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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Boys basketball: Benet nets win over H-F

In a fifth-place bracket game at Proviso West in Hillside on Saturday, star 6-9 junior Sean O’Mara scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead No. 12 Benet past No. 4 Homewood-Flossmoor 71-55.

O’Mara scored nine consecutive points during a game-changing 11-0 run that reversed a four-point deficit and put the Redwings (13-3) up 32-25 at the break. Senior guard Eddie Eshoo drilled three three-pointers in contributing 17 points for the Redwings.

O’Mara shot 9-for-12 from the floor. In his last two games, O’Mara has connected on 17-21 shots.

Senior forward Pat McInerney continued his strong tournament play by posting a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.





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