Talen Horton-Tucker has been overlooked his entire career. He started his sophomore season at Simeon on JV and wasn't even in the team photo. He was never ranked by national scouting services.
2 years later he's leading what Simeon's coach Rob Smith is calling the most dominant Simeon team EVER, including those featuring future NBA MVP Derrick Rose or NBA vet Jabari Parker.
Note I didn't say BETTER. I said more DOMINANT. This team is blowing out everybody.
They faced #2 (in Chicago region) Curie who's only in-state loss was against Simeon in December.
Curie put up a fight but Chicago's top team Simeon cruised to an 80-63 win before a soldout home crowd (it's first of the season).
Broadcast live on Twitter via Gatorade, Baron Davis and Rachel Demita were on hand as well as Bucks' Jabari Parker (famous Simeon alum and 4-time Illinois state champ).
All season, Simeon has been led by Talen Horton-Tucker, an underrated Iowa State commit. Now people are waking up!
THT finished with 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 blocks. Drake commit Messiah Jones added 16 points, 10 rebounds for Simeon. Simeon junior Kejuan Clements (PG) scored 11. Xavier Pinson scored 11.
Curie was led by junior guard Marquise Walker (19 points) and Maurice Commander (16 points).
Wait for the postgame comments from Simeon Coach Robert Smith about this team compared with Derrick Rose's Simeon teams as well as comments about Talen. Then players Talen Horton-Tucker and Kejuan Clements comment on the game.
Check out these raw highlights from Chicago Simeon's soldout game versus Chicago Curie!
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