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<p>Who showed out on Monday night? There were prospects from all around the state that made huge impacts and we dive into them here in <strong>Monday Night Monsters</strong>!</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1373437' first='Justus' last='McNair'] (Joliet West)</strong></p>
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<p>The Valpo commit continues to produce as he posted 25 points in a 58-54 win over Minooka on Monday night.</p>
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<p><strong>Zane Caves and Micah Hamilton (Minooka)</strong></p>
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<p>On the other side of the game Caves led the way with 15 points while Hamilton had 13 points and 8 rebounds.</p>
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<p><strong>Sam Hanus and [player_tooltip player_id='2217962' first='Evan' last='Nagler'] (Deerfield)</strong></p>
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<p>Deerfield won comfortably on Monday over Glenbard East 69-38 being led in scoring by Sam Hanus with 20 points and [player_tooltip player_id='2217962' first='Evan' last='Nagler'] chipped in 12 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2318226' first='Tyler' last='Heffren'] and Jack Blunier (Eureka)</strong></p>
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<p>Heffren became the all-time leading scorer at Eureka passing Jordan Prosser as he has 1749 points for his career going for 19 points and 10 rebounds. Blunier also contributed 14 points in their Monday night game.</p>
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<p><strong>Hunter Staton (Serena)</strong></p>
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<p>Staton was the top scorer notching 21 points in their 75-35 victory on Monday night.</p>
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<p><strong>Blake Schwartz (Payson)</strong></p>
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<p>Schwartz passed the 1,000 point mark on Monday by recording 34 points in a win against Beardstown.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1295535' first='Jordan' last='Brooks'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1285522' first='CJ' last='Savage'] (West Aurora)</strong></p>
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<p>Brooks is a shooting guard that can really score it and he had a massive night recording 35 points in the win. Their other high scoring senior guard Savage dropped 17 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2323267' first='JC' last='Anderson'], [player_tooltip player_id='1545145' first='Lyncoln' last='Koester'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2375614' first='Brayden' last='Trimble'] (Mt. Zion)</strong></p>
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<p>Anderson is a two sport star that is having a big hoops season. He recorded 21 points and 12 rebounds. Junior standouts Koester and Trimble each made impacts with 18 points and 10 points respectively.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1295522' first='Davee' last='Flowers'] and Aidin Custovic (Niles West)</strong></p>
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<p>Niles West scored a 73-52 win over North Chicago. Flowers had 20 points and Custovic notched 14 points.</p>
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<p><strong>Ahmet Unal and Kaivon Payton (Horizon-Southwest)</strong></p>
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<p>Horizon-Southwest won the Blue Division championship of the Public league tournament with Unal scoring 16 points and Payton notching 11 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1978600' first='Cyrus' last='Jones'] (Julian)</strong></p>
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<p>In the same championship game Julian's star guard Jones had 10 points.</p>
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<p><strong>Isaiah Cortes and [player_tooltip player_id='1977254' first='Luke' last='Smith'] (Addison Trail)</strong></p>
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<p>Addison Trail scored a 59-49 win against Morton. Cortes dropped 12 points while [player_tooltip player_id='1977254' first='Luke' last='Smith'] had 10 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2318211' first='Thomas' last='Hereau'] (Scales Mound)</strong></p>
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<p>Massive win for Scales Mound on Monday which was led by their star Hereau with 18 points.</p>
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<p><strong>Ethan Rydberg, Orlin Nesbitt, [player_tooltip player_id='1429379' first='Adyn' last='McGinley'], and Zack Johnson (Beecher)</strong></p>
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<p>This quartet led them to a big win in a top small school matchup beating Byron 55-51. Rydberg had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 dimes. Nesbitt had a double double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. McGinley and Johnson each had 10 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2374521' first='Ryan' last='Tucker'] (Byron)</strong></p>
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<p>Tucker was the top scorer for Byron in that same small school duel with 23 points.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1874731' first='Hamzah' last='Shouman'], [player_tooltip player_id='1295551' first='Ibrahim' last='Elagha'], [player_tooltip player_id='1704400' first='Hasan' last='Hasan'] (Lombard College Prep)</strong></p>
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<p>Lombard College Prep knocked off Mooseheart 74-47 behind this trio. Shouman had 30 points, 9 dimes, 6 boards, and 4 steals. Elagha notched 14 points and 5 dimes. Hasan dished the ball for 10 dimes.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2245706' first='Isaac' last='Brockschmidt'] (Beardstown)</strong></p>
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<p>Brockschmidt was the leading scorer for Beardstown in their loss to Payson-Seymour with 18 points and 5 rebounds.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2104984' first='Samar' last='Bures'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1845352' first='Jamson' last='Coulter'] (Rich Township)</strong></p>
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<p>Rich Township is primed to make a run in the state tournament led by their backcourt of senior Bures who had 21 points against Oak Forest while sophomore star Coulter had 16 points.</p>
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<p><strong>Amari Davis and [player_tooltip player_id='1598687' first='Deshawn' last='Nolan'] (Oak Forest)</strong></p>
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<p>Davis led the way for Oak Forest in their loss to Rich with 18 points while Nolan had 14 points.</p>
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Who showed out on Monday night? There were prospects from all around the state that made huge impacts and we dive into them here in Monday Night Monsters!
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