BOYS BASKETBALL: HURLEY, KLINGE WIN WOOTTEN AWARDSThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that Bob Hurley and Gene Klinge have won the annual Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball.
Hurley has built a legendary career at tiny
St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.) and just recently won his 1,000th game. Klinge is the top winner in Iowa history and currently coaches at
Waukon (Iowa). He entered this season with 956 victories.
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Reese Morgan, a 6-3 senior guard, scored a career-high 54 points as Palos Verdes Peninsula (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) nipped Leuzinger (Lawndale, Calif.), 88-84, in overtime.
* Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) has lost 6-9 Kentucky recruit
Kyle Wiltjer for a projected four weeks due to a severely sprained right ankle, according to the Oregonian.
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Austin Van Bemmelen, a 5-11 junior guard, made all 14 free throw attempts while scoring 51 points as North Providence (R.I.) defeated Central Falls (R.I.), 87-78.
* Florida State recruit
Terry Whisnant (6-4) drilled 15 of 17 shots from the field and scored a school-record 46 points as Cherryville (N.C.) defeated Highland Tech (Gastonia, N.C.), 97-81. He's scored 40 or more three times since then. He's shooting 49 percent from 3-point range despite constant double- and triple-teaming.
* Norwin (North Huntingdon, Pa.) outlasted Latrobe (Pa.), 115-110, in overtime behind
Matt Palo's 43 points, including 12 in overtime.
Andy Carter added 37.
* Senior guard
Matt Tobin scored 46 points to lead Hopatcong (N.J.) to a 76-67 victory over Randolph (N.J.).
* Garfield (Seattle) benefited from senior guard
Tony Wroten Jr's season-high 46 points during an 88-80 victory over Ballard (Seattle).
* Indiana University recruit
Cody Zeller collected 32 points and 15 rebounds as Washington (Ind.) defeated Princeton (Ind.), 78-61, in a battle of the state's No. 1 and 2 Class 3A teams before a Hatchet House home crowd of 7,090.
* Jake Weaver, a 5-10 senior guard, scored a career-high 44 points as Turkey Run (Marshall, Ind.) edged Southmont (Crawfordsville, Ind.), 71-63, in overtime
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David Rosado aced two free throws with 8.7 seconds left to finish with a career-high 42 points and give Saddle River Day (N.J.) a 52-51 victory over Green Meadow (Spring Valley, N.Y.).
* Sophomore guard
C.J. Sumner dished out 20 assists to help Southwestern (Detroit) defeat Western (Detroit), 76-55.
* Still in his sophomore year, Patterson (Baltimore) phenom
Aquille Carr already has surpassed 1,000 career points.
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Eisenhower (Blue Island, Ill.) made 13 3-point baskets, but still lost to
Shepard (Palos Heights, Ill.), which scored a school-record number of points during a 118-100 shootout. Eisenhower now has made 292 treys this year to establish an Illinois state record.
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Salesian (Richmond, Calif.) is seeking to regain the 17 forfeit
losses it sustained after the North Coast Section ruled star forward and
transfer Jabari Bird was ineligible for pre-enrollment contact with a
Salesian player. Bird was reinstated last week by NCS commissioner Gil
Lemmon but the forfeits still remain.* Milestone coaching victory: Bill "Speedy" Morris notched No. 600 at
St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia). Counting his years as men's and women's coach at LaSalle University, he has won 882 games.
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