Poll results: Nashville star forward Boys Player of the Week in southwestern Illinois​

Bennett Briles of Nashville 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 recent action, Briles, a senior forward, posted 22 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist in a 76-70 win against Bloomington Central Catholic at the Bank of O’Fallon Shootout and 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block in a 40-39 win against El Paso Gridley at Benton High School.

Overall, Briles, who secured 86% of the votes, entered weekend action averaging 16.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 37% from 3-point range.

Here were the other candidates for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3:

• Daylen Byrd, Belleville West High School, junior, G. Byrd posted 17 points in a 57-52 win over Mascoutah and 15 points in a 68-57 loss against Springfield Southeast.
  
  
• Sam Donald, Columbia High School, sophomore, F. Donald posted 10 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in a 73-49 win over Civic Memorial and 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 51-45 win over Gibault.
• Michael Fox, Mascoutah High School, senior, G. Fox notched 11 points in a 57-52 loss to Belleville West and 25 points in a 58-42 win against Jerseyville.
• Dalton Markus, Mater Dei Catholic High School, senior, F. Markus posted 10 points in a 46-44 win against Centralia and 14 points in a 48-44 victory against Breese Central.
• Jordan Pickett, Belleville East High School, senior, F. Pickett posted 34 points and 9 rebounds in a 96-79 victory over Cahokia and 22 points in a 66-33 win against Springfield Lanphier at the Bank of O’Fallon Shootout. Pickett also posted 10 points in a 33-32 loss to Edwardsville.
• Koby Wilmoth, O’Fallon High School, senior, F. At the Bank of O’Fallon Shootout, Wilmoth posted 25 points in a 65-35 victory over Whitfield and 14 points in a 55-50 victory over Chaminade
• Jamorie Wysinger, Collinsville High School, junior, G. Wysinger posted 25 points in a 59-55 victory over Lift for Life and 17 points in a 56-48 win over East St. Louis.

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; David Marshall Jr. of Belleville West High School; Marshall Jr.; Addi Dilley of Red Bud High School; Chase Lewis of Breese Central High School; Sophia Loden of Mascoutah High School; Loden; and Lane Otten of Freeburg High School.

This story was originally published February 13, 2023 at 7:30 AM.