Parham Perspective: Big Dipper Final 4
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On Thursday, I made a stop at the Big Dipper for the Final 4 along with another game from the event. Check out my thoughts here! Hilcrest – Rich Township In this semifinal game, the crowd was split in the…
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Continue ReadingOn Thursday, I made a stop at the Big Dipper for the Final 4 along with another game from the event. Check out my thoughts here!
Hilcrest – Rich Township
In this semifinal game, the crowd was split in the gym. Between Hilcrest fans and the host school Rich Township. Rich jumped out to an early lead because Hilcrest star Darrion Baker Darrion Baker 6'8" | PF St Rita | 2023 State #227 Nation IL got in foul trouble very quick. Freshman Jamson Coutler scored a few buckets to get Rich out to an early lead until he himself was in foul trouble. The Hawks would eventually get back into the game with strong performances from Bryce Tillery Bryce Tillery 5'7" | PG Hillcrest | 2023 State IL and Quentin Heady Quentin Heady 6'5" | SF Hillcrest | 2023 State IL . Tillery controlled the pace of the game while Heady was dependent on to score and grab rebounds. Almost close to half time the Hawks had a solid lead until senior guard Sumar Bures exploded on his own 8-0 run to cut Hilcrest lead to three by halftime. In the second half Hilcrest jumped out to another lead behind the play of Tolu Samuels Tolu Samuels 6'6" | PF Hillcrest | 2023 State IL . Samuels was disruptive on defense and he made some key shots at the right moment. Going into the 4th quarter Rich Township would need another lift from Bures who did just that. Made shots from the mid-range as Hilcrest kept guys packed in the painted area which made it hard for the Raptors to drive. Down to the final minutes Rich Township got the game to one point but was never able to make free-throws to put them over and Hilcrest would win.
Hilcrest
Quentin Heady
Quentin
Heady
6'5" | SF
Hillcrest | 2023
State
IL
21 pts 8 reb
Bryce Tillery
Bryce
Tillery
5'7" | PG
Hillcrest | 2023
State
IL
18 pts 5 assist
Tolu Samuels
Tolu
Samuels
6'6" | PF
Hillcrest | 2023
State
IL
16 pts 5 reb 4 steals
Rich Township
Sumar Bures 25 pts 6 rebs.
Jamson Coutler 13pts
Hyde Park – Perspectives
Early on it was to up and coming CPS teams battling out for a spot in Friday’s championship game. This game started out all Hyde Park as they looked to take out the top scoring guard of the tournament Perspectives Gianni Cobb Gianni Cobb 6'0" | PG Homewood Flossmoor | 2024 State IL . The Thunderbirds started off with each player scoring at will jumping out to a double-digit lead. Junior forward Jurrell Baldwin Jurrell Baldwin 6'6" | SF Hyde Park | 2024 State IL came off the bench and asserted himself immediately and scored 8 points which pushed Hyde Park’s lead to 16 points at one point. Right before the half KJ Cobb KJ Cobb 6'0" | SG Perspectives | 2023 State IL hit a running three to make the score respectable at half time. Once the second half started KJ and Jakeem Cole Jakeem Cole 6'0" | PG Perspectives | 2023 State IL stepped up big time to trim the lead down. Cobb made some big defensive plays that he turned into points. And Cole stopped settling for threes and started getting to the rim. This slight tweak changed the momentum of the game and cut Hyde Park lead to one going into the 4th quarter. In the fourth quarter junior wing Tim Handy Tim Handy 6'3" | SG Perspectives | 2024 State IL stepped up and made big some big shots for Perspectives but Cam Williford wasn’t going out that easy as he went on his own 6 point run. Hyde Park senior Damarion Morris hit some threes throughout the game and was fouled a few times, but there efforts were not enough as the three headed attack of Handy, Cole, and Cobb just was too much. Perspectives would win the game by 10.
Perspectives :
Tim Handy
Tim
Handy
6'3" | SG
Perspectives | 2024
State
IL
18 pts
Jakeem Cole
Jakeem
Cole
6'0" | PG
Perspectives | 2023
State
IL
18 pts
KJ Cobb
KJ
Cobb
6'0" | SG
Perspectives | 2023
State
IL
16 pts 6 reb.
Hyde Park
Cam Williford 16 pts
Damarion Morris 14 pts
DelaSalle – CHAS
In the other game I watched Chicago Agricultural played De La Salle. This was a back and forth early as CHAS jumped out behind the shooting of senior guard James White. De La Salle answered back with some buckets from Richard Lindsey Richard Lindsey 6'5" | SF De La Salle | 2024 State IL and freshman Charles Barnes. At halftime they both were tied. In the second half the Meteors got more help from senior Evan Jackson Evan Jackson 6'6" | SF St Rita Chicago | 2023 State IL who chipped in with 10 points which just so happened to be what they need because that’s how much De La Salle won by. Also want to add that it was good to see Tavariyuan Williams Tavariyuan Williams 6'6" | SF De La Salle | 2024 State IL back on the court after his unfortunate incident in the Fall.
De La Salle
Richard Lindsey
Richard
Lindsey
6'5" | SF
De La Salle | 2024
State
IL
16pts
Charles Barnes 10pts
Evan Jackson
Evan
Jackson
6'6" | SF
St Rita Chicago | 2023
State
IL
10pts
CHAS
James White 20 pts (6-10 3 PT)