Ryan Stipanovich/Elijah Childs tracker

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Final in last night's game
Lee's Summitt West 56 - Raymore 36
Elijah Childs ended with 16 pts and LSW played the final quarter with mostly subs and still ran away with the game..

https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMO/status/831879531359305728

Here's what's coming up

Lee's Summitt West plays Thursday, 2/16 at 7pm hosting Winnetonka
then they play again Friday, 2/17 at 7pm at Park Hill

DeSmet plays one more game this week on Friday - they host he #1 team in the State, Chaminade at 7pm.
Chaminade also has been in the TOP 25 rankings nationally

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These two recruits are starting to look much better! They are scoring very well also with rebounding, blocks, etc. also looking very good. Lets hope they can be great additions to our program and can provide immediate help next year. Now, lets go after a couple of strong JC players to seed into our roster.
Wizard

Both of our incoming guys, Elijah Childs & Ryan Stipanovich - have hit the 1000-point career marks in high school
That may not sound impressive, but for Elijah's Lee's Summit West - he's only the 4th kid who has done so and Ryan is just the 3rd at his school...
(HS games are shorter, lower scoring, and most high schoolers don't play as many career varsity games - so 1000 pts may even be a lot more impressive in HS than in college)

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Elijah Childs & Lee's Summit West is on live right now..
being streamed for free...
we're gonna see him next year - Elijah is #3 in white

http://thecube.com/event/717168

Elijah is a good passer & keeps his teammates involved...
Lee's Summit West leads 31-20 in 2nd qtr

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wow, what a quick run - the score went from 24-20 all the way to 37-20 in 2 minutes..



edit- now Lee's Summit West has scored 23 straight points and it's 47-20 at half...
I doubt the LSW starters play too much in the 2nd half

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a monster dunk early in 2nd half by Childs to go up 54-22


LSW takes all their starters out only about 2 minutes into the 3rd qtr
..edit 60-23

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end of 3rd quarter 74-34

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final 80-39


Missouri's "mercy rule" that starts the running clock didn't kick in until they got a 40 point lead...but the running clock and using only their 3rd stringers kept the scoring down in the 4th quarter

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Elijah Childs led all scorers with 16 pts

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DeSmet gets beat again by Chaminade
Lee's Summit West's game just starting

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Lee's Summit West wins - final score..
LSW 66 - Park Hill 54
They go to 20-2

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In last night's games
Ryan Stipanovich did not play as DeSmet (9-14) got beaten by Chaminade. No report on reason.
Ryan's stats to date: 16.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 39.7% on 3-pointers, 3.4 assists per game, 1 block, 1 steal


In Lee's Summit West's (20-2) game, Elijah Childs again led all scorers with 19 points
Elijah's stats - (and some games were never reported - so this is based on his numbers from 20 of his 22 games)
15 ppg, 12 rpg

[wizard1]

Ryan Stipanovich/Elijah Childs

I'll raise the question again...Are these guys really good enough to be competitive in the MVC and significantly help BU or are they simply good high school players but more of the same fodder for our revolving door recruiting?
We need 3 star or better players, a couple of big & strong JC scorers, and a player who can be an on-court leader....something we do not presently have.
Wizard

[BRADLEY FAN 49]

I'll raise the question again...Are these guys really good enough to be competitive in the MVC and significantly help BU or are they simply good high school players but more of the same fodder for our revolving door recruiting?
We need 3 star or better players, a couple of big & strong JC scorers, and a player who can be an on-court leader....something we do not presently have.
Wizard

Yes these guys are good enough.
No we don't need 3 star recruits(until we get reestablished as a competitive team that probably is not going to happen anyway).
Evidently you haven't noticed we do have a player who is becoming our on court leader (Darrell Brown).

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Ryan Stipanovich & DeSmet (9-14) have 3 games left then their State playoffs
Monday 2/20 at Troy 4pm
Tuesday 2/21 at Ladue 6:30pm
Thursday 2/23 home vs. Vianney 7pm
2/28 District 6 playoffs vs. Parkway South 7:30pm
3/2 District Final vs. Christian Brothers or Kirkwood/Rockwood
3/8 Sectionals 6pm vs. District 5 Champion
3/11 Quarterfinals 1pm vs. winner Dist 7/Dist 8 Championship
3/17 Semifinals 4:15pm Columbia, MO
3/18 Final 6:20pm


Elijah Childs and Lee's Summit West (20-2) have only one game left then State playoffs
Tuesday 2/21 home vs. Lee's Summit 7pm
2/28 District 13 playoffs vs. Raymore/Lee's Summit 8:30pm
3/3 District Champioship vs. winner Belton/Lee's Summit North
3/8 Sectionals 6:30pm vs. District 14 Champion
3/11 Quarterfinals 6pm vs. winner Dist 15/Dist 16 Championship
3/17 Semifinals 2:30pm Columbia, MO
3/18 Final 6:20pm


Missouri has 79 Class 5A schools, so they split into 16 Districts...
5 in each district except Dist 8 has only 4 teams with no byes.
Even if it were to happen that Lee's Summit West advanced and so did DeSmet - they would not meet until the State Championship game because of where they are in the brackets.


Lee's Summit West is ranked #2 in the state by MaxPreps and #3 by MBCA Coaches.
DeSmet is unranked statewide but #10 in St. Louis Metro area - their schedule has been extremely tough

[wizard1]

Ryan Stipanovich/Elijah Childs Tracker

Bradley Fan 49....These two recruits are not highly ranked in Missouri and a 15 ppg ave. in high school would be suspect in the MVC. Regarding 3 star recruits, you are dead wrong--We need these kind of players very badly. Other Mid-Majors recruit them and we should also. To do what you suggest would condemn us to Divn II or III.
I also disagree 100% with your opinion regarding a team leader. D. Brown is a fine player and a valuable asset to BU Basketball. However, I see no evidence of leadership in him. While he is a scorer, he is turnover prone and is only an average passer. These are not attribute for a good point guard. IMO he is better suited to be a 2 guard. Remember Hersey awkins who was a super great player. He was a super scorer but was not in any way a team leader on-court. A. Manual. Maniscalco, Jim Les, D. Ruffin were clearly great team leaders. D. Brown is a different player than these guys. Also, why have our coaches been recruiting and offering point guards? Are they looking for a true point guard that is a leader?
Wizard