Top stars, best performances in Missouri high school boys basketball
By Luke Sanders
Listed below are some of the top stars and best performances last week from Missouri high school boys basketball. If you know of a top star we should include, please let us know in the comments.
Ryker Edwards, Smithville
Edwards scored 21 points and had six rebounds in the 61-51 win over Winnetonka on Friday.
Manny Linthacum, Kearney
Linthacum scored 20 points and had five rebounds in the 51-32 win over Oak Grove on Wednesday.
Kendrick Bell, Park Hill
Bell scored 23 points and had 15 rebounds despite a 58-55 loss to Lee’s Summit West on Tuesday.
Michael Howard, Plattsburg
Howard had 33 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, and 5 steals in the 67-32 win over South Harrison on Wednesday.
Boston Sanders, Odessa
Sanders scored 25 points and had five assists in the 53-50 win over Van Horn on Wednesday.
Camden Bennett, St. Joseph Lafayette
Bennett scored 22 points and had four rebounds in the 53-37 win over Chillicothe on Tuesday.
Jarett Mueller, Platte County
Mueller scored 24 points in the 77-61 win over Grandview on Tuesday.
Chaz Watson, Lee’s Summit West
Watson scored 22 points and had five rebounds in the 58-55 win over Park Hill on Tuesday.
Ikenna Ezeogu, Blue Springs
Ezeogu scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds in the 59-49 win over Liberty North on Tuesday.
Emmet Pearce, Barstow
Pearce scored 25 points and had six steals in the 60-38 win over Summit Christian on Tuesday.
Brycen Dean, Van Horn
Dean scored 26 points and had five rebounds in the 74-50 win over University Academy on Tuesday.
Greg Lyles, Belton
Lyles scored 25 points and had eight rebounds in the 61-49 win over Truman on Tuesday.
Tony Osburn, Mound City
Osburn scored 40 points and had five steals in the 71-46 win over North Andrew on Monday.
Kellen Thames, Pattonville
Thames scored 34 points and had nine rebounds despite a 63-61 loss to Parkway Central on Saturday.
Robert Martin, CBC
Martin scored 25 points and had seven assists in a 73-69 OT win over Tolton on Saturday.
Dylan Owens, Hazelwood Central
Owens scored 23 points and three assists in a 49-44 OT win over McCluer on Saturday.
Kyle Phipps, Hillsboro
Phipps scored 40 points and had four assists in the dominant 93-26 win over Perryville on Friday.
Noah Holland, Hillsboro
Holland also had a stellar performance with 32 points, six rebounds, and five assists in the 93-26 win over Perryville.
Brady Wolf, Orchard Farm
Wolf scored 29 points in the 57-56 win over Madison, Illinois on Friday.
Nathan Ryan, Troy Buchanan
Ryan scored 30 points and 11 rebounds in the 65-57 win over Battle on Wednesday.
Connor Turnbull, Fort Zumwalt North
Turnbull scored 34 points, had 14 rebounds and eight blocks in the 61-52 win over Liberty on Tuesday.
Noah Omondi, Principia
Omondi scored 33 points and had four rebounds in a 71-61 losing effort to the Blue Knights on Tuesday.
Oliver Kokal, Parkway Central
Kokal scored 26 points and had eight rebounds in the 57-36 win over Lutheran South on Tuesday.
Ade Popoola, Parkway North
Popoola scored 43 points and had 12 rebounds in the 70-51 win over Clayton on Monday.