{"id":430141,"date":"2025-12-07T03:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430141\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T03:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T03:15:14","slug":"chicago-elite-classic-devin-cleveland-returns-curie-beats-warren-and-lincoln-williams-sparkles-for-kankakee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/430141\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Elite Classic: Devin Cleveland returns, Curie beats Warren and Lincoln Williams sparkles for Kankakee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick Rose was at UIC\u2019s Credit Union 1 Arena on Saturday to watch Simeon take on St. Louis Chaminade in the Chicago Elite Classic.<\/p>\n<p>UIC was the site of one of Rose\u2019s greatest prep moments. On Jan. 18, 2007, Rose led Simeon to a massive upset of national No. 1 Oak Hill, Va. It was Oak Hill\u2019s only loss of the season and the first high school game ever televised by ESPN. Rose had 28 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolverines lost 57-55 on Saturday. Rose left after the game, and La Lumiere, Ind. took the floor to play <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/super-25-basketball-rankings\/2025\/11\/30\/high-school-basketball-rankings-chicago-illinois-sun-times-michael-obrien\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top-ranked<\/a> DePaul Prep.<\/p>\n<p>Times have changed. Instead of the local hero attempting to knock off the prep school powerhouse, the local boy is now playing for the prep school powerhouse. Devin Cleveland, who starred at Kenwood the past two seasons, transferred to La Lumiere in May for his junior year.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland received a warm welcome from the crowd and scored the first bucket of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was awesome, seeing the fans back at home and everyone screaming my name,\u201d Cleveland said. \u201cI love Chicago. It has a special place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-920000\" name=\"image-920000\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Derrick Rose (center, in grey) looks on during the game between Simeon and Chaminade at the Chicago Elite Classic.\"  width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c5f3a2d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4505x3004+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fbb%2Fbe%2F86f58d574db28b3af515df30b37f%2Fob-cst-120725-028.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Derrick Rose (center, in grey) looks on during the game between Simeon and Chaminade at the Chicago Elite Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Stickney\/For the Sun-Times<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland scored six points in the Lakers\u2019 66-44 win over DePaul Prep. Rykan Woo led the Rams with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to see how my game matched up against the best of the best,\u201d Cleveland said. \u201cMan, is it different [at La Lumiere]. Going from 2,000 people to about 150 students. The good thing is that everyone knows each other. Everyone has a relationship. And the campus is so original. It\u2019s like being in a movie. Everyone came to the game. The whole school came out to support us today. It\u2019s a community for real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curie roars back to beat Warren<\/p>\n<p>No. 9 Curie knocked off No. 2 Warren 65-60 in the biggest matchup of local teams at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Devils (2-1) led 52-38 after Jaxson Davis opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer. Curie surged back behind senior guard Justin Oliver, who scored 13 in the fourth and finished with 24 points, nine rebounds and five steals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis game has been marked on my calendar since they told us about it,\u201d Oliver said. \u201c[The comeback] was just defense and getting easy fast break points. All of our points in the first half were hard. We had to fight for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-060000\" name=\"image-060000\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Curie's Justin Oliver (4) reacts after beating Warren at the Chicago Elite Classic.\"  width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ca51820\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5530x3688+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F7e%2Ffa%2F8756fed34cf595cdc9c9caca69ff%2Fob-cst-120725-014.jpg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSI1NjBweCIgd2lkdGg9Ijg0MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Curie\u2019s Justin Oliver (4) reacts after beating Warren at the Chicago Elite Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Stickney\/For the Sun-Times<\/p>\n<p>Saquan Commings added 17 points while guarding Davis and Mike Oliver Jr. scored 11 with four assists for the Condors (2-0).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guys just fought hard and kept grinding,\u201d Curie coach Mike Oliver said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of these guys because they never quit. That\u2019s what seniors do, they keep fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Davis, who finished with 15 points, five assists and five rebounds, fouled out with 32 seconds left and Warren trailing by one.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Williams paces Kankakee<\/p>\n<p>There are large <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/high-school-basketball\/2025\/11\/13\/kankakee-high-school-basketball-lincoln-williams\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expectations on Kankakee<\/a> this season, and star senior Lincoln Williams is rising to the challenge. He set the school single-game scoring record on Friday against Thornridge with 44 points.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a few hours later in a noon tip-off at the Chicago Elite Classic, Williams had 28 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four blocks in a 59-49 win against Pace, Ga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been having conversations about him stepping up his energy consistently no matter who we play, and he has accepted the challenge,\u201d Kays coach Chris Pickett said. \u201cHe has some personal goals this season, like winning Mr. Basketball and Player of the Year and getting us to Champaign. And he\u2019s off to a good start.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derrick Rose was at UIC\u2019s Credit Union 1 Arena on Saturday to watch Simeon take on St. Louis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":430142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-430141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115676114994302500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}