Poll results daily double: West star again Boys Player of the Week in southwest IL

For the second-straight week, David Marshall Jr. of Belleville West High School is the winner of the Belleville News-Democrat Boys Player of the Week high school basketball poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.

In recent games, Marshall Jr., a junior guard, averaged 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal per game in helping the Maroons to a 2-1 mark from Jan. 9-14, which included a last second loss to Edwardsville (46-45) and victories against O’Fallon (56-49) and MICDS (66-59).

Overall, Marshall Jr., who secured 72% of the votes, entered weekend action averaging 11.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Here were the other candidates for the week of Jan. 9-14:

• Bennett Briles, Nashville High School, senior, F. Briles posted 23 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks in a 71-49 win against Greenville; 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks in a 69-44 win against against Anna Jonesboro; and 21 points and 7 rebounds in a 53-51 win against Carbondale.
• Rini Harris, O’Fallon High School, junior, G. Harris scored 15 points in a 56-49 loss against Belleville West and 20 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field in a 63-41 victory over University City.
• Myles Liddell, Belleville West High School, junior, F/G. Liddell averaged 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block per game in helping the Maroons to a 2-1 mark last week, which included a last second loss to Edwardsville (46-45) and victories against O’Fallon (56-49) and MICDS (66-59).
  
  

• Dylan Murphy, Columbia High School, senior, F. Murphy posted 19 points in a 81-36 victory over Wood River and 20 points in a 59-57 win against Cahokia.

• Jordan Pickett, Belleville East High School, senior, G. Pickett posted 32 points in a 72-71 loss against East St. Louis and 21 points in a 54-46 victory at Collinsville.

• D’Necco Rucker, East St. Louis High School, senior, G. Rucker posted 17 points in a 72-71 win against Belleville East and 16 points in a 77-53 loss vs. Moline.

• Carter Schoenherr, Nashville High School, senior, G. Schoenherr notched 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal in a 71-49 win against Greenville; 14 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal in a 69-44 win against Anna-Jonesboro; and 4 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in a 53-51 win against Carbondale.

The poll ended at 8 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.

Previous poll winners: Taylor Smith of Belleville East High School; Cole Stuart of Freeburg High School; Dylan Murphy of Columbia High School; Clareece Davis of Althoff Catholic High School; the Freeburg-Columbia Holiday Tournament; Jordan Lewis of Althoff Catholic High School; Karsen Jany of Columbia High School; and David Marshall Jr. of Belleville West High School.