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Four new teams entered the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic in
2016: Bolingbrook, Glenbrook North, Marian Catholic and Saint
Viator. The 16 teams represented 15 different conferences.
Round One for Year Two saw Lincoln Park upend Saint Charles East
62-44 in the tourney opener. Marian Catholic and Urban Prep
Englewood saw the lead change hands 12 times in the second half
before the Spartans recorded a 65-54 victory. Westinghouse dealt
Maine South a 42-33 defeat leading wire-to-wire. Rockford Auburn
advanced to the quarterfinals for the second straight year by
topping Richards 84-63. Homewood-Flossmoor scored the game’s first
13 points and never looked back as they beat Saint Viator 55-38.
Hinsdale Central stunned Stevenson 47-42 in an opening round upset
sealing the victory with six straight free throws. And the opening
round nightcap saw DePaul College Prep hold off Crete-Monee 74-69.
Saint Charles East, Maine South, Saint Viator and Stevenson all had
consolation quarterfinal victories on Day Two. Marian Catholic won
another nail biter, 51-49 as Lincoln Park missed three shots in the
final minute to either tie or take the lead. Number-one seed and
unbeaten Bolingbrook survived an upset bid from Westinghouse with a
53-46 victory. The game saw nine lead changes and 16 ties before
the Raiders pulled away late. Homewood-Flossmoor made it two Final
Four appearances in as many years with their 41-26 win over Rockford
Auburn, as the Knights went scoreless than final seven minutes of
the game. And in a game that just would not end, DePaul College
Prep outlasted Hinsdale Central 64-62 in six overtimes. The Rams’
Matthew Tonkel had a tip-in at the end of the tenth period to decide
the contest. The marathon was the 14th longest game in IHSA
history. The Red Devils’ Jack Hoiberg scored 32 points in a losing
effort.
Saint Charles East beat Maine South 50-41 and Stevenson defeated
Saint Viator 57-22 to both move on to the Consolation Championship.
Westinghouse outscored Lincoln Park 34-18 in the second half in
their 52-42 win to advance in fifth place bracket play. Hinsdale
Central defeated Rockford Auburn 56-51 in the other half of the
fifth place bracket.
Bolingbrook secured a spot in the title contest with a 59-44 victory
over Marian Catholic. The Raiders used a 15-0 in the fourth quarter
run to seal the victory as Malik Binns recorded a double-double with
23 points and 12 rebounds. Homewood-Flossmoor used deja vu to
advance to the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic championship game
for the second straight year, in the Vikings 41-40 win against
DePaul College Prep. Jeffrey Boyd tallied 16 points for H-F.
Stevenson claimed the Consolation Championship trophy with their
56-41 victory over Saint Charles East. After their opening round
loss the Patriots won their last three games by a collective 69
points. Corinthian Fields hit a game winning jumper with five
seconds remaining to give Westinghouse a 39-37 win over Hinsdale
Central in the Fifth Place game. Marian Catholic defeated a
sluggish DePaul College Prep team 57-41 to capture the Third Place
trophy. The Spartans shot 56 percent from the floor and the Rams
connected on only 38 percent of their shots from the field.
Bolingbrook jumped out to an early start and held off a fourth
quarter rally by Homewood-Flossmoor to win the championship game of
the 2016 Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic by a score of 67-62.
Opening up a commanding 24-point lead in the fourth quarter,
Bolingbrook withstood a strong comeback charge by the Vikings. H-F
cut the lead to four points before the Raiders ran out the clock and
claimed their first HC Squared title in their first year of
competition. Tournament Most Valuable Player Nana Akenten scored a
team-high 23 points in the finale and added 13 rebounds to secure a
double-double. Bolingbrook shot 56% from the floor and outscored
Homewood-Flossmoor 34-20 in the paint. For the tournament Akenten
played 104 minutes and never made a turnover.
Joining Akenten on the first-team All-Tournament Team was teammate
Malik Binns, Chase Adams of Marian Catholic, Justin Hardy of Saint
Charles East and Justin Smith of Stevenson.
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