Area Rankings: Southern Illinois Top 15 Prospects

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Hoops across the country has been doing city or area rankings looking at the top prospects from each area in their state.&nbsp; Time for PHI's unveil.&nbsp; Remember these are prospect rankings not how good they will be in high school this season.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Below are the southern Illinois prospects.&nbsp; These include prospects that play in the metro east and southern Illinois.&nbsp; So what stands out?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='939073' first='Macaleab' last='Rich'] is the headliner as the only prospect to rank in the top 25 of their class among this group.&nbsp; What programs have multiple players on the list?&nbsp; East St. Louis (3 prospects), O'Fallon (3 prospects), Highland (2 prospects), and Carterville (2 prospects).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><u>Top 15 Southern Illinois Prospects</u></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1. [player_tooltip player_id='939073' first='Macaleab' last='Rich'] (East St. Louis – 2023)<br>2. [player_tooltip player_id='939071' first='Jordan' last='Pickett'] (Belleville East – 2023)<br>3. [player_tooltip player_id='1537979' first='Antwan' last='Robinson'] (East St. Louis – 2023)<br>4. [player_tooltip player_id='989273' first='Grant' last='Fridley'] (Trenton-Wesclin – 2023)<br>5. [player_tooltip player_id='1373443' first='Rini' last='Harris'] (O'Fallon – 2024)<br>6. [player_tooltip player_id='1157347' first='Jake' last='Ottensmeier'] (Highland – 2024)<br>7. [player_tooltip player_id='1048391' first='Kade' last='Lustenberger'] (Carterville – 2023)<br>8. Damion Brown (East St. Louis – 2023)<br>9. [player_tooltip player_id='1215303' first='Jalen' last='Smith'] (O'Fallon – 2023)<br>10. [player_tooltip player_id='1476095' first='Tyler' last='Franklin'] (Cobden – 2023)<br>11. [player_tooltip player_id='1113525' first='Caden' last='Hawkins'] (Carterville – 2023)<br>12. [player_tooltip player_id='1231683' first='Dylan' last='Murphy'] (Columbia – 2023)<br>13. [player_tooltip player_id='1157355' first='Jaeden' last='Rush'] (O'Fallon – 2024)<br>14. [player_tooltip player_id='1157354' first='Jonathan' last='Harrison'] (Herrin– 2024)<br>15. [player_tooltip player_id='939049' first='Cade' last='Altadonna'] (Highland – 2023)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->