Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn) wins a rock fight with Elmwood Park in an Upstate Eight East battle. Junior Sean Reese's defense told the story. Top performances in the state tonight!!!!

Low scoring battle was really Glenbard South controlling the pace and tempo tonight. Sophomore Brady Pettigrew's big night helps The Brook to blowout win over East (Plainfield). Ryan McMurray aka Buck gets his first win as a Head Coach at Peoria tonight over Manual (Peoria). Tristan Howard of Perspectives Leadership (Chicago), Brad Blackman of Crane Medical (Chicago) and Tyler Smith of Manley had triple doubles. Here we go:

Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn) 44 Elmwood Park 36:

Low scoring ten passes before you shoot battle resulted in not much scoring in this game. Both teams ran their offense through a few times, makes me want the mandatory shot clock to hurry up and get here. Elmwood Park led after one quarter 7-4, then Glenbard South out scored Elmwood Park 15-7 in second quarter to take control of the game and lead at recess 19-14. Outscored Elmwood Park in the third quarter by a whopping score of 8-7 to lead 27-21 going into the fourth quarter. In this knock down drag game that was more than enough. It was like Glenbard South had a 15 point lead, Elmwood Park got no closer than that and rose their defense to the win as junior Sean Reese's defense held star scorer junior Scotty Ruiz to 8 points on 3/14 shooting.

Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn) ups it's record to 18-7, 6-3 in Upstate Eight East, while Elmwood Park drops to 5-17, 1-9 in Upstate Eight East.

Top performers:

Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn):

Sophomore Mason Fort 13 points (7/10 FT) 5 rebounds

Junior Johnathan Hatley 9 points 3 steals

Junior Sean Reese 8 points 5 rebounds 1 steal 2 blocks

Elmwood Park:

Senior Salvatore LaBarbera 9 points

Senior Isaiah Jacob Manuel 8 points 9 rebounds 2 steals

Junior Scotty Ruiz 8 points 3 steals

Top performances in the state:

Brady Pettigrew, Bolingbrook 34 points 5 rebounds (sophomore)

TJ Williams, Bolingbrook 17 points 8 rebounds

Trey Brost, Bolingbrook 10 points 10 assists (double/double) (Michigan Tech commit)

Tristan Howard, Perspectives Leadership (Chicago) 10 points 15 rebounds 10 blocks (triple double)

Tyler Smith, Manley (Chicago) 30 points 11 rebounds 10 assists (triple double)

Brad Blackman, Crane Medical (Chicago) 11 points 14 rebounds 11 blocks (triple double)

Michael Nee, Glenbard East (Lombard) 22 points (South Dakota commit)

Keenan House, Glenbard East (Lombard) 21 points

Camarion Weathers, Hyde Park Academy (Chicago) 15 points 12 rebounds (double/double)

Victor Norris, Providence St Mel (Chicago) 21 points 5 rebounds (junior)

Carter Slaise, Providence St Mel (Chicago) 16 points 6 steals (sophomore)

Elisha Dahe, Providence St Mel (Chicago) 15 points 5 rebounds (sophomore)

Gavin Pepperhorst, Mater Dei Catholic (Breese) 17 points 7 rebounds 4 steals

AJ Poettker, Mater Dei Catholic (Breese) 15 points

Nate Woods, Lyons Township (LaGrange) 26 points (8 threes school single game record) (junior)

Micah Griffo, Mascoutah 23 points (junior)

Erick Castillo, Momence 20 points (broke school record for career three pointers made)

D'Angelo Hundley, Momence 17 points

Khordell Gregory, Rochester 17 points

Jett Karrick, Porta AC 31 points

Cooper Casserton, Elk Grove 16 points (junior)

Matt Novak, Elk Grove 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double)

Julius Hamlin Jr, Butler College Prep (Chicago) 20 points 5 steals 2 blocks (scored 1000th point tonight)

Lemar Williams, Butler College Prep (Chicago) 17 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 6 assists 6 steals

Eddie Smajic, Columbia 31 points 6 assists

Kyle Chudd, Columbia 16 points (career high)

Brody Langraf, Columbia 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double)

Ryder Burgmeier, Central (Breese) 20 points 5 rebounds

Cam Anderson, Schaumburg 17 points

Tony Salemi, Wauconda 22 points 6 steals 2 blocks

Austin Carlsen, Wauconda 19 points 2 steals 1 block (junior)

Brody Nicklaus, Dixon 19 points

Jakob Nicklaus, Dixon 16 points

Cooper Johnson, Oregon 16 points

J'Mere Macon, Springfield 19 points

Addison, Elmwood 21 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Cooper Mellican, North (St Charles) 28 points

Carter Tindall, Bloomington 22 points

Dallas Marshall, Bloomington 11 rebounds (freshman)

Liam Enright, Riverside Brookfield 18 points

Cameron Mercer, Riverside Brookfield 18 points

Dom Defrank, Beecher 16 points 5 assists

Jadyn Stout, Beecher 10 rebounds

Tamarius Berry, Heights (Peoria) 25 points

Omar Barakat, Stagg (Palos Heights) 21 points 6 rebounds

Peter Zoko, Stagg (Palos Heights) 13 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Darrius Hawkins Jr, Homewood Flossmoor 24 points 5 rebounds 8 assists 5 steals (sophomore)

Dominic Mordini, Lake Forest 20 points

Zach Neukrich, Wheeling 21 points

Jesus "Chuy" Zavala, Wheeling 21 points

Sawyer Allen, Unity (Mendon) 25 points (game winning basket)

Porter Dossett, North Green (White Hall) 28 points

Luke Farris, North Greene (White Hall) 24 points (20 in second half)

Jamir Ratliff, Hillcrest (Country Club Hills) 25 points

Brady Hairald, Minooka 10 points 14 rebounds (double/double)

Rylan White, Heritage 20 points

Brayden Jones, Heritage 18 points

Carson Trivilleni, South (Crystal Lake) 26 points 5 rebounds (junior) (Illinois baseball commit)

Tyler Cole of Paxton-Buckley-Loda scored his 1000th point tonight. 22 points

Donovan "Donny" Williams, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) 16 points

Rocco Pagliocca, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) 16 points

Will Johnson, Sandburg (Orland Park) 16 points

Chase Ruppert, Heyworth 28 points

Elijah Bell, Jacobs (Algonquin) 20 points 5 assists 3 steals (junior)

Ethan Vahl, Oswego 17 points

Carson Woods, Central (Grayslake) 18 points

Alex Granville, Central (Grayslake) 17 points

Cole Halverson, Central (Grayslake) 15 points

Ali, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) 20 points 11 rebounds (double/double)

Littleton, Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City) 12 rebounds

Joe Niego, Brother Rice (Chicago) 17 points (game winning three)

Isaac Muze, Huntley 16 points (sophomore)

Aden Tillman of Mendota scored his 1000th point tonight

Omar Saleh, Oak Lawn 19 points

Marc Harvey, Oak Lawn 18 points

AJ Berndt, Cary Grove 15 points 5 rebounds

Parker Krogman of Eastland scored his 2000th point tonight

Amir Tucker, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) 18 points (sophomore)

Duke Ross, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) 15 points (junior)

Luke Townsend, Armstrong 18 points (4/7 three) (scored his 1000th point)

Rhys Showalter, Armstrong 23 points 8 rebounds (junior)

Davyn Franzen, Armstrong 17 points 14 rebounds (double/double) (junior)

Carson Newton, Byron 21 points

Ben Hively, Byron 15 points (junior)

Devin Fitzgerald, U-High (Springfield) 23 points

Cameron Johnson, U-High 19 points

Markese Peoples, St Laurence (Burbank) 16 points (junior)

Brennen Stillwell, Streator 22 points (junior)

Larnell Moore, Eisenhower (Blue Island) 22 points

Hayden Noha, Oak Forest 23 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Jaxsen Trager, Riverton 28 points (junior)

Julian Rice, Riverton 23 points (junior)

Justin Oliver, Curie (Chicago) 16 points

Kendall Holliday, Curie (Chicago) 14 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

R Owens, Manteno 18 points

Declan Moran, Wilmington 21 points

Ryan Ketterman, Wilmington 18 points

Matt Kuban, Reed Custer 17 points (sophomore)

Kaiden Klein, Reed Custer 16 points 5 rebounds (sophomore)

Zach Schneider, Lemont 23 points (junior)

Brady Harris, Francis Parker (Chicago) 34 points

Ben Newcomb, Lakes (Lake Villa) 15 points (junior)

Joe Reid, Batavia 24 points

Damarion Dixon, Reavis 21 points

Joseph Navarez, Argo (Summit) 21 points

Darron Greer Jr, Argo (Summit) 25 points

Brzezniak, Lincoln Way Central (New Lenox) 21 points

Brock Monk, Eureka 17 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Nojus Venckus, Lockport Township 20 points (6 threes) (junior)

Nedas Venckus, Lockport Township 16 points (junior)

Keison Peoples, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 26 points (Winona State commit)

Micah Tidwell, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 15 points

Darius McKinney, Amundsen (Chicago) 19 points

Marquis Clark, Whitney Young (Chicago) 26 points (Tennesee commit)

Zaire Green, Whitney Young (Chicago) 17 points (junior)

Pierce Childs, Annawan 17 points

Cole Goodley, Annawan 15 points

Lincoln Williams, Kankakee 16 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 6 assists 5 steals

Cedric Terrell III, Kankakee 16 points

Luke Badal Hinckley Big Rock 20 points

Ledbetter, Hinckley Big Rock 15 points

Morgan Travis, Perspectives Leadership (Chicago) 23 points 5 assists

Marcus Johnson, Sycamore 24 points

C Deering, LaMoille 15 points

Eman Fleming, Manley (Chicago) 15 points 5 steals

Yak Kizer, Manley (Chicago) 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 3 blocks

Jayden Tart, Manley (Chicago) 15 points 8 rebounds

Ade Denton-Vance, Morgan Park Academy (Chicago) 24 points

Varun Paluri, Morgan Park Academy (Chicago) 16 points

Cedrick Carter, Intrinsic Downtown (Chicago) 28 points 16 rebounds (double/double) 4 blocks (Dyouville commit)

Marshawn Cocroft, Kaneland (Maple Park) 20 points (Grand Valley State commit)

Evan Frieders, Kaneland (Maple Park) 19 points

Nigel Moore, Peoria 15 points (sophomore)

Orlando Edwards Jr, Peoria 15 points (sophomore)

Adam Flowers, South (Downers Grove) 16 points 8 rebounds 13 assists (double/double)

Panayiotis Sotos, Maine South (Park Ridge) 20 points

Sean Ryan, Maine South (Park Ridge) 17 points

Trey Williams, Loyola Academy (Wilmette) 13 points 9 rebounds 12 assists (double/double) (Cornell commit)

Travis Brown Jr, West Aurora 18 points (junior)

Jamier Montgomery, Crane Medical (Chicago) 27 points 5 steals

Nick Mossman, Routt Catholic (Jacksonville) 15 points (sophomore)

Bryson Mossman, Routt Catholic (Jacksonville) 15 points

Tom Burkitt, Brimfield 12 rebounds 4 blocks

Cam Woods, Oak Park River Forest 16 points

Kash Klendenworth, Fieldcrest 16 points

Cam Golike, Marquette (Alton) 18 points

Chase Jones, Marquette (Alton) 17 points

Ryder Wettig, Trico 14 points 10 rebounds (sophomore)

Davion Tate of Maine West (Des Plaines) scored his 1000th point tonight

Daniel Fajinmi, Bogan (Chicago) 22 points 12 rebounds (double/double)

Brylan Bender, Sherrard 17 points

Ryder Veronda, Sherrard 16 points

Carter Brown, Sherrard 15 points

Reggie Postlewaite, Manual (Peoria) 22 points

Monday, February 2nd, 2026:

Semaj Stampley, Alton 17 points