It must have been one heckuva halftime speech from Chaps' coach William Anderson. His Chaps found themselves trailing 30-29 on Sophomore Night against a team in search of its first victory of the season.
 
The Chaps responded with a flourish, firing off 13 unanswered points to begin the half as they went on to defeat the Hawks 80-63 in Region 4 basketball Tuesday night.
 
COD closed the regular season 7-16 as it opens Region 4 tourney play Friday night at Joliet. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
 
Drew Gaston scored 24 second-half points and finished with 32 as the Chaps shot a sizzling 69 percent from the field on 20 of 29 shooting in the final 20 minutes.
 
Sophomores Abram Ross (14), Donnell Fraley (10) and Joe Bell (10) all had moments in their final home game for COD.
 
Fellow sophomore Levi Bentsen scored a pair of 3-pointers.
 
Ross, Fraley, Bell and Bentsen and their families were recognized in a pregame ceremony.