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The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 76-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TFSHS	8	9	15	27	59
Bloom	16	15	21	24	76

Final score provided by D. Maddox.

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Thornton Fractional South (22-23)

Bloom (22-23)

Thornton Fractional South

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	20	63	32	40
1	Caleb Newman (Sr)	23	8	19	42	61
2	Romello Ali (Sr)	16	4	11	36	50
3	Sam Townsend (Jr)	10	4	10	40	45
5	Marqell Wilson (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
11	Alex Lesure (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
12	Daetwan Thomas (Sr)	2	0	6	0	0
14	Kelsey Griffin (Sr)	6	3	10	30	30

Bloom

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	164	76	28	49	57	65
0	Demirez Sutton (Sr)	5	0	0	0
1	Elijah Lovemore (So)	28	11	4	6	67	75
2	Raeshom Harris (Sr)	26	8	2	7	29	36
5	Payton Edwards (So)	15	2	1	3	33	33
11	Lierre Collier (Sr)	18	12	4	6	67	100
14	Jaden Clark (Jr)	22	9	3	6	50	67
15	Micheal Garner (Sr)	24	6	2	6	33	33
23	Santana Flowers (Jr)	26	28	12	15	80	80

Thornton Fractional South

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	11	40	28	8	13	62	9	23	39
1	Caleb Newman (Sr)	23	7	16	44	0	1	0	1	3	33
2	Romello Ali (Sr)	16	3	9	33	5	5	100	1	2	50
3	Sam Townsend (Jr)	10	1	3	33	1	4	25	3	7	43
5	Marqell Wilson (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
11	Alex Lesure (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Daetwan Thomas (Sr)	2	0	3	0	2	2	100	0	3	0
14	Kelsey Griffin (Sr)	6	0	6	0	0	1	0	3	4	75

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	164	76	8	15	53	12	18	67	20	34	59
0	Demirez Sutton (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Elijah Lovemore (So)	28	11	1	2	50	2	2	100	3	4	75
2	Raeshom Harris (Sr)	26	8	1	3	33	3	3	100	1	4	25
5	Payton Edwards (So)	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Lierre Collier (Sr)	18	12	4	6	67	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Jaden Clark (Jr)	22	9	2	3	67	1	2	50	1	3	33
15	Micheal Garner (Sr)	24	6	0	0	0	2	5	40	2	6	33
23	Santana Flowers (Jr)	26	28	0	0	0	4	6	67	12	15	80

Thornton Fractional South

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	59	7	8	15	13	14	1	10	18
0	Brian Green (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
1	Caleb Newman (Sr)	23	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	1
2	Romello Ali (Sr)	16	2	3	5	4	3	1	1	2
3	Sam Townsend (Jr)	10	4	2	6	3	1	0	4	3
5	Marqell Wilson (Sr)	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	5
12	Daetwan Thomas (Sr)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
14	Kelsey Griffin (Sr)	6	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	4

Bloom

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	164	76	13	35	48	22	5	3	11	13
0	Demirez Sutton (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Elijah Lovemore (So)	28	11	2	3	5	10	0	0	5	1
2	Raeshom Harris (Sr)	26	8	1	2	3	8	0	0	2	1
5	Payton Edwards (So)	15	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2
11	Lierre Collier (Sr)	18	12	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	2
14	Jaden Clark (Jr)	22	9	2	4	6	3	1	0	1	3
15	Micheal Garner (Sr)	24	6	2	5	7	0	0	2	0	0
23	Santana Flowers (Jr)	26	28	5	16	21	0	2	1	1	4

Thornton Fractional South

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.30	1.40	0.78	0.06	2	11
1	Caleb Newman (Sr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	1	0
2	Romello Ali (Sr)	4.00	3.00	1.50	0.50	0	2
3	Sam Townsend (Jr)	0.75	0.25	0.33	0.00	0	1
5	Marqell Wilson (Sr)	1.33	0.67	0.40	0.00	0	3
12	Daetwan Thomas (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1	5
14	Kelsey Griffin (Sr)	1.00	4.00	1.00	0.00	0	0

Bloom

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	0.46	0.39	0.23	13
1	Elijah Lovemore (So)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
2	Raeshom Harris (Sr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
5	Payton Edwards (So)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
11	Lierre Collier (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
14	Jaden Clark (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	4
15	Micheal Garner (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0
23	Santana Flowers (Jr)	0.00	2.00	0.50	0.25	3

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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Thornton Fractional South topped by Bloom

February 22, 2023: Chicago Heights, IL 60411

The Bloom Blazing Trojan basketball team scored 76 points and restricted the visiting Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves to 59 in the Blazing Trojan non-league victory on Wednesday.

The Blazing Trojan now sport a 19-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host Marist for a non-league contest on Friday, February 24. Bloom will battle a RedHawks team coming off a 47-41 league loss to Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights, IL). The RedHawks record now stands at 23-7.

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Players of the Game

Thornton Fractional South (22-23)

Thornton Fractional South has not selected any Players of the Game.

Bloom (22-23)

Congratulations to #23 Santana Flowers for being selected the Bloom Basketball Player of the Game.

TFSHS @ Bloom Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 22, 2023 @ 7p

Semifinal regional playoff game.

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's home playoff game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 76-59.

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Rankings & Records

Thornton Fractional South (22-23)

IL	Class
197	78

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-14	9-4	6-1	6-6	5-7	.548	.692	1,973	1,956

Bloom (22-23)

IL	Class
42	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-10	10-2	8-3	7-5	5-2	.667	.833	1,851	1,594

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Thornton Fractional South	9.9	13.8	15.9	22.1	12.0	-	63.6
Bloom	16.3	14.3	15.3	15.5	9.0	4.0	61.7

Head-to-Head

Bloom won on 11/21/2022

11/21 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TFSHS 6 13 14 6 39
Bloom 15 25 36 7 83

The Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) varsity basketball team lost Monday's away tournament game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 83-39.
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Bloom won on 2/22/2023

2/22 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TFSHS 8 9 15 27 59
Bloom 16 15 21 24 76

The Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away playoff game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 76-59.
Box score

11/21 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TFSHS	6	13	14	6	39
Bloom	15	25	36	7	83

Team Stat Comparison

Thornton Fractional South		Bloom
62.6	Points Per Game	60.7
24.9	Rebounds Per Game	27.9
12.0	Assists Per Game	16.6
10.5	Steals Per Game	8.5
2.0	Blocks Per Game	3.7

Team Leaders

Thornton Fractional South		Bloom	National Avg.
#2 Romello Ali14.8	Points Per Game	#2 Raeshom Harris11.0	4.9
#2 Romello Ali5.2	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Santana Flowers8.4	2.6
#2 Romello Ali2.9	Assists Per Game	#1 Elijah Lovemore5.6	1.0
#2 Romello Ali2.6	Steals Per Game	#1 Elijah Lovemore2.0	0.8
#2 Romello Ali0.7	Blocks Per Game	#15 Micheal Garner2.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thornton Fractional South	3-6		Bloom	7-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/22/22	Hillcrest	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 80-68	11/23/22	Hillcrest	Bloom	(L) 56-53
12/8/22	Hillcrest	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 80-67
11/23/22	Lincoln-Way Central	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 66-65	11/22/22	Lincoln-Way Central	Bloom	(W) 63-51
2/4/23	Thornton Fractional South	Lincoln-Way Central	(L) 67-40
11/25/22	Rich Township	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 85-73	1/10/23	Rich Township	Bloom	(W) 73-49
				2/10/23	Bloom	Rich Township	(W) 60-54
12/17/22	Thornwood	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 67-65	12/16/22	Bloom	Thornwood	(W) 59-52
				1/27/23	Thornwood	Bloom	(L) 55-50
12/28/22	Thornton Fractional South	Thornton	(W) 68-32	12/2/22	Thornton	Bloom	(W) 56-41
1/21/23	Thornton	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 53-45	1/20/23	Bloom	Thornton	(W) 57-52
12/30/22	Hammond Bishop Noll	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 70-59	12/9/22	Bloom	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 75-41

Record Breakdown

Thornton Fractional South (22-23)		Bloom (22-23)
17-14	Overall	20-10
9-4	League	10-2
3-2	Non-League	2-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-6	Common Opponent	7-2
6-1	Home	8-3
6-6	Away	7-5
5-7	Neutral	5-2
0-1	Playoff	2-1
17-13	In-State	19-10
0-1	Out-of-State	1-0