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The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 72-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TFSHS	8	14	14	8	44
Bloom	17	19	29	7	72

Final score provided by D. Maddox.

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Game Stats

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)

Bloom (24-25)

Thornton Fractional South

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	44	18	48	38	41
0	David Nkwogu (Sr)	5	2	5	40	40
1	Amari Dukes (So)	7	3	7	43	43
2	Nick Ford (Sr)	2	1	6	17	17
3	Rashad Peeples (Sr)	13	4	11	36	50
10	Jadyn Raggs (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
11	Axcel Mbamdeu (Sr)	2	1	2	50	50
12	Jayden Nash (Sr)	2	1	3	33	33
14	Kenan Maxey (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	Eion Ikner (Sr)	11	5	7	71	71
24	Jaden Dudley (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

Bloom

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	18	9	4	4	100	100
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	18	9	4	4	100	100

Thornton Fractional South

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	44	3	15	20	5	15	33	15	33	45
0	David Nkwogu (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	5	40
1	Amari Dukes (So)	7	0	0	0	1	4	25	3	7	43
2	Nick Ford (Sr)	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	33
3	Rashad Peeples (Sr)	13	3	7	43	2	3	67	1	4	25
10	Jadyn Raggs (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
11	Axcel Mbamdeu (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
12	Jayden Nash (Sr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
14	Kenan Maxey (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Eion Ikner (Sr)	11	0	0	0	1	6	17	5	7	71
24	Jaden Dudley (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	18	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	4	100
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	18	9	0	0	0	1	2	50	4	4	100

Thornton Fractional South

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	44	5	20	25	8	4	3	18
0	David Nkwogu (Sr)	5	0	3	3	1	0	0	3
1	Amari Dukes (So)	7	1	4	5	1	1	1	4
2	Nick Ford (Sr)	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	5
3	Rashad Peeples (Sr)	13	1	2	3	3	2	0	3
10	Jadyn Raggs (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
11	Axcel Mbamdeu (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Jayden Nash (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Kenan Maxey (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
23	Eion Ikner (Sr)	11	2	6	8	1	1	2	2
24	Jaden Dudley (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Bloom

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	18	9	2	4	6	0	1	0	1	2
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	18	9	2	4	6	0	1	0	1	2

Thornton Fractional South

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	0.44	0.22
0	David Nkwogu (Sr)	0.33	0.00
1	Amari Dukes (So)	0.25	0.25
2	Nick Ford (Sr)	0.40	0.00
3	Rashad Peeples (Sr)	1.00	0.67
23	Eion Ikner (Sr)	0.50	0.50

Bloom

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl	TF
	Team Totals	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
33	Joe Jones (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0	0

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Bloom crushes Thornton Fractional South

February 26, 2025: Lansing, IL 60438

The Bloom Blazing Trojan (Chicago Heights, IL) basketball crushed the host Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves (Lansing, IL), 72-44 in Wednesday's non-league bout.

The Blazing Trojan now possess a 20-8 record. They play next when they travel to Joliet West for a non-league bout on Friday, February 28. Bloom will play a Tigers team coming off a 72-59 non-league win over Thornwood (South Holland, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 21-9.

With the loss, Thornton Fractional South falls to 13-20 on the campaign.

TFSHS vs Bloom Basketball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 26, 2025 @ 6p

IHSA State Tournament

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) by a score of 72-44.

Rankings & Records

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)

IL	Class
294	103

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-20	7-6	5-2	4-12	4-6	.394	.538	1,825	1,918

Bloom (24-25)

IL	Class
56	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-9	9-3	11-1	5-2	5-6	.700	.750	1,841	1,499

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Thornton Fractional South	13.2	13.2	14.7	13.3	10.0	55.3
Bloom	14.1	14.6	19.2	12.1	6.7	61.4

Head-to-Head

Bloom won on 11/26/2024

11/26 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TFSHS - - - - 50
Bloom - - - - 74

The Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away tournament game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 74-50.
Box score
Bloom won on 2/26/2025

2/26 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

TFSHS 8 14 14 8 44
Bloom 17 19 29 7 72

The Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's neutral playoff game against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) by a score of 72-44.
Box score

11/26 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
TFSHS	-	-	-	-	50
Bloom	-	-	-	-	74

Team Stat Comparison

Thornton Fractional South		Bloom
54.8	Points Per Game	3.9
26.0	Rebounds Per Game	3.0
10.8	Assists Per Game	0.4
7.2	Steals Per Game	0.6
3.5	Blocks Per Game	0.7

Team Leaders

Thornton Fractional South		Bloom	National Avg.
#1 Amari Dukes14.3	Points Per Game	#0 Vincent Kelly4.1	4.9
#23 Eion Ikner7.3	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Joe Jones2.7	2.6
#2 Nick Ford2.2	Assists Per Game	#0 Vincent Kelly0.9	1.0
#0 David Nkwogu1.7	Steals Per Game	#0 Vincent Kelly2.1	0.8
#1 Amari Dukes1.2	Blocks Per Game	#33 Joe Jones0.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Thornton Fractional South	4-6		Bloom	12-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/24	Thornton Fractional South	Hillcrest	(L) 61-40	11/27/24	Hillcrest	Bloom	(W) 58-56
1/31/25	Hillcrest	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 85-51
11/27/24	Thornton Fractional South	Longwood	(W) 66-48	11/25/24	Longwood	Bloom	(W) 66-27
11/29/24	Hammond Central	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 67-64	12/10/24	Bloom	Hammond Central	(W) 70-54
12/26/24	Thornton Fractional South	Rich Township	(L) 80-43	2/4/25	Rich Township	Bloom	(W) 58-47
				2/18/25	Bloom	Rich Township	(W) 71-61
12/27/24	Thornton Fractional South	Corliss	(W) 76-38	1/11/25	Corliss	Bloom	(W) 91-32
12/28/24	Thornton Fractional South	Thornton	(W) 46-45	1/17/25	Thornton	Bloom	(W) 58-49
				2/14/25	Bloom	Thornton	(W) 53-46
12/29/24	Thornwood	Thornton Fractional South	(L) 63-61	12/17/24	Bloom	Thornwood	(W) 74-42
				1/24/25	Thornwood	Bloom	(W) 72-60
2/1/25	Thornton Fractional South	Lincoln-Way East	(L) 69-61	2/10/25	Lincoln-Way East	Bloom	(W) 66-45
2/24/25	Joliet Central	Thornton Fractional South	(W) 75-57	12/7/24	Joliet Central	Bloom	(W) 64-38

Record Breakdown

Thornton Fractional South (24-25)		Bloom (24-25)
13-20	Overall	21-9
7-6	League	9-3
1-8	Non-League	5-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-6	Common Opponent	12-0
5-2	Home	11-1
4-12	Away	5-2
4-6	Neutral	5-6
0-1	Playoff	2-1
13-19	In-State	20-8
0-1	Out-of-State	1-1