Team Rose Shootout Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The <strong>[program_tooltip program_id='2078408' first='Team' last='Rose'] Shootout</strong> is one of the best two days of basketball all year.&nbsp; At Mt. Carmel High School there will be 14 games over two days this upcoming weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Among the 2026 class there are 25 top 100 seniors in the event.&nbsp; That includes 11 of the top 25 overall led by Kankakee's [player_tooltip player_id='2105360' first='Lincoln' last='Williams'], Oswego East's [player_tooltip player_id='1552438' first='Mason' last='Lockett IV'] (DePaul commit), and DePaul Prep's [player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'] (Toledo) who are in the top 5.&nbsp; In the junior class there are 13 top 50 prospects with the headliners being [player_tooltip player_id='2323622' first='Damari' last='Stephens'] (Kenwood) and [player_tooltip player_id='2125619' first='Dshaun' last='Bolden'] (Oswego East).&nbsp; The sophomore group has 9 top 50 prospects with guards [player_tooltip player_id='2531970' first='Ben' last='Ojala'] (Evanston), [player_tooltip player_id='2531979' first='CJ' last='Pittman'] (Payton), [player_tooltip player_id='2532014' first='Logan' last='Brown'] (St. Laurence), and [player_tooltip player_id='2842573' first='Blake' last='Choice'] (DePaul Prep).&nbsp; There is a loaded group of freshman that will be playing including [player_tooltip player_id='2915584' first='DK' last='Heard'] (Mt. Carmel), [player_tooltip player_id='2767906' first='Ronald' last='Johnson'] (Mt. Carmel), [player_tooltip player_id='2964028' first='Elon' last='Henderson'] (Leo), [player_tooltip player_id='2918205' first='Keiwon' last='Gulley'] (Bloom), and [player_tooltip player_id='2918202' first='Kaden' last='McClellan'] (Bloom).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Saturday, December 13</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>9:30 AM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lane Tech vs St. Rita<br>10:45 AM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Riverside Brookfield vs St. Laurence<br>12:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yorkville Christian vs Lemont<br>1:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Crane vs Bloom<br>3:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oak Lawn vs Lindblom<br>4:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Evanston vs Hillcrest<br>6:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Payton vs Leo<br>7:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curie vs Oswego East</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sunday, December 14</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>12:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brother Rice vs Lincoln Way East<br>1:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mt. Carmel vs Glenbard East<br>3:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kenwood vs Loyola<br>4:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marist vs Hyde Park<br>6:00 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Benet vs Rich Township<br>7:30 PM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DePaul Prep vs Kankakee</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 100 2026 Prospects</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2105360' first='Lincoln' last='Williams'] (Kankakee)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552438' first='Mason' last='Lockett IV'] (Oswego East – DePaul)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'] (DePaul Prep – Toledo)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2105376' first='Colin' last='Stack'] (Benet – North Dakota State)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552625' first='EJ' last='Hazelett'] (Kankakee – Indiana State)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845350' first='Stephen' last='Brown'] (Marist – NC State Football)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] (DePaul Prep – Brown)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552436' first='Karson' last='Thomas'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1874810' first='Jayden' last='Riley'] (Yorkville Christian – SIU-Edwardsville)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2839863' first='Michael' last='Nee'] (Glenbard East – South Dakota)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2297870' first='Matthew' last='Szafoni'] (Lane Tech – Illinois State)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2105390' first='Jayden' last='Wright'] (Benet – Eastern Illinois)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2454169' first='Brad' last='Blackman'] (Crane)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552445' first='Charles' last='Barnes Jr'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2105396' first='Cameron' last='Mercer'] (Riverside Brookfield)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2734369' first='Justin' last='Oliver'] (Curie)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1552480' first='Trey' last='Williams'] (Loyola – Cornell)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1874752' first='Kenaz' last='Jackson Jr.'] (Kankakee)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323334' first='AJ' last='Chambers'] (DePaul Prep – Michigan Tech)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2376273' first='Zion' last='Lee'] (DePaul Prep)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2399378' first='Mason' last='Moore'] (Rich Township)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1845365' first='Adoni' last='Vassilakis'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2888687' first='Ethan' last='Macdermot'] (Benet)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2376277' first='Prince' last='McCord'] (Kenwood)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2442160' first='Samuel' last='Golden'] (Loyola)<br><br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 50 2027 Prospects</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2323622' first='Damari' last='Stephens'] (Kenwood)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125619' first='Dshaun' last='Bolden'] (Oswego East)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125677' first='Reggie' last='Stevens'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125658' first='Kendall' last='Meyers'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2425956' first='Perry' last='Tchiegne'] (Benet)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2455406' first='Kevinas' last='Salkauskas'] (Brother Rice)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2540157' first='Vito' last='Rocca'] (Evanston)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125641' first='Jamier' last='Montgomery'] (Crane)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2749990' first='Zane' last='Schneider'] (Lemont)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2125656' first='KJ' last='Brown'] (Lincoln Way East)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2425702' first='Magnus' last='Johnson'] (DePaul Prep)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2323617' first='Markese' last='Peoples'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2540149' first='Tobyus' last='Banks'] (Curie)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 50 2028 Prospects</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2531970' first='Ben' last='Ojala'] (Evanston)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2531979' first='CJ' last='Pittman'] (Walter Payton)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2532014' first='Logan' last='Brown'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2842573' first='Blake' last='Choice'] (DePaul Prep)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2632084' first='Daniel' last='Salkauskas'] (Brother Rice)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2385372' first='Noah' last='Corro'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2531995' first='Eze' last='Nwagwu'] (St. Rita)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2384522' first='Elijah' last='Shim'] (Lindblom)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2869571' first='Brandon' last='Otten'] (Benet)<br><br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Watch List 2029 Prospects<br></strong><br>[player_tooltip player_id='2915584' first='DK' last='Heard'] (Mt. Carmel)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2767906' first='Ronald' last='Johnson'] (Mt. Carmel)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2964028' first='Elon' last='Henderson'] (Leo)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2918205' first='Keiwon' last='Gulley'] (Bloom)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2918202' first='Kaden' last='McClellan'] (Bloom)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2940657' first='Duece' last='Johnson'] (Marist)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2369925' first='Evan' last='Lemons'] (St. Laurence)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2947403' first='Orlando' last='Bohlen'] (Walter Payton)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->