Poll results: Freeburg standout guard Boys Player of the Week in southwestern Illinois
Cole Stuart of Freeburg High School is the winner of this week’s Belleville News-Democrat Boys Player of the Week high school basketball poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.
In two recent wins, Stuart, a junior guard, averaged 18.5 points per game, collecting 15 points and 5 steals against Roxana and 22 points, 5 assists and 2 steals against Wood River.
Overall, Stuart, who secured 40% of the votes, entered weekend action averaging 19.4 points, 2.13 assists and 2.5 steals per gam for the 5-3 Midgets.
Here were the other candidates for the week of Dec. 5-10:
Bennett Briles, Nashville High School, senior, C/F. Briles notched 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks while hitting the game-winning 3-pointer over undefeated Triad; 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in a win at Anna-Jonesboro; and 20 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in a win against Cahokia.
Devin Hall, Red Bud High School, senior, F. Hall posted 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds against Waterloo.
D’kyren Kizer, Cahokia High School, senior, G. Kizer scored 18 points in a loss to Centralia and 17 points in a setback to Nashville.
Dylan Murphy, Columbia High School, senior, forward. Murphy was 12-for-21 from the field against Salem — including 7-of-14 on 3-point attempts — for 31 points in the Eagles’ win.
Miles Ntekop, Mascoutah High School, junior, C. Ntekop posted 16 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks against Salem; 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks against Waterloo; and 14 points and 7 rebounds against Ridgewood, all victories for the Indians.
Jordan Pickett, Belleville East High School, senior, G. Pickett scored 13 points in a win against Edwardsville and 19 points in a victory against Rock Bridge.
Macaleab Rich, East St. Louis High School, senior, G. Rich had 25 points and 12 rebounds in a win against Alton, 13 points in a loss to Collinsville and 29 points and 18 rebounds in a win against Chicago Hillcrest.
Jake Wilkinson, Collinsville High School, senior, F. Wilkinson notched 14 points in a win against East St. Louis and 23 points in a victory against Ladue..
Koby Wilmoth, O’Fallon High School, senior, F. In a pair of victories, Wilmoth posted 24 points against Alton and 17 points against Carterville.
Antwine Wilson, Belleville East High School, senior, G/F. Wilson averaged 18 points per game and 8 rebounds per game in victories against Edwardsville and Rock Bridge.
The poll ended at 10 a.m. Friday.
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.
The next poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Wednesday. Please email nominations to gvartanian@bnd.com.
This story was originally published December 17, 2022 at 7:30 AM.