Vote for the southwestern Illinois Boys Basketball Player of the Week Feb. 21-26
Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Boys Prep of the Week. Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 3. To vote again, hit refresh.
Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity boys and girls basketball players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Garen Vartanian at gvartanian@bnd.com.
Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.
We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.
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Here are this week’s nominees:
Devin Davis, Collinsville High School, senior, G. Scored season-high 19 points three times this season and helped team capture regional championship against Belleville East by scoring 7 points, grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists. Averaging 10.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.84 assists per game for 26-5 Kahoks.
Rini Harris, O’Fallon High School, sophomore, G. In postseason, scored 11 points against Alton and 5 points against Quincy in regional championship. Finished the season averaging 9.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game for the 23-8 Panthers.
Brady Moore, Breese Central High School, senior, F. In postseason action, scored 15 points against Okawville and 28 points against Althoff and then helped the Cougars defeat rival Mater Dei for the regional title. Averaging 16 points and 4.3 rebounds per game for the 27-5 Cougars.
Jordan Pickett, Belleville East High School, junior, G. Helped team reach the regional championship where they lost in overtime to Collinsville despite 27 points from Pickett. Finished the season averaging 19.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for the 19-13 Lancers.
Jack Steckler, Columbia High School, junior, G. In postseason action, scored 18 points in a win against Wesclin and 7 points in a loss to Mater Dei. Finished the season averaging 10.2 points per game for the 23-9 Eagles.