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Hammond Central Bloom

Wolves

Blazing Trojan

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral tournament game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 60-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hammond Central	14	14	15	7	50
Bloom	11	11	28	10	60

Final score provided by D. Maddox.

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Bloom (23-24)

Hammond Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	162	50	21	57	37	44
1	Da'shawn Woods (Jr)	27	2	1	8	13	13
2	Marcus Browder (Jr)	31	30	12	21	57	71
3	Gregory Dotson (Jr)	32	10	4	12	33	42
4	Zierre Taylor (So)	10	0	0	3	0	0
5	D. Mercedes-Lora (Sr)	6	2	1	3	33	33
21	Quentez Jenkins (Sr)	32	4	2	7	29	29
23	Neem Pete (Jr)	24	2	1	3	33	33

Bloom

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	181	60	24	53	45	49
1	Elijah Lovemore (Jr)	28	8	3	8	38	44
3	Amare Pryor (So)	12	3	1	4	25	38
5	Payton Edwads (Jr)	28	12	5	6	83	100
10	Elijah Allen (Sr)	25	16	6	12	50	50
12	B. Johnson (Jr)	10	2	1	1	100	100
14	Jaden Clark (Sr)	27	8	3	8	38	38
23	Santana Flowers (Sr)	23	7	3	5	60	60
24	Marcus Everhart (Sr)	10	0	0	2	0	0
24	Vincent Kelly (Jr)	18	4	2	7	29	29

Hammond Central

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	162	50	8	19	42	2	2	100	13	38	34
1	Da'shawn Woods (Jr)	27	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	17
2	Marcus Browder (Jr)	31	30	6	9	67	0	0	0	6	12	50
3	Gregory Dotson (Jr)	32	10	2	5	40	2	2	100	2	7	29
4	Zierre Taylor (So)	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	D. Mercedes-Lora (Sr)	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
21	Quentez Jenkins (Sr)	32	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
23	Neem Pete (Jr)	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33

Bloom

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	181	60	4	14	29	8	16	50	20	39	51
1	Elijah Lovemore (Jr)	28	8	1	4	25	1	3	33	2	4	50
3	Amare Pryor (So)	12	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Payton Edwads (Jr)	28	12	2	2	100	0	1	0	3	4	75
10	Elijah Allen (Sr)	25	16	0	0	0	4	6	67	6	12	50
12	B. Johnson (Jr)	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
14	Jaden Clark (Sr)	27	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	6	50
23	Santana Flowers (Sr)	23	7	0	0	0	1	4	25	3	5	60
24	Marcus Everhart (Sr)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	Vincent Kelly (Jr)	18	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	50

Hammond Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	162	50	6	23	29	9	9	14	14
1	Da'shawn Woods (Jr)	27	2	2	4	6	3	2	4	1
2	Marcus Browder (Jr)	31	30	0	4	4	3	3	3	3
3	Gregory Dotson (Jr)	32	10	2	4	6	2	2	3	1
4	Zierre Taylor (So)	10	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0
5	D. Mercedes-Lora (Sr)	6	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	2
21	Quentez Jenkins (Sr)	32	4	1	3	4	1	0	1	3
23	Neem Pete (Jr)	24	2	1	4	5	0	0	0	4

Bloom

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	181	60	17	18	35	13	16	4	5	8
1	Elijah Lovemore (Jr)	28	8	0	0	0	12	8	0	2	1
3	Amare Pryor (So)	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	Payton Edwads (Jr)	28	12	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	2
10	Elijah Allen (Sr)	25	16	10	6	16	0	3	0	0	1
12	B. Johnson (Jr)	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	Jaden Clark (Sr)	27	8	1	3	4	0	1	2	1	1
23	Santana Flowers (Sr)	23	7	3	4	7	0	1	0	2	1
24	Marcus Everhart (Sr)	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1
24	Vincent Kelly (Jr)	18	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0

Hammond Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.64	0.64	0.64	1	12
1	Da'shawn Woods (Jr)	0.75	0.50	2.00	0	3
2	Marcus Browder (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0	2
3	Gregory Dotson (Jr)	0.67	0.67	2.00	0	2
4	Zierre Taylor (So)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0	1
5	D. Mercedes-Lora (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0	1
21	Quentez Jenkins (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1	3

Bloom

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.60	3.20	2.00	0.50	0	12
1	Elijah Lovemore (Jr)	6.00	4.00	8.00	0.00	0	3
3	Amare Pryor (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
5	Payton Edwads (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	1
10	Elijah Allen (Sr)	0.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	0	2
12	B. Johnson (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
14	Jaden Clark (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	0	0
23	Santana Flowers (Sr)	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	0	1
24	Marcus Everhart (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	3
24	Vincent Kelly (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00		1

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Hammond Central succumbs to Bloom

November 20, 2023: Chicago Heights, IL 60411

The Bloom Blazing Trojan topped the visiting Hammond Central Wolves basketball team by a final score of 60-50 in Monday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Blazing Trojan face the Thornton Fractional South Red Wolves (Lansing, IL) in a non-league game, on Tuesday, November 21. Bloom will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record. The Red Wolves enter the game with a 0-1 record after their 68-59 non-league loss to Hillcrest (Country Club Hills, IL).

With the defeat, Hammond Central moves to 0-1 on the year. The Wolves travel to Hillcrest (Country Club Hills, IL) to face the Hawks in a non-league game on Tuesday, November 21. The Hawks enter the game with a record of 1-0. Hillcrest won 68-59 in their recent non-league game against Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL)

Players of the Game

Hammond Central (23-24)

Congratulations to #2 Marcus Browder for being selected the Hammond Central Basketball Player of the Game.

Bloom (23-24)

Congratulations to #10 Elijah Allen for being selected the Bloom Basketball Player of the Game.

HCHS vs Bloom Basketball Game Info

Mon., Nov. 20, 2023 @ 6:30p

Chicago Heights Classic

The Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral tournament game against Hammond Central (Hammond, IN) by a score of 60-50.

Rankings & Records

Hammond Central (23-24)

IN	Class
155	74

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-12	0-1	5-1	1-8	3-3	.429	.000	1,264	1,376

Bloom (23-24)

IL	Class
26	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-11	8-3	6-3	5-1	8-7	.633	.727	1,661	1,493

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Hammond Central	14.4	17.5	14.5	15.1	-	-	-	60.2
Bloom	10.7	13.1	16.1	12.5	6.0	3.5	2.0	55.4

Team Stat Comparison

Hammond Central		Bloom
60.0	Points Per Game	2.0
23.0	Rebounds Per Game	1.2
12.3	Assists Per Game	0.4
9.0	Steals Per Game	0.5
2.2	Blocks Per Game	0.1

Team Leaders

Hammond Central		Bloom	National Avg.
#2 Marcus Browder21.8	Points Per Game	#10 Elijah Allen8.0	4.9
#2 Marcus Browder4.8	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Elijah Allen8.0	2.6
#3 Gregory Dotson3.8	Assists Per Game	#1 Elijah Lovemore6.0	1.0
#1 Da'shawn Woods2.8	Steals Per Game	#1 Elijah Lovemore4.0	0.8
#21 Quentez Jenkins0.8	Blocks Per Game	#14 Jaden Clark1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hammond Central	1-2		Bloom	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Hillcrest	Hammond Central	(L) 85-81	11/22/23	Hillcrest	Bloom	(W) 47-34
11/22/23	Thornton Fractional South	Hammond Central	(W) 62-53	11/21/23	Thornton Fractional South	Bloom	(W) 66-49
1/23/24	Hammond Central	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 66-57	12/8/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Bloom	(W) 59-55

Record Breakdown

Hammond Central (23-24)		Bloom (23-24)
9-12	Overall	19-11
0-1	League	8-3
7-8	Non-League	3-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-2	Common Opponent	3-0
5-1	Home	6-3
1-8	Away	5-1
3-3	Neutral	8-7
0-1	Playoff	3-2
7-9	In-State	17-11
2-3	Out-of-State	2-0