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Dolphins too deep for Thunderbirds

CHICAGO - The featured game of the Class 4A supersectionals puts two teams that are familiar with each other. Young comes into the game with a record of 23-9, while Hyde Park has a record of 27-4. The Thunderbirds have been yearning at a chance to display their talents on a stage like this. Earlier in the year, the Thunderbirds play North Lawndale for the city championship. The game went into overtime but they fell short.

Young came into the game with a couple of uncertainties in regards to two important injuries, Anthony Johnson (ankle) and Ahmad Starks (wrist).

On this evening, Young used its size and depth to earn a trip to the Class 4A title run in Peoria with a win of 62-47 victory over Hyde Park Tuesday night at Chicago State.

An example of this little known player Stanford Brown, who has been able to step right in and help Young get a win over De La Salle and Morton, and tonight was no different. The 6-foot-8-inch senior, knocked down 20 points and 15 rebounds. "Coach told me in the locker room to first play of the game you have to dunk to show that we're serious," said Brown, who did just that on the opening possession. "Everybody on this team comes to play."

Hyde Park made a run in the second period behind the play of Jerome Moore, who finished with 13 points, and Anthony Dixon who had 14 points. The Thunderbirds cut the lead to 9 points, 49-40, with about 5 minutes left to play, but this was short-lived. As stated above the bench of Young went deep tonight

and other players stepped up, like freshman guard Derrick Randolph, who hit a big three-pointer and Anthony Johnson, who ignited the crowd and his team with two thunderous dunks.

The length of Young's bench might be considered one of the best in the State and should help them go deep into the title run.

Chris Colvin finished the contest with 14 points, while Marcus Jordan added 10 points and 8 boards.

The Dolphins will face number one Thornton (29-1) in the semifinals on Friday night at 8:15pm.

Click here to here our interview
with Marcus Jordan after the game.

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