The 6-3 junior scored 33 points, including six 3-pointers, in leading his Warriors to a marathon 'come-from-behind' 72-68 4OT victory over host Altamont to claim the championship of the 1A Altamont Sectional.

Younger brother of Loyola of Chicago freshman Jalen Quinn, the 2021-22 1A ABV “Player of the Year,” Jordan put his team on his back in the second half, and in the four extra sessions, as his team advanced to the SIU Carbondale Super-Sectional on Monday night.

“I had a great day at school but I knew all day long that this was the way to top it off,” said Quinn. “At halftime we diagnosed what was going on. We're a team that is capable of a lot. We knew our shots weren't falling but we knew we had to keep shooting and keep attacking and that's what we did. We brought our energy up and it brought us back. We knew that we had to stay composed and stay calm. We did not want to go out this way (lose) so we played our butt's off.”

The Warriors improved to 29-6 on the year while Altamont had its record breaking season come to a close.

Coach Justin Bozarth and his Warriors will now face Mounds Meridian at SIU Arena.

The Bobcats won the 1A Gallatin County Sectional defeating Webber Township, 74-69 on Friday night.

Five-nine sophomore guard Kam Sweetnam also came up big for the Warriors with 15 points while 5-9 junior backcourt mate Josiah Hortin notched 12.

Each connected on two 3-pointers and, after a cold beginning, heated up in the second half in front of a standing room only crowd at Altamont.

The Warriors hit 12 3-pointers in the contest as they won their first sectional title since 2005 and their sixth in the program's history.

Six-two senior Chris Boyd added seven points, all in the third quarter, as the Warriors rallied.

“Jordan Quinn is an all-stater and he plays like one. Every time we needed a basket he was confident in what he was doing. He was a monster on the boards defensively. He's special,” said Coach Bozarth. “Sweetnam is a sophomore who is fearless when he has the ball in his hands and he is willing to make the play all the time. The kids trust and believe in each other.”

Coach John Niebrugge and his Altamont team had their season come to an abrupt halt on Friday night, ending with a state-ranking, an undefeated National Trail Conference regular season to go with the conference tournament title and a 29-5 record for the regional champions.

Six-three senior guard Mason Robinson had his prep basketball career end with a 25 point performance while junior Dillan Elam added 17.

Senior Avery Jahraus ended up with 10 points for the Indians.

The excitement level at the beginning of the game was a wave that the hosts' rode into a big lead in the first half.

The Indians defense was strong and the offense was clicking as they jumped out to an early advantage.

Elam, Robinson and Jahraus all got hot in the first quarter.

Elam scored eight of his points in an early run while both Robinson and Jahraus connected from the outside.

Jahraus nailed down consecutive 3-point bombs to close the quarter with Altamont up 17-6.

Defensively the Indians clamped down on Tuscola, forcing a 2-of-15 shooting beginning for the visitors.

Things didn't get a whole lot better in the second quarter for the guests.

Quinn got his team going, scoring all seven of the squads' points.

But the Indians closed the half with an 8-0 run.

A score from senior guard Eric Hammer, who ended up with eight points on the night, triggered the quarter ending blitz.

A transition score from Eli Miller and consecutive baskets by 6-4 junior Kaidyn Miller closed the half at 27-13

Kaidyn Miller's buckets came on the inside, on a rebound and then a reverse lay in with :05 left.

The Warriors, having hit just 5-of-24 shots from the floor while committing six turnovers, were fortunate to be down only 14 at the break.

“In the first half we gave up lay up after lay up and uncontested 3's because we weren't getting back on defense,” said Coach Bozarth. “We were frustrated with the shots that we were taking. All we talked about at halftime is that if we can't allow them to have wide-open shots in transition and we need to force them to play in the half-court. That run in the third quarter got us back in the game because we got back on defense, got rebounds and we finally saw the ball go through the hoop a little bit.”

Coach Niebrugge can point to a 5:34 lull in the third quarter that allowed Tuscola back into the game as part of the Indians' season ending defeat.

Altamont came out in the third quarter and missed all five of their 3-point attempts and were just 2-of-11 from the field.

Ten consecutive offensive trips produced zero points, allowing Tuscola to get red hot.

The Warriors went on a 16-0 run to take their first lead of the game since an early 3-2 advantage.

Hortin and Quinn nailed down consecutive 3-pointers from the right wing and Boyd stepped out and hit a trifecta from near the top of the circle that forced an Altamont timeout at 31-25.

Sweetnam made it four straight made 3-pointers before 6-3 sophomore Parker James scored his first points of the game on a inbounds lob pass in the paint.

Two free throws by Boyd gave Tuscola a 32-31 lead with 1:29 left in the third quarter.

Robinson added two free throws as he was fouled as the buzzer sounded to end the quarter at 33-32 Altamont.

The two teams traded the lead in the fourth quarter three times before a final minute issue with the scoreboard had the potential to cost Tuscola the game in regulation.

With the Indians up 46-41, Quinn nailed down two straight long range shots.

The first one was just inside the 3-point line while the second one was clearly behind the arc with :38 remaining.

However the scoreboard showed that the shot was just a two-point shot.

While the Tuscola bench was trying to point out that the shot should have counted as a three, play went on with Altamont spreading the floor.

By the time the scoreboard was corrected, the Tuscola players thought that they needed to foul.

James fouled Elam with :09.4 left.

The Altamont junior missed both of his free throws but the second rebound went off of Quinn out-of-bounds.

A missed 3-pointer by Robinson sent the teams to the first overtime.

The Indians took a four-point lead to open the first extra session on a pair of free throws by Hammer and a drive in the lane by Robinson off of a spread offense.

But Quinn answered, hitting 1-of-3 free throws as he was fouled behind the 3-point line.

The next time he launched a trey he connected to even the game at 50-50 which sent the teams to the second OT.

Each team scored seven points in the second overtime sending the game on.

Altamont had its best chance to finally advance.

Six consecutive points to start the third overtime were all scored by Robinson with three drives to the basket off of a spread formation producing a 63-57 lead with 1:59 left.

Tuscola answered with two made 3-pointers from Hortin and Quinn that were sandwiched around a pair of missed free throws by Eli Miller.

By the time the two teams reached the fourth overtime, something had to give.

With the game even at 66-66, Tuscola finished the rally to reach the Elite Eight.

Quinn scored on an assist from Hortin, who had grabbed a rebound of his own missed shot.

The Indians committed three turnovers on their next four possessions to go with a missed 3-pointer.

The Warriors (Sweetnam and Quinn) hit 4-of-6 free throws in the final :39.5 to close out the win for Coach Bozarth and his club.

Statistically speaking, the numbers were just as wild as the contest.

Unofficially the Indians were 23-of-60 overall, 4-of-18 from the 3-point line while committing 13 turnovers and hitting 18-of-29 from the foul line.

Tuscola ended up winning the game because they were much better from outside.

Coach Bozarth's bunch nailed down 12-of-30 from long range and 22-of-59 overall.

The rebounding totals were dead even at 38-38 with Tuscola committing 15 turnovers.

After suffering the heart break of losing a double-overtime sectional championship game last March to Macon Meridian on a 70-foot 3-pointer at Effingham St. Anthony, Tuscola made amends and will now travel the 175 miles South to SIU Arena on Monday.

“It is indescribable. Actually you get caught up in so many plays that at one point I looked at our assistant coaches and said 'what overtime are we actually in right now'?” said Coach Bozarth. “I don't know how many times we got behind. We were down six (in the overtimes) a couple of times but we just found a way. We would make a couple of plays and make a couple of shots. Our kids are just resilient. They just refused to lose.”

Following the epic sectional final, Jordan Quinn got in a 'playful dig' at his brother after the game.

“I already face timed him (brother Jalen) but he is proud of me,” joked Quinn, who 'one-upped' his brother by winning the sectional.