EJ Liddell’s star is rising after his eye-popping performance at the nationally acclaimed Peach Jam basketball tournament.
Before a packed house in North Augusta, South Carolina, the Belleville West star used the event to show he belongs on the national stage, netting 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks for the St. Louis-based Bradley Beal Elite 17-and-under club team in a 64-60 overtime loss to Playaz Club (New Jersey) in the opening round.
The reigning Mr. Basketball in Illinois, Liddell is currently ranked No. 35 on ESPN’s top recruits list for the Class of 2019. The senior, who led Belleville West to the Class 4A state championship in March, has already bagged offers from elite programs such as Illinois, Missouri, Louisville, Georgetown, Kansas State, Iowa, Ohio State, Marquette and Connecticut.
EJ Liddell
East St. Louis senior Terrence Hargrove Jr. also turned heads in the tournament, adding eight points and two rebounds in the Playaz Club thriller. He recently committed to attend Saint Louis University.
Peach Jam is widely regarded as one of one the top summer tournaments in the country with most of the best high school players competing before throngs of NCAA Division I coaches.
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