The undefeated freight train known as the Lee&#x92;s Summit West basketball team continues to chug along. </p><p>The Titans captured the championship of the 37th Annual Culver&#x92;s Classic at Lee&#x92;s Summit High School with a 53-51 win over Blue Springs South Friday night and improved to 16-0.</p><p>In customary West fashion, the game, which the Titans controlled through much of the first half, came down to a few tense moments at the end, and it was those pesky free throws that almost did them in. In the waning moments of the game, West was just one of six from the line.</p><p>&#x93;We&#x92;re continuing to gut out games and make plays, the bad part about it is, eventually it will bite us,&#x94; Titans head coach Michael Schieber said. &#x93;We put out a tremendous amount of effort, and they play really hard, and I just don&#x92;t know why we making it harder than it needs to be. It&#x92;s a game that if you shoot free throws down the stretch you win by six or eight instead of winning by two. You don&#x92;t put yourself in a position where somebody can make a shot to beat you. I want us to take the next step and close out games.&#x94;</p><p>Senior guard Nathan Jackson caught fire in the first half, scoring 15 points by the break, including two three pointers. He added another three-pointer in the second half and finished the contest with 20 points.</p><p>&#x93;I got in the lane tonight and got a few easy layups and then kind of opened up from there and was able to knock down some threes,&#x94; Jackson said. &#x93;Most teams know I&#x92;m a shooter so they get up tight on me, and it&#x92;s really hard to stay in front of someone when they&#x92;re that close, so I was able to go around them.&#x94;</p><p>After leading 30-19 at halftime, things started to turn for both teams coming out of the locker room. South, 14-3, began hitting its shots from the floor and went seven of eight from the free throw line. Throw in a pressing defense, and the Jaguars chipped away at the lead throughout the second half.</p><p>&#x93;We stopped running,&#x94; Schieber said of South getting back into the game. &#x93;Why I don&#x92;t know, but all of a sudden we&#x92;re walking the ball up. Give credit to their token pressure that slowed us down. It was good to see somebody pressure us because nobody really has. It wasn&#x92;t really pressure, but it was designed to slow the pace of the game down.&#x94;</p><p>South&#x92;s junior forward Wesley Poke really got his shooting touch going in the fourth quarter, accounting for 10 points and 16 for the game, but it wasn&#x92;t enough as the Titans were able to overcome their poor free-throw shooting.</p><p>&#x93;I told our kids that I felt the ball bounced the wrong way for us at the end, but for us to be in the position that we were with a chance to win it, was something that I&#x92;m really happy about,&#x94; said Jaguars head coach Jimmy Cain. &#x93;After that first half, our kids did a great job of understanding of how long the game was going to be and hung in there. They played every possession, and it was as determined of an effort as I&#x92;ve seen out of our guys. We haven&#x92;t trailed a lot in the second half this year, so it was good to see us continue to play and not panic.&#x94;</p><p>After the game, the Titans received their first-place medals, and senior guard Shaquille Harrison was named to the All-Tournament Team.