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Senior forward Omar Saleh got the message Monday night for Oak Lawn.

His teammates and coaches have been imploring him to stop passing up open outside shots. Even after missing his first three 3-pointers, Saleh didn’t hesitate with the game on the line.

“You’ve just got to keep shooting,” Saleh said. “They’ll hit eventually. In the fourth quarter, with that one that really mattered, it fell.

“It felt great. My senior year, it’s great to end this Thanksgiving tournament with a win.”

Saleh made sure of that. His 3-pointer with 50 seconds left broke a tie and lifted the host Spartans to a 58-54 win over Crete-Monee in the championship game of the inaugural Len Scaduto Classic.

Jack Dempsey poured in 23 points to lead Oak Lawn (4-0). Marc

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