Curie Rolls Past St. Laurence to Reach Sectional Finals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was all-business for the CPS champs Tuesday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In a matchup between a senior-led CPS power vs a less-experienced CCL squad, it was the former that came on top.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The game started incredibly slow. Only five points scored in the first five minutes of the game. But it didn't take long for each team to start hitting shots. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For Curie, it was [player_tooltip player_id='2734369' first='Justin' last='Oliver'], Saquon Cummings, and [player_tooltip player_id='2823632' first='Kendall' last='Holliday'] who made noise early on. Oliver displayed an incredible amount of explosiveness in the open floor, and even slammed home a dunk to end the first quarter. Then Holliday slammed one home in the third to keep the Condors up comfortably.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The physicality shown from Curie gave them a significant bump in this contest. Winning tons of second chance opportunities and boxing out at a super efficient rate as the game progressed. I was particularly impressed with the work from [player_tooltip player_id='2734439' first='Keith' last='Collins']. Collins is a lengthy 6'8" F who snagged boards and boxed out very effectively. He created at least three second-chance opportunities for his team in the second quarter alone.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Despite the loss, St. Laurence looks very promising in the future. 2028 G [player_tooltip player_id='2385372' first='Noah' last='Corro'] displayed tons of confidence throughout this matchup. He'll be complemented by fellow sophomores [player_tooltip player_id='2532014' first='Logan' last='Brown'], [player_tooltip player_id='2532002' first='Jeremiah' last='Toney'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2853758' first='Oliver' last='Odeh'] for the next couple of seasons. Look out for Juniors [player_tooltip player_id='2125677' first='Reggie' last='Stevens'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2323617' first='Markese' last='Peoples'], too. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->