In his final high school game, King’s 6-foot-10-inch Leon Smith had 20 points and 13 rebounds in leading King (28-7) to a 67-58 victory over Schaumburg (28-4) in the third-place game Saturday night.
The seven losses are the most in coach Landon Cox’s 18 years.
Stanley Thomas backed up Smith with 17 points while Imari Sawyer finished with 10 points and nine assists. Steve Schrandt led Schaumburg with 19 points and Antoine McDaniel added 10.
Semifinals: Schaumburg and King entered Saturday afternoon’s Class AA semifinals at Carver Arena as favorites and came away shaking their heads. Warren’s precision passing game dissected Schaumburg 69-53 and St. Joseph’s Brandon Watkins led St. Joseph’s to a 59-40 triumph over King.
Withdrawal: Dunbar coach Fate Mickel said he wants to join Westinghouse in pulling out of the Proviso West Holiday Classic because of financial reasons. “I made the decision last month after our school got a check for just $500 after playing three games,” Mickel said. “I hope they let us out of the contract I signed. I’ll be happy just playing in the Public League’s Christmas tournament.” Proviso West tournament director Joe Spagnolo said he expects Westinghouse and Dunbar to honor their contractual obligation.
