Benet lost 4 starters from last years Class 4A runners-up that lost only 2 games all season. They have reloaded with a young and talented team that played well together tonight. Here we go:
#5 Benet Academy (Lisle) 61 #24 St Patrick (Chicago) 39: Benet went on the road to a tough place to play and had an impressive blowout win. Led the game from wire to wire as they shot the cover off the ball from three point range against St Patrick's zone defense. Redwings hit 11 threes by 5 different players that hit at least one. Sophomore point guard Jayden Wright hit 5 threes for his 15 points. 4 of them were from the parking lot and 3 of them broke the game open in the third quarter. Benet led 12-5 after first quarter, 25-17 at half-time and 45-32 after three. Another talented sophomore wing Gabe Sularski filled the stat sheet with a double/double of 14 points 10 rebounds 3 assists and two steals. Junior wing Daniel Pauliukonis had 13 points on 3 threes 4 rebounds. Junior point guard Brayden Fagbemi had a nice stat line off the bench with 5 points 3 rebounds 7 assists 2 steals and 3 blocks. Yes he blocked three shots at 6'0". Sophomore 7 footer Colin Stack hit a three and ended up with 5 points and 4 rebounds. Stack is a cousin of former Benet star and NBA player Frank Kaminski. Ball popped all night as Benet made good passes against the zone and got quality looks at the basket. Benet also played good man to man defense to go along with their offensive balance. Senior AJ Thomas and junior EJ Breland tied for scoring honors with 13 for St Patrick. Benet Academy ups it's record to 9-0 4-0 in East Suburban Catholic, while St Patrick drops to 6-3 2-2 in conference play.
There were some players who scored their 1000th point over the last week:
Martin Ledbetter of Hinckley Big Rock
Cam Cerese, Lake Park (Roselle)
Tommie Aberle, Lake Forest
Tyler Curl, Prairie Central (Fairbury)
Congrats to all
Freshman Davion Thompson of Bolingbrook goes for 32 points tonight at Lincoln Way East (Frankfort)
Luke Smith of Addison Trail (Addison ) went for 39 points
Junior Ross Robertson, South Beloit EXPLODED for career high 47 points and 25 rebounds (only played three quarters).
Calvin "CJ" Worsham of Christ The King (Chicago) a dominant double/double tonight of 38 points 16 rebounds 4 blocks
Elijah Thomas of Beardstown 37 points (15-21 shooting)
Prospect (Mount Prospect) upsets #9 and previously undefeated Glenbrook North (Northbrook)
Other Top performances:
Karson Thomas, Lincoln Way East (Frankfort) 18 points 9 rebounds (sophomore)
BJ Powell, Lincoln Way East (Frankfort) 15 points (sophomore)
James Pilapil, Catholic Academy (Joliet) 16 points
Immanuel Brown, Warren Township (Gurnee) 15 points
Zavier Fitch, Brother Rice (Chicago) 18 points
Jordan Tunis, Schaumburg 22 points 9 assists (junior )
AJ Levine, York (Elmhurst) 23 points
Jurrell Baldwin, Hyde Park Academy (Chicago) 23 points 13 rebounds (double/double) 4 blocks
Jaylen Shelton, Hyde Park Academy (Chicago) 13 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Reggie Ray, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) 19 points
Brady Sovern,Christian (Yorkville) 15 points (5 threes) (junior)
Rae'Qwon Rogers, Bowen (Chicago) 27 points (junior)
Jeremiah Carter, Bowen (Chicago) 18 points (junior)
Joseph Dahl, Kennedy (Chicago) 17 points
Stefan Cicic, Riverside Brookfield 18 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Cameron Mercer, Riverside Brookfield 17 points
Nic Huston, South Fulton 19 points
Ben Sherrod, South Fulton 17 points
TJ Gorman, Northridge Prep 31 points
Jacob Klatt, Northridge Prep 15 points (junior)
Marlon Williams, Horizon Southwest (Chicago) 22 points 21 rebounds (double/double) (20/20) 8 steals 2 blocks
Shane Foster, Horizon Southwest (Chicago) 15 points 12 rebounds (double/double) 4 steals 4 blocks
Fred Boyd, Horizon Southwest (Chicago) 17 points 5 assists 6 steals
James Bullock Jr, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 18 points 11 rebounds (double/double)
Lonnie Mosley, Evergreen Park 27 points (5 threes) (sophomore)
Tre Dowdell, Evergreen Park 25 points ( 4 threes)
Zerrick Johnson, St Laurence (Burbank) 15 points
JJ Hernandez, Glenbard North (Lombard) 18 points
Coltan Porter, South Beloit 15 points (career high) (freshman)
Athan Berchos, Andrew (Tinley Park) 23 points 6 assists
Danny Laird, Andrew (Tinley Park) 16 points 6 rebounds
Isaac Martinez, Plano 17 points (junior)
Nick Lampe, Mater Dei Catholic (Breese) 24 points
Drake Wagner, Mater Dei Catholic (Breese) 15 points
Stephen Hribal, Timothy Christian (Elmhurst) 21 points 4 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals
Tyler Heffren, Eureka 29 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 5 assists
Thomas Hereau, Scales Mound 24 points
Ryan Cox, Fremd (Palatine) 17 points 5 rebounds 4 assists
Yaris Irby, Niles North (Skokie) 21 points (junior)
Hunter Gawron, Niles North (Skokie) 20 points (junior)
Reid Olson, Niles North (Skokie) 19 points (6 threes)
Dominic Mordini, Lake Forest 15 points
Carson Bahrey, Somonauk 24 points
Cole Stuart, Freeburg 29 points
Kalvin Leonard, Longwood 26 points 5 rebounds (sophomore)
Zack Johnson, Beecher 23 points 4 assists,
Hayhurst, Beecher 18 points
Ray Lee, Manteno 15 points
Darien Green, Christ The King (Chicago) 18 points 7 rebounds 6 assists (junior)
Dominick Ducree, Fenwick (Oak Park) 28 points (7 threes) (junior)
Sean Reynolds, DeKalb `18 pointa (6 threes) (junior)
Davon Grant, DeKalb 16 points (sophomore)
Daiquan Daniels, Hoffman Estates 23 points
Nate Cleveland, Hoffman Estates 7 points 10 rebounds 5 assists
Max Gabriel, Lincoln Way West (New Lenox) 21 points
Jason Jakstys, Yorkville 15 points
Demarion Coleman, Englewood STEM (Chicago) 24 points 12 rebounds (double/double)
Marcus Owens, Englewood STEM (Chicago) 17 points
Martel Britten, Englewood STEM (Chicago) 12 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 6 assists
Je'Shawn Stevenson Jr, Lindblom Math and Science Academy (Chicago) 30 points 6 rebounds 4 steals
Agsen Branch, Lindblom Math and Science Academy 10 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Youssef Hassab, Morton Grove Academy 27 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 5 assists 5 steals
Eman Hodzic, Morton Grove Academy 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double)
Joseph Kone, Westmont 24 points
Abraham Johnson, Westmont 15 points
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