#20 Waukegan avoids upset bid by Hoffman Estates. Senior Adrian Serrano leads the way as they crashed offensive glass plus top performances!!!!!

Waukegan was missing senior Simereon Carter who was having a great season till bineg injured vs Warren Township (Gurnee). He was on crutches, and is averaging around 20 points a game. Waukegan crushed it on the offensive glass against zone to win it. Here we go:

Waukegan 59 Hoffman Estates 46:

Bad start for Waukegan without injured Simereon Carter. First a technical foul to start the game for dunking in warmups. They called it on Jeremiah Edwards. They started in a 2-0 hold before any game time ticked off the clock. Senior star Jalli "Rico" Love gets three fouls in first quarter and has to sit. They stayed in the game crashing the offensive glass specifically senior Edwards. The 6'2" forward had 6 offensive rebounds in the half, 4 in the first quarter. Still Waukegan was behind 20-12 at the end of the quarter. Senior Torey Baskin had 14 points in the quarter mostly on free throws. He averages 27 a game. Second quarter Waukegan started finding holes in the defense and hitting some three point shots, or getting it off the offensive glass. Waukegan had 17 rebounds (10 offensive) to 9 for Hoffman Estates. Love played some in the second quarter and didn't pick up another foul, in fact did not the rest of the game. By halftime Waukegan was up 30-28. Edwards had 10 rebounds for the half. Waukegan held a lead of 5 to 7 points for most of the third quarter and led 46-41 at the end of the stanza. Fourth quarter Waukegan started getting steals and fast break baskets to give them a comfortable margin as Hoffman Estates couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. They were 6 for 22 from the floor in the second half, and Waukegan kept Baskin in check as he only scored 7 points in the half. Serrano had some steals and driving baskets in the quarter. Waukegan went up double figures and never looked back. Waukegan ups it's record to 7-2 while Hoffman Estates drops to 6-2.

Top performances:

Waukegan:

Senior Adrian Serrano 16 points (5/14 FG, 1/4 three, 5/6 FG) 5 rebounds 3 steals 1 block

Senior Jaali "Rico" Love 12 points (5/10 FG, 0/2 three, 2/2 FT) 7 rebounds 1 steal 2 blocks

Senior Carter Newsome 9 points 3 assists 1 steal

Senior Jeremiah Edwards 8 points (3/5 FG, 2/8 FT) 13 rebounds

Hoffman Estates:

Senior Torey Baskin 25 points (8/15 FG, 0/4 three, 9/10 FT) 3 assists 2 steals

Top performances in state:

Otis Powell, Willowbrook 23 points 8 rebounds 6 steals

Jaylen Griffin, Willowbrook 22 points 7 assists 1 steal

Darrius Hawkins Jr, Homewood Flossmoor 27 points (three quarters) (sophomore)

Casen Mayer, Dakota 21 points

Lane Kempel, Pearl City 14 points

Kyler Owens, Orion 21 points

Cooper Casterton Elk Grove 17 points (junior)

Kkaleel Khan, Elk Grove 14 points

Enzo D'Andrea, Niles Norrth (Skokie) 25 points

Rayne Punzal, Niles North (Skokie) 25 points

Collin Tobin, Niles North (Skokie) 24 points (junior)

Osman Khan, Niles North (Skokie) 16 points

Jalen Clardy, Bremen (Midlothian) 20 points

Kishawn Gantt, Bremen (Midlothian) 15 points

Freddy Battaglia, Lake Park (Roselle) 21 points

Brennan Shannon, Lake park (Roselle) 20 points 10 rebounds 6 blocks (all time leader in blocks, and single game block record) (sophomore)

TJ Hillman, Central (Naperville) 15 points

Brysen Meents, Wilmington 16 points

Ryan Kettman, Wilmington 16 points

Peyton Hueber, Indian Creek 15 points 5 rebounds

Kahari Ali, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 2 steals

Chris Pulliams, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) 11 points 13 rebounds (double/double)

Mark Render, Antioch 17 points

Logan Lennon, Antioch 11 rebounds (freshman)

George Gray, Oak Park River Forest 20 points (junior)

Trent Williams, Oak Park River Forest 14 points

Hayden Noha, Oak Forest 18 points 6 rebounds

Cason Newton, Byron 29 points

Caden Considine, Byron 22 points 8 rebounds

Joshua Pegues, Corliss (Chicago) 29 points

Zyrien Byrd, Corliss (Chicago) 23 points

Carl Parrish Corliss (Chicago) 18 points

Josh Kaunas, Johnsburg 29 points (career high) (6 threes) 5 rebounds 3 steals

Jayce Schmitt, Johnsburg 17 points 5 assists

Zaiden Vess, North (Woodstock) 24 points (career high) (6 threes) 5 rebounds

Luke Badal, Hincklley Big Rock 18 points 6 rebounds

Harry Nier, HInckley Big Rock 16 points

D'Angelo Hundley, Momence 19 points

Erick Castillo, Momence 19 points

Boogie Moore, Eienhower (Blue Island) 22 points

Logan Costa, Eisenhower (Blue Island) 17 points