St Rita has played a tough schedule which is a lot of reason for their 3-3 record coming into the game. They heard a lot of overrated talk in the city as some folks think they do not deserve their high ranking. They showed tonight in a tough environment at Brother Rice coming out with a tough road victory. Here who go:
St Rita 59 Brother Rice 51: This Chicago Catholic League game was tight throughout most of the game. St Rita led 18 to 11 after one quarter even with standout junior forward James Brown on the bench with two fouls. Brother Rice rallied back in the second quarter behind senior point guard Ahmad Henderson II, a Niagara commit picking up his scoring. Brother Rice owned the boards in the first half against the bigger Mustangs. Things changed the start of the second half as the first play St Rita ran was a post up by junior forward Morez Johnson Jr, an Illinois commit who scored. As the second half wore on St Rita's size started taking it's toll with foul trouble on Brother Rice players. St Rita had a big rebounding advantage in the second half. It's not a coincidence Brown played most of the second half. He had 9 of his 11 rebounds in that half, and hit 5 of 6 free throws in the last minute of the game to salt the game away. The game was also punctuated by Brown catching a lob dunk from junior point guard Joseph Worthington-White. Brown finished with a double/double 10 points 11 rebounds. Johnson was consistent the entire game with 15 points 8 rebounds and 2 blocks. Their other superstar junior Nojus Industraitis came alive tonight with 19 points. Henderson II was fantastic showing he could be the top guard in the state. He definitely has plenty of competition for that honor, but he kept his team in it with timely baskets from three and in the lane. He ended up with 26 points and 6 steals. No one else was in double figures for Brother Rice as St Rita's long athletes bothered shots from the other players. They challenged three point shots and made the shooters take a dribble and shoot the ball. This took the Brother Rice shooters out of their rhythm. St Rita ups it's record to 4-3, 2-0 in the league. Brother Rice drops to 8-1, 2-1 in the league.
Top performances:
Caleb David, Frances Parker 25 points
DJ Bolden, Westinghouse (Chicago) 20 points
Zerrick Johnson, St Laurence (Burbank) 20 points
Johnathan Calmese, Farragut Academy (Chicago) 20 points 4 rebounds 4 assists
Eric Powell, Farragut Academy (Chicago) 18 points 4 steals
Tristan Walton, Maine East 18 points
Ayden Reed, Lake View (Chicago) 28 points 9 rebounds 5 steals
Arius Alijosius, Riverside Brookfield 18 points
Stefan Cicic, Riverside Brookfield 18 points
Tyler Mason, Metamora 28 points ( 13 for 14 from free throw line)
DeAndre Craig, Mount Carmel (Chicago) 18 points
Raeshom Harris, Bloom Township (Chicago Heights) 12 points 10 assists (double/double)
David Douglas Jr, Christian (Yorkville) 33 points
Jabe Haith, Marmion Academy (Aurora) 22 points 7 rebounds 8 assists
Collin Wainscott, Marmion Academy (Aurora) 21 points 7 assists
Trevon Roots, Marmion Academy (Aurora) 11 rebounds
Adyn McGinley, Beecher 24 points
John Kveck, Grant Park 24 points
Cole Certa, Central Catholic (Bloomington) 25 points
Emily Fisher, Libertyville scored her 1000th point tonight
Meyoh Swansey, Romeoville 29 points
Jonah Funk, El Paso Gridley 26 points 12 rebounds (double/double) 4 blocks
Isaiah Cortez, Academy (Chicago) 19 points
BJ Powell, Lincoln Way East (Frankfort) 17 points (freshman)
Parker Williams, Lane Tech (Chicago) 18 points (career high)
Darrin Ames, Kenwood Academy (Chicago) 24 points
Calvin Robins Jr, Kenwood Academy (Chicago) 11 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Kaden White, Marist (Chicago) 17 points
Jaali Love, Manley (Chicago) 17 points 12 rebounds 11 blocks (triple double) (freshman)
Antonio Jackson, Manley (Chicago) 23 points 6 steals
Quovadis Temples, Manley (Chicago) 19 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 4 steals
London Reavis, Manley (Chicago) 13 rebounds
AJ Abrams, Eisenhower (Blue Island) 19 points
Eddie Hrbec, Richards (Oak Lawn) 17 points
Ethan Samuels, Jones (Chicago) 27 points
Owen Freeman, Moline 23 points 14 rebounds (double/double) 8 blocks
Brock Harding, Moline 18 points 8 assists
Anthony Demirov, South (Crystal Lake) 18 points 3 steals
Cooper LePage, South (Crystal Lake) 17 points 7 rebounds
Zinn Amos, Providence Catholic 18 points
Kyle Lipke, Providence Catholic 12 rebounds
Luke Williams, North (Naperville) 35 points
Bryce Welch, North (Naperville) 18 points
James Stevenson Jr, Momence 25 points 7 rebounds
Lucas Crosby, Huntley 18 points
Jake Fiegen, New Trier (Winnetka) 20 points
Tyler Tate, Eureka 20 points
Cortez Harris, Schurz (Chicago) 20 points
Dalen Davis, Whitney Young 20 points 10 assists (double/double)
Daniel Johnson, Whitney Young (Chicago) 17 points 5 rebounds
Cameron Christie, Rolling Meadows 24 points
Mark Nikolitch-Wilson 17 points 11 rebounds (double/double)
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