Curie’s Cliff Alexander will get the matchup he wanted with Young’s Jahlil Okafor after the Condors captured the Richards 4A Regional Friday with a 77-62 win over Bogan.
Eleventh-seeded Oak Park-River Forest’s 70-54 win over Bogan in the Hinsdale Central Regional Friday guaranteed three double-digit seeds a spot in the sectional semifinals. Oak Park plays Young Monday evening.
Simeon senior Kendall Pollard scored a team-high 14 points and held Bogan’s sophomore-star Luwane Pipkins to 2-for-16 shooting in the Wolverines' 59-49 Public League quarterfinal win over the Bengals at Chicago State on Sunday.
Juwan Savage stepped up late to hit the game-sealing free throws for Bogan as his team beat DuSable 67-58 Tuesday in the Public League playoff opener. Savage finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks.
02/01/2013, 11:51pm CST, By Michael O’Brien mobrien@suntimes.com
Kyle Davis had 21 points and six assists, and Billy Garrett Jr. and Josh Cunningham each scored 15 as No. 2 Morgan Park topped No. 20 Bogan 89-68 Friday. After the game, Davis sounded off on a rematch with Simeon and Jabari Parker.
Since shining at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament last month, there hasn’t been any uncommitted senior whose stock has skyrocketed more this season than Oswego’s Miles Simelton.
Morgan Park recovered from a 17-point third-quarter deficit by attacking the basket and picking up the intensity on defense for a 67-55 come-from-behind win over Bogan in a Public League semifinal Wednesday.
01/23/2013, 10:28pm CST, By Michael O’Brien mobrien@suntimes.com
With coach Robert Smith serving the first of his four game suspension, Simeon withstood a second-half rally by host Bogan and Jabari Parker scored 21 points to key the Wolverines to a 67-48 victory.
Juwan Henry scored 25 points and backcourt mate Luwane Pipkins added 21 as Bogan rolled to an 86-62 victory over Riverside-Brookfield on Sunday in the MLK Dream Classic at Young.
Brittany Byrd’s 23 points were not enough for Bogan as the Bengals fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 73-57 loss to Milwaukee Riverside on Sunday.