Chicago Elite Classic: Top Shooters

<p>This past weekend PrepHoopsIllinois spent Friday and Saturday at the Chicago Elite Classic at Wintrust Arena.  Let’s breakdown our superlatives from the event!  Here we look at <strong>Chicago Elite Classic: Shooters</strong>!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ian Burns (New Trier – 2021)</strong></p> <p>Burns is a big wing that can really shoot the basketball.  Burns was effective spotting up for New Trier connecting on 3-5 from deep.  Clean looking free and easy stroke.  He had 9 points all on threes.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Justin Brown (Lane Tech – 2021)</strong></p> <p>Brown is a lefty point guard that let it fly from deep.  Hit 3-4 from beyond the arc several of them being momentum swingers in his 9 point outing.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Blake Peters (Evanston – 2021)</strong></p> <p>No surprise to see Peters here as he is among the premier shooters in the state of Illinois.  The junior guard hit 3-6 from deep moving without the ball to get open and drilling shots off the catch.  He finished with 21 points.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Louis Lesmond (Niles Notre Dame – 2021)</strong></p> <p>Lesmond hit a three early, but the top 10 junior was quiet for most of the game until he emerged late again with his perimeter shooting hitting a pair of threes with elevation to get his team back in the game.  He had 15 points on 3-4 from three.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Trey Pettigrew (Fenwick – 2022)</strong></p> <p>Pettigrew had a monster performance at CEC.  A major part of that was his shooting both pulling up off the bounce and shooting threes behind screens.  The standout sophomore went for 22 points including 2-3 from deep.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Gabe Madej (Fenwick – 2022)</strong></p> <p>This sophomore is a big time shooter for Fenwick that is only going to get better as time goes on.  Plus shooter from three off the catch with positional size.  He drilled 3-5 coming off the bench for 9 points.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Dante Maddox (Bloom – 2020)</strong></p> <p>Maddox was the best shooter of the event!  The Cal State Fullerton commit was throwing straight fire through the nets all game long.  He torched Pace for 6-7 from deep.  He has always been a plus shooter especially off the catch, but he used his step back the best we have seen him creating space drilling super deep threes for 30 points.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ahamad Bynum (Simeon – 2021)</strong></p> <p>Bynum liked shooting it on his future home court.  The DePaul commit hit some key threes for the Wolverines in their game on Saturday afternoon.  The microwave scorer connected on 3-8 from deep for 21 points.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>DJ Steward (Whitney Young – 2020)</strong></p> <p>Steward is one of the better shooters in the class.  He struggled scoring more efficiently inside the arc than out.  From three he hit 4-10 including several clutch ones throughout the game.  Silky smooth stroke off the catch and pulling up.  Went for 21 points.</p>