Chicago high school basketball fans consider the city's Public League to be the home of the best basketball in the area.
This season, the South Suburbs are making noise. Bloom High School (Chicago Heights) has a core group of 4 juniors who have come up through their system.
They were 8-0 coming into the Team Rose Shootout matchup vs city powerhouse, 2-time defending state champs Morgan Park, led by star Adam Miller. Morgan Park's only loss came to St Louis power Vashon.
After days and weeks of trash talk about who's soft and who's better, Bloom prevailed in front of a huge crowd at Mt Carmel HS on Chicago's South Side.
The debate will continue about city vs suburbs but Bloom came up big on this day.
Bloom's star juniors (and reserves) came up big. Junior Keshawn Williams had 22 points, Justin Moote scored 17 off the bench.
Big 6'9 Martice Mitchell finished with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 blocks.
The coaches son, Dante Maddox Jr. scored 13 and Donovan Newby added 11.
Juniors Adam Miller led Morgan Park with 31 points and Marcus Watson scored 17.
Check out these raw highlights from Team Rose Shootout. Afterwards, watch interviews with Bloom's Keshawn Williams, Dante Maddox Jr and Coach Maddox.
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