor Olson nearly wrote a storybook ending for the Jefferson High School basketball team Friday night.
Unfortunately for Olson and the J-Hawks, Dondre Alexander had an eraser and rewrote the script.
Alexander scored the go-ahead basket for top-ranked Iowa City West and blocked Olson's shot at the buzzer as the Trojans escaped with a 50-49 victory at the Jefferson gym.
The J-Hawks rallied from a 16-point deficit, held the high-powered Trojans to just two points in the fourth quarter and gave themselves a chance to win at the end.
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