(2025)- SF Aleks Alston to Maryland

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Second game I've watched and I'm the farthest thing from a talent evaluator but I just can't see Alston as a top 100 ranked kid.  Last night Kenwood beat Phillips 52-48 in a pretty sloppy game.  Alston 5p; 3r; 1a; 1s.   Virtually non-existent in the 1st half and sat out the first 4 min. of the 2nd Q.  Don't know why because he didn't have any fouls.  Seems to be an afterthought in the Kenwood offense as the ball rarely gets passed to him.  

Probably shouldn't worry too much since we're still on page 1 of his thread that opened last April.  Pretty clear evidence he's not a high priority target.

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102-52 win over Zion-Benet.  13p.  10r.  7a.  2s.  4b

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78-53 win over T F North.    20p.  6r.  1a.  1b

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In 3 games at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament:  15.8p;  6.5r;  2.8s;  1.8b          42% on 3s.

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Aleks Alston went for 20pts 12rebs 4asst on 5-5 3pt 100% and 3-3 FT 100% as #11 Kenwood Academy 85 vs #7 Warren Township HS 55.

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Kenwood 61-42 win over Simeon.  Alston 11p;  10r;  4a

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64-51 win over Hyde Park.   10p;  10r;  4a

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Sat. 82-70 win over Mt. Carmel.  20p;  7r;  3a;  0s;  1b;  1t          7-12 FG;  3-6 on 3s; 3-3 FT.     

Kenwood is 14-6 on the season but I've only found 11 games with limited stats:  11.2p;  6.5r;  3.4a

MaxPreps only has 7 games with full stats:  11.0p;  6.1r;  3.0a;  .4s;  1.4b;    48% FG;   43% on 3s;  87% FT.

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18p;  8r;  5a in a 99-64 win over Englewood.

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Still on our radar.

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/college-basketball-aleks-alston-illinois-tennessee-indiana-michigan-state-226324194/

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Double-double in a 111-30 win over Longwood.  10p;  11r;  5a

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76-31 win over Bogan.  10p;  8r;  4a

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71-62 win over Phillips in a Public League semifinal game.  Alston 9p;  16r;  10a.   Kenwood faces Curie on Saturday for the Public League Championship.

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Kenwood (22-7) lost to Curie 65-59.  Alston 18p;  3r;  2a.

28-gms:  10.5p;  6.6r;  3.9a;  1.0s;  .8b;  2.2t            43% FG;  37% on 3s;  77% FT

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Still pretty vague as to what's going on in Illinois with Kenwood Academy and IU target Aleks Alston.  News broke yesterday about some kind of issue with the IHSA and tonight Alston, Kenwood head coach Mike Irvin and 3 other seniors are not in attendance for a Kenwood vs Morton state playoff game.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-basketball/2024/02/21/kenwood-ihsa-state-playoffs-mike-irvin-high-school-basketball-chicago-public-league-illinois

https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-basketball/2024/02/22/kenwood-basketball-ihsa-state-playoffs-chicago

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Named to the Chicago Sun-Times All City First Team.

"He was a force on both sides of the court, averaging 15.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 2.1 blocks."

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Haven't seen anything further on why Kenwood's coach and multiple players including Alston were suspended for the remainder of the season.  Seems more than odd to me that the whole thing surfaced on the eve of the start to the boys state tournament but it is Chicago.

“I do not approve of your methods.”  “Yeah? Well you’re not from Chicago.” 

So since his season is over, here are his MaxPreps stats for his 23-24 season comprising 29-games.

13.1p;  8.3r; 4.7a;  .9s;  .8b;  2.1t            48% FG;  43% on 3s;  80% FT.  

 

 

 

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

Haven't seen anything further on why Kenwood's coach and multiple players including Alston were suspended for the remainder of the season.  Seems more than odd to me that the whole thing surfaced on the eve of the start to the boys state tournament but it is Chicago.

“I do not approve of your methods.”  “Yeah? Well you’re not from Chicago.” 

So since his season is over, here are his MaxPreps stats for his 23-24 season comprising 29-games.

13.1p;  8.3r; 4.7a;  .9s;  .8b;  2.1t            48% FG;  43% on 3s;  80% FT.  

 

 

 

Apparently falsified that the kids lived in the district to attend the school. By Chicago standards that seems almost quaint. Imagine Alston will be at a prep school next year. 

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Our name may appear but I truly don't think we're actively recruiting him.  I haven't bothered to watch him this season but did watch several games last year and wasn't particularly impressed but I'm not a talent evaluator.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Commits to Maryland