– Simeon 66, Whitney Young 46-Belefia Parks scored 16 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to break open a close game. Shawn Kelly added 12 points and 8 rebounds for No. 18 Simeon (4-2). Guard Kip Brown led Young (8-2) with 11 points, but Charles Barnes, the team`s leading scorer, was held to 9.
– Bowen 60, South Shore 52-Despite a decided height disadvantage, Bowen dominated the boards 45-31 and led at all the stops (14-6, 25-21 and 39-36)
while upsetting No. 17 South Shore. Norville Byson (20 points, 5 rebounds) and Anthony Braxton (13 points, 8 rebounds) led the Boilermakers (3-3).
Bowen`s Jessie Griffin, who was battling the flu, pulled down 7 rebounds before fouling out of the game. South Shore`s 6-7 Kerman Ali had 14 points and 6-9 Lorenzo Sashington 12.
– Proviso West 62, Fremd 41-Cedric Hodges had 18 points to lead Proviso
(6-2); Ken Fiedler`s 16 paced Fremd (1-7).
– Chicago Latin 55, Harvard 50-Andy Klemen (17 points) and Peter Igic (14 points, 19 rebounds) led the way as Latin (11-1, 5-0) took sole possession of first place in the Independent School League. Vic Beard had 19 for Harvard
(5-5, 4-1).
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– St. Gregory Tournament-Michael Ghamimah had 23 points and Howard Chandler 21 as Roosevelt beat Francis Parker 82-50; Chris Morris had 20 for Francis Parker. St. Gregory beat Amundsen 75-46 in the other game as James Lindsey had 22 points and 18 rebounds and Latwane Maxwell had 20 points and 14 assists. Roosevelt meets St. Gregory, both 2-0 in round-robin tourney, for the title Friday.
– Near North 69, Lincoln Park 53-Frank Iverson had 19 points and Johnny Jackson 18 for Near North. Curly Mamon had 14 for Lincoln Park.
– Phillips 73, Hales 64-Marlo Finner scored 29 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to pace Phillips (4-3).