Saturday, November 27, 2021

East St. Louis blitzes Harlem early for third Tip-Off win

ROCKFORD - The East St. Louis Fliers scored the first 15 points and withstood a couple of Harlem rallies to win 88-67 and move to 3-0 in the 205 Tip-Off Classic.

The Fliers typically start a lineup where the shortest player is 6-3 point guard Daeveion Hawkins. Harlem's tallest starter is 6-3, so Saturday's game was going to be a tough matchup.

Still, the Huskies rallied, cutting East St. Louis' lead to 23-14 in the second quarter and to 11 points on a couple of occasions in the second half. Lathan Lewis had his best game of the week with 22 points. Juniors Deandre Young and Dane Dailing had 18 and 13 points each.

Macaleab Rich, a 6-6 junior forward, didn't start because of a sore knee. He came off the bench to score 31 points. Christian Jones, a University of Missouri recruit, scored 12.

East St. Louis has one game against Guilford left in the 205 Tip-Off Classic. Harlem (1-3) has a game left against North Chicago.

East St. Louis 88, Machesney Park Harlem 67
East St. Louis
Player 2s 3s FT FTA Pts
McCline 0 4 2 2 14
Jones 4 0 4 6 12
Canslor 0 3 0 0 9
Johnson 2 0 2 4 6
Rich 9 2 7 7 31
Hawkins 0 1 0 3 3
Brown 5 0 3 5 13
Totals 20 10 18 24 88
Machesney Park Harlem
Player 2s 3s FT FTA Pts
Henderson 0 0 2 4 2
Cline 0 2 0 0 6
Young 2 3 5 6 18
Lewis 3 4 4 6 22
Winters 1 0 0 0 2
Lundgren 1 0 2 2 4
Dailing 1 3 2 2 13
Totals 8 12 15 20 67
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
East St. Louis 23 20 24 21 88
Harlem 10 23 18 16 67

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