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NewsTribune boys basketball leader board

January 18, 2025 at 6:00 am CST

Earlville's Adam Waite drives to the hoop as Marquette's Luke McCullough defends on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 in Bader Gym at Marquette High School. — Earlville's Adam Waite drives to the hoop during a game this season. Waite leads the area in blocks and ranks top 10 in points, rebounds, assists and steals. (Scott Anderson)

Here’s a look at the top boys basketball players in the NewsTribune area through Jan. 13, including players from La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Earlville, Fieldcrest and Henry-Senachwine.

TEAM OFFENSE

Team	Games	Total	Per game
Mendota	18	1,070	59.4
Hall	16	887	55.4
Princeton	16	866	54.1
Fieldcrest	15		53.6
La Salle-Peru	16	838	52.4
St. Bede	18	979	51.5
LaMoille	17	764	44.9
Henry-Senachwine	17	713	41.9
Earlville	18	725	40.3
Putnam County	19		38

TEAM DEFENSE

Team	Games	Total	Per game
Fieldcrest	15		47.7
St. Bede	19	966	50.8
Hall	16	824	51.5
Princeton	16	833	52.1
La Salle-Peru	16	838	52.4
Mendota	18	962	53.4
Henry-Senachwine	17	988	58.1
Putnam County	19		62

POINTS

Player	Games	Total	Per game
LaPorte (Princeton)	11	226	20.5
Billhorn (LaMoille)	17	285	16.8
C. Tillman (Mendota)	18	300	16.7
Reinhardt (Princeton)	16	265	16.6
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	17	281	16.5
Lorton (Fieldcrest)	15		15.5
Waite (Earlville)	18	279	15.5
West (Hall)	16	243	15.2
Klein (LaMoille)	15	224	14.9
Hulsing (Bureau Valley)	16		14.5

REBOUNDS

Player	Games	Total	Per game
Hulsing (Bureau Valley)	16		12.4
Waite (Earlville)	18	187	10.4
Billhorn (LaMoille)	17	169	9.9
LaPorte (Princeton)	11	95	8.6
Stoddard (Putnam County)	19		7.5
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	17	128	7.5
Persich (La Salle-Peru)	16	114	7.1
B. Curran (Hall)	16	111	6.9
Sotelo (La Salle-Peru)	16	107	6.7
Heider (Fieldcrest)	15		6

ASSISTS

Player	Games	Total	Per game
Heider (Fieldcrest)	15		4
Fulkerson (Princeton)	14	53	3.8
Kelly (Mendota)	18	66	3.7
Helms (Bureau Valley)	16		3.5
C. Tillman (Mendota)	18	61	3.4
Newman (St. Bede)	19	63	3.3
Fruit (Earlville)	18	59	3.3
Doyle (Mendota)	18	56	3.1
Klein (LaMoille)	15	43	2.9
Waite (Earlville)	18	51	2.8

STEALS

Player	Games	Total	Per game
Klein (LaMoille)	15	38	2.5
Heider (Fieldecrest)	15		2.5
Nauman (St. Bede)	19	46	2.4
Rowe (Henry-Senachwine)	17	37	2.2
Fruit (Earlville)	18	40	2.2
Fulkerson (Princeton)	14	30	2.1
Bickerman (Putnam County)	19		2
LaPorte (Princeton)	11	22	2
Waite (Earlville)	18	36	2
B. Curran (Hall)	16	30	1.9

BLOCKS

Player	Games	Total	Per game
Waite (Earlville)	18	37	2.1
Heider (Fieldcrest)	15		1
Persich (La Salle-Peru)	16	14	0.9
Billhorn (LaMoille)	17	13	0.8
Fruit (Earlville)	18	14	0.8

RECORDS

Team	Overall	Conference
Fieldcrest	12-3	3-0 (Heart of Illinois)
Mendota	12-6	2-0 (Three Rivers East)
Hall	9-7	1-1 (Three Rivers East)
La Salle-Peru	8-10	1-2 (Interstate 8)
St. Bede	8-11	1-3 (Tri-County)
Princeton	7-9	2-2 (Three Rivers East)
LaMoille	4-14	1-4 (Little Ten)
Earlville	4-14	2-3 (Little Ten)
Henry-Senachwine	3-14	0-4 (Tri-County)
Putnam County	0-19	0-4 (Tri-County)