{"id":48634,"date":"2017-01-18T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=48634"},"modified":"2017-01-18T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:02:14","slug":"captain-clutch-evans-bringing-confidence-to-ramblers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/captain-clutch-evans-bringing-confidence-to-ramblers\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Clutch: Evans bringing confidence to Ramblers"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andres Waters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just seconds after the crowd erupted, Loyola Academy\u2019s gym instantly fell silent as senior captain Ramar Evans stepped to the free-throw line to shoot a 1-and-1.<\/p>\n

Down by two with four seconds left in the fourth quarter, it was all up to him.<\/p>\n

Evans had struggled to find his rhythm all night, especially from the free throw line, and had tallied only seven points before the final minute of the third quarter. But with the game and the team\u2019s five-game win streak on the line, he glowed with confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet the rebound,\u201d someone yelled from the Chargers bench as Evans prepared to shoot the first shot. \u201cHe\u2019ll miss it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the attempt swished through the net, a sense of nervousness clouded the gym, but Evans calmly stepped to the line and drilled his second shot to level the score at 50-50 and send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n

He later topped that moment by hitting a pair of clutch free throws with five seconds on the clock to pull off the 60-59 comeback win.<\/p>\n

“The thing about Ramar, is Ramar is a gamer,” assistant coach Michael Sneed said. “When it’s on the line, there’s never a doubt. He’s calm in the moment where most people falter or fall, and that’s when he’s at his strongest.”<\/p>\n