O’Fallon Shootout Preview
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The 2019 Bank of O’Fallon Shootout is this upcoming Friday and Saturday at O’Fallon High School. This has quickly become one of the must attend annual events for basketball fans across the state. The field this year is once again stacked with talented teams from the metro east, central Illinois, Chicago, St. Louis, and Iowa.
Two state powers from the Chicago Public League Simeon and Whitney Young will make the trip down. Simeon is led by their senior backcourt of Kejuan Clements and Antonio Reeves. Their two best prospects however are their freshman center AJ Casey and freshman point guard Jaylen Drane who should debut as the #1 and #2 players in the state. Also they have one of the best guards in the sophomore class Ahamad Bynum. Whitney Young features one of the premier backcourts in the state with top unsigned senior shooting guard Myles Baker to go along with the #2 and #3 juniors in the state DJ Steward and Tyler Beard.
Central Illinois squads Springfield Southeast and Springfield Lanphier will each bring talented squads. Southeast is a 3A state title contender led by Chicago State commit Terrion Murdix. Lanphier has elite shot blocker and high flying senior Karl Wright along with highly touted freshman guard Tye Banks.
From the metro east Belleville West will play twice. The defending 4A state champs have the top senior and reigning Mr. Basketball in EJ Liddell. The Ohio State commit has plenty of help with Keith Randolph inside and Lawrence Brazil on the perimeter. Alton is another team that has impressed so far this season with their dynamic wing duo of Donovan Clay and Malik Smith. Collinsville features one of the top junior point guards in the state Ray’Sean Taylor.
The two out of state teams are stacked with talent. CBC is a traditional St. Louis powerhouse who have the #1 junior in Missouri point guard Caleb Love along with unsigned senior post Josh Wallace. Iowa City West is one of the premier teams in Iowa which features Iowa Hawkeyes commit Patrick McCaffery who is the #2 player in the senior class. Junior post Even Brauns is another high major prospect to watch.
Friday, February 1
5:30 PM Alton vs Springfield Southeast
7:00 PM O’Fallon vs Belleville West
8:30 PM Collinsville vs Springfield Lanphier
Saturday, February 2
4:00 PM CBC vs Normal West
5:30 PM O’Fallon vs Triad
7:00 PM Whitney Young vs Iowa City West
8:30 PM Simeon vs Belleville West
Prospect Watch
Alton
SF Donovan Clay (2019)
SG Malik Smith (2019)
PG Moory Woods (2020)
PG Ky’Lun Rivers (2020)
Springfield Southeast
PG Terrion Murdix (2019 – Committed to Chicago State)
PF Michael Tyler (2019)
C Herb McMath (2019)
Belleville West
PF EJ Liddell (2019 – Committed to Ohio St)
PF Keith Randolph (2019 – Committed to Illinois Football)
PG Lawrence Brazil (2019)
SF Will Shumpert (2019)
SF Jaylin Mosby (2019)
SG Tommie Williams (2021)
Lanphier
PF Karl Wright (2019)
PF KJ Debrick (2021)
SG Tye Banks (2022)
Collinsville
SG Marshall Harrison (2019)
PG Ray’Sean Taylor (2020)
C Keydrian Jones (2020)
PF Aaron Molton (2020)
PG Cowhan Smith (2020)
PF Donte Williams (2020)
CBC
PF Josh Wallace (2019)
SF Ari Jackson (2019)
PG Caleb Love (2020)
PG Robert Martin (2022)
Normal West
PG Shea Cupples (2019)
SG Terance Fisher (2019)
PG Carson Camp (2020)
PF Corey Walker (2021)
Triad
SG Jonah Ogden (2019)
SG Luke Cox (2020)
SG Nate Winslow (2020)
Whitney Young
SG Myles Baker (2019)
SF Keenan Jones (2019)
PG Justin Warren (2019)
PG DJ Steward (2020)
PG Tyler Beard (2020)
PF Sangolay Njie (2020)
PG Elliot Sieger (2020)
SF Robert Postma (2020)
PF Grant Newell (2021)
Iowa City West
F Patrick McCaffery (2019 – Committed to Iowa)
G Braydon Adock (2019)
PF Even Brauns (2020)
PG Nick Pepin (2020)
PG Joey Goodman (2020)
SG Marcus Morris (2021)
Simeon
SG Antonio Reeves (2019)
PG Kejuan Clements (2019)
PF Jeremiah Stamps (2019)
SF Bryce Hall (2020)
PF Sincere Callwood (2020)
SG Jalawn Farrell (2020)
SG Ahmad Bynum (2021)
SG Fred Poole (2021)
SF Dylan Ingram (2021)
C AJ Casey (2022)
SG Jaylen Drane (2022)
