4A: De La Salle 80, Proviso East 63

By Luis Arroyave | Tribune reporter
11:47 PM CDT, March 11, 2009
Class 4A sectional semifinal at Morton

De La Salle 80, Proviso East 63

Records: De La Salle (21-4), Proviso East (13-14)

Halftime: De La Salle 43-34

Summary: De La Salle looked like it could be the next team upset by No. 14 seed Proviso East when it trailed 12-4 with 5 minutes 24 seconds left in the first quarter. De La Salle would bounce back and end the quarter with a 14-0 run that gave it a 25-17 lead. The Meteors entered the third quarter up nine and would soon take a 14-point lead when Andre Henley followed up a basket with a steal and a lay-up seconds later. Henley again wowed the pro-Meteors crowd with 5:46 left in the fourth when he muscled his way past his defender for a three-point play, giving De La Salle a 71-46 lead.

Top performers: De La Salle – Sophomore F Andre Henley 30 points, 12 rebounds; sophomore C Michael Shaw 14 points. Proviso East – Junior guard Rishaad Alexander 15 points, all on three pointers.

The bonus: "I looked at the scoreboard and saw I had 30 points and was like 'Wow'. I thought I only had like 20," Henley said.


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