Top 40 national sophomore Cole Kelly a double/double in 2.5 quarters of play for #6 Neuqua Valley (Naperville) in running clock win over Christian (Yorkville)!! Top performances in the state tonight!

Not much to tell here as Neuqua Valley jumped out right away and was never threatened. Here we go:

Neuqua Valley (Naperville) 74 Christian (Yorkville) 43:

Unusual way to start the game on senior night as Neuqua Valley announce an all senior starting lineup but only started three of them along with junior Illinois commit Mason Martin and sophomore Cole Kelly. Neuqua led 18-8 after first quarter, 42-22 at recess, and 65-33 at end of third quarter which precipitated the running clock. Martin was in foul trouble with 2 fouls, never got his rhythm and ended up with 9 points in about a half total of play. Senior point guard Southern Illinois Edwardsville commit Jayden Riley never got it going offensively, and neither did his teammates. Neuqua doubled him whenever he had the ball, and tried to set up teammates who had some open looks from three. He ended up fouling out early in the fourth quarter. Mustangs shot 7/32 from three for 22% from outside the arc which put them behind the eight ball. To add insult to injury, Kelly had a nasty one hand left hand follow up dunk off a teammates miss from the corner in the third quarter. Seniors and other bench players were able to play the fourth quarter.

Neuqua Valley (Naperville) ups it's record to 27-1, 25 in a row. Should get the #2 seed in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional. Christian (Yorkville) drops to 16-10 playing a tough schedule. Good chance to win Class 2A Seneca Sectional.

Top performances:

Neuqua Valley (Naperville):

Sophomore Cole Kelly 19 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 3 steals 1 block (2 dunks)

Junior Luke Balgro 12 points 7 rebounds

Senior Daniel Aghomi 10 points

Junior Mason Martin 9 points 7 rebounds (Illinois commit)

Christian (Yorkville):

Senior Jayden Riley 12 points 4 assists 3 steals (Southern Illinois Edwardsville commit)

Freshman Jayden Alford 10 points

Junior Blake Wells 9 points (3/6 3PT)

Top performances in the state:

Wade Richhart, Rockridge (Taylorville) 41 points

Austin Buckley, Herscher 19 points

Brayden Lewis, North (Belvidere) 17 points

Nehemiah Brown, Minooka 20 points (7/9 FG) 7 rebounds 4 steals (junior)

Brady Hairald, Minooka 20 points 12 rebounds (double/double) 4 steals

Jeremiah Echols, Leo Catholic (Chicago) 15 points (junior)

Ethan Schulting, East Dubuque 33 points (8/9 3PT)

Drew Lundberg, West Aurora 21 points

Cash Raikes, Serena 23 points 9 rebounds

Donovan "Donny" Williams, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) 30 points 8 rebounds 2 steals 1 block

Henry Schlickman, North(Wheaton) 26 points

Rylan White, Heritage 24 points (school's all time leading scorer)

Brayden Jones, Heritage 18 points

Levi Smith, Auburn 26 points (freshman)

Jacob Barth, Auburn 26 points

Ryan Harris, Pittsfield 17 points

Keshuan Manney, Central Catholic (Bloomington) 20 points (junior)

Michael Nee, Glenbard East (Lombard) 19 points (South Dakota commit)

Jacob Marynowski, Glenbard East (Lombard) 15 points

Kavon Ammons, Rich Township (Richton Park) 24 points 6 rebounds

Khordell Gregory, Rochester 19 points

Eli Cox, Rochester 17 points

Matt Welch, Glenbard North (Carol Stream) 25 points

Coen Demack, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) 20 points

Freddy Battaglia, Lake Park (Roselle) 19 points

Christian Burge, Lake Park (Roselle) 17 points (career high) (freshman)

Isaiah Feuerbach,Sycamore 33 points 9 rebounds 8 assists (scored his 1000th point tonight)

Marcus Johnson, Sycamore 22 points 8 assists

Tanner Hozian, St Francis (Wheaton) 19 points

Brody Bruns, Rochelle 27 points

Cooper Mellican, North (St Charles) 18 points

EJ Mondesir, North (St Charles) 16 points

Cameron Mercer, Riversie Brookfield 17 points

Liam Enright, Riverside Brookfield 15 points

James Johnson of Washington scored his 1000th point

George Gray, Oak Park River Forest 17 points (junior)

Ben Hiveley, Byron 18 points (junior)

Cason Newton, Byron 16 points

Byron wins conference title

Marshawn Cocroft, Kaneland (Maple Park) 27 points (Grand Valley State commit)

Jeffrey Hassan, Kaneland (Maple Park) 18 points (Junior)

Darrin “DJ” Laye, Marshall (Chicago) 28 points 8 rebounds 6 assists 5 steals (sophomore)

Zack Pershing, Carlyle 21 points

Ethan Brinkman, Carlyle 12 rebounds