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Welcome to the new season, Evan Nagler.

The Deerfield senior guard emphatically announced his return during the first round of the Mundelein Thanksgiving Tournament on Monday.

“It wasn’t something that just clicked today,” Nagler said. “It comes from months and months of preparation, hard work, always in the gym, always shooting. The months leading up to today is what got me going, not waking up this morning.”

Whatever the reason, Nagler may never play a better half of basketball. Beginning a season full of promise, the 6-foot-2 Case Western Reserve commit scored 24 points, making all five of his 3-point attempts, in the first half of the Warriors’ 68-33 win over Antioch.

In the second quarter alone, Nagler put up 16 points, five more than

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