EJ Liddell Wins Mr Basketball
Congratulations to Belleville West 2019 power forward EJ Liddell on winning Illinois Mr. Basketball on Thursday. The elite junior prospect captured the 4A state title on Saturday and now has won Mr. Basketball. The award very rarely goes to a junior as the last one was Simeon’s Jabari Parker in 2012. Liddell had a dominant season and more than earned the award.
It was a three way race just as we have said since the beginning of the season, but Liddell actually won with a pretty comfortable margin.
EJ Liddell (Belleville West) – 432 points
Talen Horton-Tucker (Simeon) – 335 points
Ayo Dosunmu (Morgan Park) – 290 points
Those were the clear three best players all year long. Congrats again to Liddell on bringing back Mr. Basketball to the 618 after Edwardsville’s Mark Smith won it last season.