Top-ranked Chino Hills passes another major showcase test; No. 8 DeMatha, No. 9 St. John’s ready for Washington Catholic Athletic Conference showdown.
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Seton Hall Prep, led by Notre Dame-bound senior T.J. Gibbs, is one of three New Jersey schools in this week's Top 25.
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Saturday night at the Nike Extravaganza in Orange County the Huskies ran away with a 98-81 win over Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – a team that knocked off No. 12 Findlay Prep just two weeks ago. Chino Hills closes out the regular season with tough games against Damien (La Verne) and Etiwanda this week.
2. (2) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), 32-1Lindell Wigginton continued his tear for the Warriors over the weekend, winning the 3-point contest at the Dr. Pepper 10 Classic and scoring a game-high 24 in a win over No. 25 Hamilton Heights Christian Academy.
3. (3) Montverde Academy (Fla.), 22-1Officially a weekend off for the Eagles though a couple of players moonlighted for the Montverde prep team at the National Prep School Invitational in Rhode Island.
4. (4) Atascocita (Humble, Texas), 30-0Up next is Kingwood, who played Atascocita close in a 51-47 loss back on Jan. 15. The Eagles have won all five outings since that game by 20 points or more.
5. (5) St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.), 18-0The Friars outscored Camden 17-0 in the opening quarter Sunday, went on to score the first 26 points of the game an improve to 18-0 with a 56-35 win.
6. (6) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), 21-3Is it too early to start talking Chino Hills vs. Sierra Canyon in the Southern Section Open Division playoffs?
7. (7) U-D Jesuit (Detroit, Mich.), 15-0Thanks in part to the presence of 6-foot-9 junior twin towers
Greg Eboigbodin and
Eke Ikechukwu, the Cubs are allowing just 42.4 points per game this season.
8. (9) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 21-3A rematch with No. 9 St. John's is set for Tuesday. DeMatha rallied for a 59-57 win the first time around.
9. (10) St. John's (Washington, D.C.), 23-2Tuesday's game with DeMatha will be for the outright lead in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.
10. (11) Stevens Point (Wis.), 18-0All of Stevens Point's wins have come against teams from Wisconsin or Minnesota, which makes a Top 10 national ranking a little bit of a tough sell. But the Panthers' perfect record and average win margin of 31.8 points per game is persuasive evidence to their strength.
11. (12) Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio), 19-0There's yet another Trice brother playing for dad and head coach Travis Trice Sr. at Wayne. Travis Jr. wrapped up a four-year career at Michigan State last season and is now in the NBDL. D'Mitrik is a post-graduate at IMG Academy in Florida while Isaiah is a 6-2 junior on the current Warrior roster.
12. (13) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), 23-1Big weekend for Findlay Prep as alum Avery Bradley of the Boston Celtics beat Cleveland at the buzzer Friday night and the Pilots picked up a pair of lopsided wins.
13. (14) St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.), 23-1A pair of foreign-born big men are having big seasons for the Gray Bees – 6-9 senior Arnaldo Toro of Puerto Rico and 6-10 junior Bourama Sidibe of Mali.
14. (15) Providence Day (Charlotte, N.C.), 25-3The Chargers have won 15 in a row since a loss to No. 21 Greenforest at the Chick-fil-A Classic in South Carolina before Christmas.
15. (17) Memphis East (Memphis, Tenn.), 22-1Freshman
Chandler Lawson led the way Friday night with 16 points as the Mustangs thrashed Melrose 81-48.
16. (18) Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, N.J.), 18-1The Pirates survived a tough test Saturday night with a 58-54 win over state Top 10 Gill St. Bernard's (Gladstone).
17. (19) Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.), 23-1Sophomore star
David Singleton scored 23 points Friday night as Bishop Montgomery dominated Cathedral (Los Angeles) 81-41.
18. (20) La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.), 22-3The Lakers are averaging nearly 85 points per game over their last four outings.
19. (21) Apple Valley (Minn.), 21-1Junior guard
Gary Trent Jr. is averaging 27.4 points per game.
20. (22) Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), 19-2Towson pledge
Zane Martin pumped in 27 points Friday night in an 88-66 win over Father Judge (Philadelphia) and had 23 more on Super Bowl Sunday against Conwell-Egan.
21. (23) Greenforest (Decatur, Ga.), 23-2Since losing to South Atlanta on Jan. 18, the Eagles are 6-0 and winning by an average margin of 44.3 points per game.
22. (NR) High Point Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.), 21-4Following a humbling loss to No. 1 Chino Hills at the Spalding Hoophall Classic, the Cougars are 5-0 with quality wins over league foes Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point) and Greensboro Day. HPCA has played seven games against teams that have appeared in the Xcellent 25 this season.
23. (NR) Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.), 18-5Like No. 22 High Point Christian Academy (who the Red Devils lost to in December at the City of Palms Classic), Chaminade has taken on a daunting schedule with eight games against current or former Xcellent 25 teams.
24. (NR) Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.), 22-1Head coach Ken Novak's Royals looked untouchable through much of the season but things have tightened up down the stretch. In addition to a loss to Wayzata, both Minneapolis North and Cretin-Derham Hall have taken Hopkins to the wire in recent outings.
25. (25) Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 22-3The Hawks stay put after a weekend loss to No. 2 Oak Hill Academy – their second loss of the season to the scorching-hot Warriors.
Dropped out: No. 8 last week
Garfield (Seattle, Wash.), No. 16
DeSoto (Texas), No. 24
Foothills Christian (El Cajon, Calif.)
