John Burroughs Sprints To Chaminade Tourney Championship Game With Big Win Over Cardinal Ritter

CREVE COEUR -- The John Burroughs boys basketball team earned a trip to the 42nd Annual Chaminade Christmas Tournament championship game later today, thanks to a truly scintillating 75-49 win in the final game of pool play over Cardinal Ritter.

The Bombers, who came into the event the overall No. 1 seed, won both games it played in Pool A and will now face the winner of Pool B, Pattonville High in the Chaminade tourney championship game on Saturday.

Senior Foye Oluokun had a spectacular night for Burroughs, scoring a game-high 25 points and dishing out eight assists, as the Bombers jumped out early on Ritter and never looked back.

Fellow senior Jimmy Carney also had a huge night with 20 points, and football star Ezekiel Elliott added 13 points, including three monster dunks, to also lead the Bombers.

The schedule for the final night of the Chaminade Tournament will go as follows:

Saturday, December 29

5th Place Game -- Cardinal Ritter vs. Gateway  --  4 pm

3rd Place Game -- Bayless vs. Chaminade  --  5:30 pm

Championship Game -- Pattonville vs. John Burroughs  --  7 pm

Scoring Summary

Score by Quarters ........... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 -- Final Score

Cardinal Ritter ............... 11 . 13 . 15 . 10 -- 49

John Burroughs ............. 14 . 19 . 21 . 21 -- 75

Individual Scorers

Cardinal Ritter -- Dominic Nelson 16, Charles Jones 9, JahKobe Womack 6, Jahmourie Robinson 5, Isaiah Williams 4, Jeff Jones 3, Jamar Luckett 2, Eric White 2, Brandon Farbush 2.

John Burroughs -- Foye Oluokun 25, Jimmy Carney 20, Ezekiel Elliott 13, Nathan Van Slyke 5, Trevor Bain 4, Sahil Lele 3, Ronald Smith 3, Sachit Bhat 2.