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Troy Gentle’s weekly update on the five players headed Bruce Weber’s way and the two players headed Jolette Law’s way:
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TRACY ABRAMS (Mount Carmel) — After rolling past Fenwick 64-44 Friday, the Caravan overcame turnover troubles to beat St. Patrick 52-45 at the City-Suburban Shootout on Saturday. Abrams scored 11 of his game-high 21 points during a 12-0 run at the end of the first half. Mount Carmel ends its regular season tonight at Providence, then faces the Hubbard/Hinsdale Central winner Tuesday as the No. 1 seed at the Class 4A Mount Carmel Regional.
NNANNA EGWU (Chicago St. Ignatius) — Had 16 points and nine rebounds in a 47-45 nonconference win against Evanston on Saturday. The Wolfpack (14-11) finishes up against Fenwick, then squares off against St. Patrick in an opening-round Class 4A regional game Wednesday. St. Ignatius is seeded 10th.
MEYERS LEONARD (Robinson) — Scored 18 points in an 80-28 blowout of Mount Zion on Friday.  On Tuesday, he contributed 15 points to the Maroons’ 72-54 win against Newton at the Class 2A Flora Regional. Robinson plays for a regional championship tonight.
JEREME RICHMOND (Waukegan) — Evanston had no answer for Richmond’s 30-point effort Friday as Waukegan rallied 86-71. He had 16 points and 13 rebounds as the Bulldogs defeated Whitney Young 59-42 at the City-Suburban Shootout on Saturday. On Wednesday, he had 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead Waukegan past Deerfield 93-87 in overtime for the Central Suburban League Conference title. Waukegan opens Class 4A regional play as the No. 1 seed Tuesday at Buffalo Grove.
CRANDALL HEAD (Rich South) — Injured.

WOMEN
ALEXIS BURKE (Bainbridge, Ga.) — Fouled out early in the fourth quarter of the Cats’ 50-47 loss to Lee County on Friday. The next night, she responded with 34 points as Bainbridge beat Columbus Hardaway 73-52. On Saturday, they open Class AAAA tournament play against Region 4AAAA runner-up Forest Park.
CENTRESE McGEE (Thornton Fractional North) — T.F. North beat Rich South 95-42 last Thursday to win its regional championship. McGee scored 17 points and advanced in the three-point showdown. At the Class 3A Hillcrest Sectional on Tuesday, she scored 17 points as the Meteors won 86-28. They played Hillcrest and DePaul recruit Uniquah Hampton for the sectional championship Thursday.

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CecilColeman wrote on February 25, 2010 at 8:02 pm

Does Leonard and Robinson HS ever play anyone good?

ebkkk wrote on February 25, 2010 at 9:02 pm

Not a high profile team to be found in the conference Robinson plays in CecilColeman, but they have played Rock Island (Chasson Randle) and lost by 5 as well as Chicago Morgan Park (Wayne Blackshear) and lost by 1.

sinfonian11 wrote on February 26, 2010 at 9:02 am

Just to add to ebkkk's note, Robinson has a pretty easy regional, but the competition should improve in their sectional next week.