(2025) - G Meleek Thomas to Arkansas

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Thomas 38 points Friday night for Lincoln Park (PA) in a 77-74 win over a very good Imani Christian squad.

 Thomas made 12 field goals, including two 3-pointers, and was 12 of 14 from the line. 

Edited December 5, 2022 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Added shooting stats

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On the heels of his 38 pt. game Friday night, he poured in 30 more yesterday against Montour in a 70-50 win.  I scored him with 30p; 6r; 4a; 6s; 0b; 2t.   10-18 FG; 4-8 on 3s; 6-7 FT.  You can watch this game at the link below.  He's #5 in the white uniform.

Having watched him play, I'm giving him 2 thumbs up and really hope to see him in candystripes.  Plays under control, handles the ball well with either hand, great court awareness, strong defender, can create his own shot.  His Lincoln Park team played a swarming man-to-man defense the entire game always looking to doubleteam and trap the ball handler.  Thomas was out on top and helped force an untold number of Montour turnovers.  When Montour was able to settle into its offense, I don't recall that Thomas was ever beaten off the dribble by his man.  A really fun game to watch.

 

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20p in a 77-55 win over Moon.

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30p in a 78-76 win over Beaver.

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6 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

2 visits in 3 weeks can’t be a bad thing. It’s not like he’s coming from Indy.

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Not really sure to whom he could be referring, but somehow this seems like the appropriate thread to post this. 

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12/22 - 22p in an 87-47 win over Ambridge

12/29 - #1 Lincoln Park with a 70-66 win over #2 Laurel Highlands.   Thomas 20p.  He went 3-4 from the stripe in the closing seconds. 

12/30 - 28p in a 72-64 win over Archbishop  Wood.

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Lincoln Park (8-0) 87-71 win over North Catholic.   21p 

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25p in an 86-75 win over Canisius (NY).

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Lincoln Park wins the Burger King Classic in Erie, PA 61-48 over De LaSalle (IL).  Thomas 22p in tonight's game to go along with the 25p he scored in yesterday's game.

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24p in an 84-62 win over Hopewell.

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On 1/7/2023 at 10:13 AM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

25p in an 86-78 win over Canisius (NY).

Had a chance to watch a stream of this game.  In addition to 25p he added 8r; 2a; 2s; 3b; 0t.  11-21 FG; 1-7 on 3s; 2-2 FT.   Haven't found any source for detailed game stats and very few of his games are streamed.  I assume he's typically better than a 14% 3-point shooter.  He played the entire 32 minutes.  Lincoln Park is 11-0 on the season and Meleek's averaging 24.8 ppg.  

Although they lost, the Canisius team was a really enjoyable team to watch.  They played hard the entire game.  They kept the ball moving on offense and repeatedly attacked the basket scoring in the paint almost at will.  They didn't take many 3-pointers but it seemed like they hit a high % of the ones they did take.  Total opposite of what we suffered through last night.

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20p in a 72-54 win over Central Valley.

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25p in a 54-49 loss to Central Catholic.  This was Lincoln Park's (12-1) first loss of the season.  They've been ranked #1 in Class 4A

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23p in an 81-42 win over Blackhawk.

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Lincoln Park (14-1, 7-0), ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, beat Beaver (11-3, 4-3), 76-59.  Meleek Thomas led all scorers with 25 points

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another comment on how he thought Assembly Hall was crazy!