#21 Leo Catholic (Chicago) wins battle of Chicago Catholic League vs Chicago Public League Team Marshall (Chicago) on the West Side!!!! Two young teams!! Top performances in the state tonight!!!

Leo Catholic is in Class 3A, Marshall is in Class 1A, had a battle tonight as big plays by junior's Asa Harris and Brian Kizer late carried the day in road win on the West Side. Here we go:

#21 Leo Catholic (Chicago) 56 Marshall (Chicago) 50:

Leo Catholic had a great start in first quarter, has some shaky stretches in the second and third quarter, but got it together in the fourth for the win. Leo led 20-8 at the end of the first quarter as Kizer had 9 points. Marshall outscored Leo Catholic 30-23 in the middle quarters as sophomore DJ Laye of Marshall got it togther scoring wise in the second quarter as he scored 8. Third quarter Marshall cut lead to 32-31 on consecutive fast break dunks by senior Amari Cornell, then Leo preoceeded on a 9-1 run to go up 9. Marshall cut it to two in the fourth quarter before baskets by Harris and free throws by Kizer put it away.

Leo Catholic goes to 19-4 and should be a favorite in Class 3A Hillcrest (Country Club Hills) Sectional.

Marshall (Chicago) goes to 14-9 and should have a good shot in the Class 1A Momence Sectional and Sub-Sectional B.

Top performances:

Leo Catholic (Chicago):

Junior Brian Kizer 20 points (8/10 FT) 3 steals

Junior Asa Harris 13 points 5 assists 1 steal

Junior Kavon Shavers 11 points 5 steals

Marshall (Chicago):

Sophomore Darrin "DJ" Laye 11 points (7/9 FT) 6 rebounds 5 assists

Senior Amari Cornell 11 points 6 rebounds 1 steal

Junior Rayvon Myles 8 points 4 assists 1 steal

Top performances in the state:

Chris Pulliams, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) 20 points 12 rebounds (double/double) 4 blocks (junior)

Cooper Knowles of West Hancock (Warsaw Coop) got his 400th career blocked shots

Jerremiah Jackson, Dyett (Chicago) 24 points 4 steals

Cameron Fox, Dyett (Chicago) 14 points 6 assists

Braeden Gille, Agricultural Science (Chicago) 17 points 9 rebounds 3 steals

Adam Hurley, Agricultural Science (Chicago) 10 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Jackson Bohm, Mahomet-Seymour 23 points

Paxson O'Malley, Mahomet-Seymour 16 points (junior)

Owen Hopkins, Somonauk 16 points

Zach Neukrich, Wheeling 16 points

Marshall Ledbetter, Hinckley Big Rock 17 points (junior)

Luke Badal, Hinckley Big Rock 16 points

Logan Schrader, Indian Creek 16 points

Travis Brown Jr, West Aurora 15 points (junior)

Orlando Edwards, West Aurora 15 points (junior)

Daniel Wallace, Morgan Park (Chicago) 16 points

Evan Schechtman, Barrington 25 points

Oliver Gray, Barrington 17 points

Jake Nawrot, Hersey (Arlington Heights) 16 points

Charlie Pomis, Hersey (Arlington Heights) 14 points

Jamir Ratliff, Hillcrest (Country Club Hills) 15 points 5 assists

Jamari Thomas, Hillcrest (Country Club Hills) 15 points

Billy Arnold, Northridge Prep (Niles) 16 points

Dominic Chapello, Northridge Prep (Niles) 10 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Jaquan Jamerson, Round Lake 31 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 4 steals

Caden Bezik, Marengo 18 points 4 steals

Sam Vandello, Marengo 15 points

Tyler Stankiewicz, Rolling Meadows 18 points

Torey Baskin, Hoffman Estates 19 points 5 steals

Cameron James, Hoffman Estates 17 points (junior)

Gerry Perry, Manley (Chicago) 21 points 8 rebounds

Yak Kizer, Manley (Chicago) 10 points 14 rebounds (double/double) 3 blocks

Reggie Chapman, Newark 18 points

Cody Kubartz, Newark 11 points 18 rebounds (double/double)

Ryan Crane, Lemont 23 points

Julius Overton, Lemont 15 points