Standouts: DePaul Prep vs Crystal Lake South

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>IMMEDIATE RECAP - DePaul Prep secured its third consecutive trip downstate with a dominant 51-31 win over Crystal Lake South Monday night at NOW arena. The rams will face a challenging test against the winner of the Richwoods-Thornton game currently happening in Ottawa. That game will happen Friday in Champaign.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's six standouts from the contest. Game 2 standouts will come later tonight.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1385311"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cp class=u0022p1u0022u003eOpened the game with a 3 and took a charge shortly after. Outstanding on-ball defensive play throughout the contest as he forced tons of missed shots and turnovers. Continuously crashed the defensive board after every missed shot and got up the floor offensively in the blink of an eye. My game MVP. 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