Anthony Scala can definitely knock down the three-point shot, but he isn’t too bad in the other facets of his game either.
Scala made six of St. Patrick’s nine three-pointers and scored 25 points overall as the No. 10 Shamrocks (11-1, 5-0) defeated Carmel 68-55 to stay in a tie atop the East Suburban Catholic.
Scala had 19 points in the first half to give St. Patrick a 39-25 lead and helped his team hold on with his defense.
“Not only is he the premier shooting guard in Chicago, he is just a good player,” St. Patrick coach Mike Bailey said. “He is defending better this year. His leadership skills have improved. He has just become a good all-around player. He is not just a three-point shooter.”
Carmel fought back to within 47-42 after three quarters, but the Shamrocks again took control behind junior Chris Hartman, who scored nine of his 15 in the final quarter.
Hartman also grabbed seven rebounds and Chris Mroz contributed 10 points and seven assists for St. Patrick.
With its ninth consecutive victory, St. Patrick stays tied with St. Viator, which defeated Notre Dame 70-59.
Brian Schlemm had 16 points and Sean Walker chipped in 12 points for Carmel (6-7, 2-3).
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Next: Friday at Marian Catholic.
3. Marshall: Defeated No. 9 Julian 76-69 for third place in the Board of Education tournament.
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Next: Monday at Manley.
4. West Aurora: Lost to Wheaton North 51-49.
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Next: Saturday at Wheaton Warrenville South.
5. Lincoln-Way: Lincoln-Way avoided a letdown and remained undefeated in the SICA West with a 65-46 win over Andrew in Tinley Park. The Knights improve to 12-2 overall and 3-0 in conference while the Thunderbolts fall to 3-10, 0-3.
“It’s a win and it gives a week to prepare for Sandburg,” Lincoln-Way coach Steve Little said. “I thought we did a good job of getting the ball inside to our big guys.”
The Knights took over the game midway through the second quarter with an 11-3 run to end the first half for a 29-19 lead. They held at least an eight-point lead the entire second half while leading by as many as 20.
James Augustine led the Knights with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Also contributing for the Knights were Adam White (15 points) and Kevin Menard (11 points).
Brendan Christy led the Thunderbolts with 24 points, including four three-pointers while teammate Bob Jonaitis added 11.
Next: Friday at Sandburg.
6. Crane: Defeated No. 19 Morgan Park 66-58 in the title game of the Board of Education tournament.
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Next: Monday at Westinghouse.
7. Joliet:Roger Powell tallied 20 points and 15 rebounds as the No. 7 Steelmen (13-3, 2-1) romped in the SICA West. Terrance Chapman added 14 points for Joliet, which jumped out to a 19-8 lead after one quarter and never was challenged.
Jon Womack had 10 points and eight rebounds to lead Stagg (8-7, 0-3).
Next: Saturday at Bloom.
9. Julian: Lost to No. 3 Marshall 76-69 in the third-place game of the Board of Education tournament.
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Next: Monday at Vocational.
12. Downers Grove North: Kyle Kleckner scored 19 points as the No. 12 Trojans (13-1, 4-0) knocked off York 66-52 in the West Suburban Silver. Matthew Formato added 15 points and Andy Cigerich contributed 15 points and 13 rebounds for Downers North.
Rashad McSwine scored a game-high 25 points, including 13-of-13 from the free-throw line, for York (8-6, 1-2).
Downers North shot 8-of-11 from the field and kept McSwine in check in the second quarter and outscored York 21-5 to open a double-digit lead. York rallied to within 49-41, but the Trojans had a 14-2 run to seal the outcome.
“Formato and [Lamon] Woods took McSwine out of the game in the second quarter,” Downers North coach Steve Joslyn said. “We kind of came apart from our game plan in the third quarter. Teams should be chasing us late and finally we got to the line a little bit.”
Next: Jan. 13 at home vs. Providence-St. Mel.
19. Morgan Park: Lost to No. 6 Crane 66-58 in the title game of the Board of Education tournament.
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Next: Wednesday at Washington.
20. Proviso East: Trailing 19-14 in the second half, No. 20 Proviso East (9-3, 2-0) went on a 15-2 run en route to a 76-64 victory over Addison Trail in the West Suburban Gold.
Daniel Brown scored 17 points to lead the Pirates, while Shannon Brown contributed 14 points and Jared Carswell chipped in with 12.
Proviso East blew the game open with a 13-2 run in the third quarter.
“We came into this game with a bad taste in our mouth,” Proviso East coach Andrew Johnson said. “We lost our last two games [in the Proviso West tournament], so we needed this win. We knew we were going to get a couple of runs in this game and we did.”
Bill Brechin scored 19 points and Adam Hansen added 15 to lead Addison Trail (8-5, 2-2).
Next: Friday at Hinsdale South.