Around the State: Wednesday Sectional Recap

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Hoops had a massive night of coverage with four of our scouts covering one or multiple games.&nbsp; We wanted to recap some of the games from the second night of the round of 32 in <strong>Around the State: Wednesday Sectional Recap</strong>!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bloom defeats Marist 56-45</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A senior laden Bloom team proved too much for a talented Marist squad.&nbsp; Star junior [player_tooltip player_id='1545131' first='Elijah' last='Lovemore'] had 18 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2105218' first='Payton' last='Edwards'] notched 12 points and [player_tooltip player_id='1845361' first='Amare' last='Pryor'] had 11 points.&nbsp; Marist got 12 points each from senior standout [player_tooltip player_id='1598740' first='Darshan' last='Thomas'] and sophomore lead guard [player_tooltip player_id='2323300' first='TJ' last='Tate'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brother Rice defeats Marian Catholic 71-56</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Crusaders continue to cruise along in these playoffs with another good win on Wednesday led by 21 points from junior D1 prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1545120' first='Marcos' last='Gonzales'].&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2104840' first='Tyler' last='Wooten'] had 15 points while high energy post [player_tooltip player_id='1373444' first='Zavier' last='Fitch'] chipped in with 14 points and 9 rebounds.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1157221' first='James' last='Bullock'] closed out his career with a double double of 20 points and 10 rebounds.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2321398' first='Zack' last='Sharkey'] notched 15 points in the loss.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kaneland defeats Belvidere North 57-55</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Close one here as Kaneland got a big night from [player_tooltip player_id='2391706' first='Freddy' last='Hassan'] dropping 21 points while Troyer Carlson had 20 points in the win.&nbsp; For Belvidere North it was Braeden Brown who led the way with 18 points while Logan Koeller had 12.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hansberry defeats Dyett 55-52</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The #3 junior in the state [player_tooltip player_id='1766460' first='Al' last='Brooks'] Jr doesn't disappoint dropping 29 points in a win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Byron defeats Riverdale 70-51</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1928970' first='Jack' last='Hiveley'] was the top scorer for Byron with 21 points while Jake Willems paced Riverdale in the loss with 19 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Benton defeats Trenton Wesclin 59-35</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Junior post [player_tooltip player_id='1545126' first='Docker' last='Tedeschi'] had a big game with 26 points for Benton to advance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Richwoods defeats Kankakee 70-66</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This one came down to the wire!&nbsp; Rutgers commit [player_tooltip player_id='1157232' first='Lathan' last='Sommerville'] was a GROWN MAN recording 32 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2104980' first='Jared' last='Jackson'] had 12 on the perimeter.&nbsp; Kanakee senior backcourt of [player_tooltip player_id='1464072' first='Larenz' last='Walters'] (23 points) and [player_tooltip player_id='2318242' first='Damontae' last='May'] (20 points) each played well.&nbsp; Sophomore standout had 17 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Illini Bluffs over Peoria Christian 59-34</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lehigh commit [player_tooltip player_id='2318123' first='Hank' last='Alvey'] had 31 points in the victory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Macomb defeats Peoria Manual 41-40</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What a comeback win for Macomb!&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2374515' first='Dion' last='Doyle'] had 15 points to push them over the top.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1576114' first='Dietrich' last='Richardson'] went for 10 points for Manual.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>De La Salle defeats Lindblom 72-55</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Meteors are looking like the potential state sleeper we said they were.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1285484' first='Tavariyuan' last='Williams'] had 22 points while fellow senior wing [player_tooltip player_id='1285485' first='Richard' last='Lindsey'] dropped 18 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Palatine defeats Lake Zurich 53-39</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wash U commit [player_tooltip player_id='1541230' first='Connor' last='May'] continues to live up to his lofty ranking dropping 20 points in the win while getting help from Tommy Elter with 13 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christ Our Rock Lutheran defeats Tuscola 49-46</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Close on here with Jayden Bazile doing for a big night of 23 points in the win.&nbsp; Ledon Isaiah notched 10 points in the win.&nbsp; Tuscola was paced by Josiah Hortin with 13 points and Sawyer Woodard who had 10 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>York defeats Batavia 52-44</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big overtime win for the Dukes as they got 22 points from Penn commit [player_tooltip player_id='1541218' first='AJ' last='Levine'] and 12 points from [player_tooltip player_id='1750611' first='Kyle' last='Waltz'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Beecher defeats Bismark-Henning Rossville-Alvin 61-51</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Beecher moves to 33-0 on the season as the only undefeated team in the state.&nbsp; Orlin Nesbitt had a big game of 18 points and 10 rebounds.&nbsp; Jack Hayhurst dropped 12 points while Ethan Rydberg and Zack Johnson each had 11 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->