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Jr. Bills lose in blowout to Chaminade, pause all basketball activities due to Covid-19 protocols

The St. Louis U. High basketball team suffered a 64-40 blowout loss to Chaminade on Feb. 3 and, two days after the defeat, paused all basketball activities due to Covid-19 contact tracing protocols. The announcement came just hours before SLUH was supposed to play CBC at home, forcing the game to be postponed until a later date. The status of games scheduled for the remainder of the week have not been decided, as the team has not received results of their Covid-19 tests yet.

Chaminade’s 6-foot-10 center, Tarris Reed Jr., bullied SLUH’s small frontcourt. Reed Jr., who currently has offers from elite basketball programs such as Michigan State, Ohio State, and Florida, scored 19 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the floor and grabbed 11 rebounds in the win, his ninth double-double of the season.

SLUH (6-6, 1-3 MCC) battled Chaminade early, trailing just 16-14 early in the second quarter. From there, however, Chaminade dominated SLUH, ending the quarter on a 14-4 run to carry a 12-point lead into the half. 

Chaminade crushed the Jr. Bills in the second half as well, eventually expanding its lead to 24 points before the final buzzer sounded, solidifying its spot atop the MCC standings at 13-1 overall and 5-0 in conference play. 

The loss was SLUH’s seventh consecutive vs. Chaminade, moving Chaminade to 20-1 vs. the Jr. Bills in the teams’ past 21 matchups, and the Jr. Bills’ worst margin of defeat this season.

Chaminade guard Damien Mayo Jr. did it all for the Red Devils in the victory, leading the team with 20 points, dishing out seven assists, and snagging six rebounds.

SLUH scored just 40 points, tied for the team’s fewest in a single game this season. 

“We feel that we haven’t been playing to our full potential on the offensive side all season,” junior guard Luke Johnston said. “Also, Chaminade is a very good team, so when you put those two together 40 points is what you get.”

After finding out that a Miller Career Academy player had tested positive for Covid-19, SLUH was forced to pause all basketball activities until the team could receive Covid-19 tests. The two teams played on Feb. 1. The Jr. Bills’ game vs. CBC, scheduled for Feb. 5, was postponed and will look to be rescheduled before the end of the regular season. 

Since the pause, the team has not been able to practice as a team.

“We’ve had to shoot on our own and try to run and just stay in shape,” Johnston said.

The team underwent Covid-19 testing on Monday, Feb. 8 and was scheduled to play De Smet at home on Wednesday, but the inclement weather postponed the game. If all the tests come back negative, the Jr. Bills will travel to Chaminade for a rematch against the first-place team in the MCC. SLUH has not beaten Chaminade since Feb. 15, 2017.

 

 

 


 

 

 

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