Boys basketball Top 10, Player of the week, and scoring leaders

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER From the weekly boys basketball basketball in today's print edition, we give you this week's Top 10, scoring leaders and player of the week. The top 10 and scoring leaders were based on games through Wednesday night. BOYS TOP 10 Team W-L LWk 1. Parkland 9-1 2 2. Liberty 6-3 1 3. Wilson 11-1 3 4. Easton 7-3 4 5. Freedom 6-5 6 6. Poc. Mt. West 8-2 5 7. Emmaus 6-4 7 8. CCHS 9-2 9 9. Allen 6-4 8 10. Bangor 9-1 NR Dropped out: Pius X (9-2). Others to consider: Lincoln Leadership (8-1), Marian (8-3), Northern Lehigh (7-3), Notre Dame (7-5), Salisbury (7-5), Southern Lehigh (6-5), Stroudsburg (6-4). PLAYER OF THE WEEK: NYREEF JACKSON Freedom In an age when everyone wants their shot and many of them, Joe Stellato had an unusual problem when it came to senior player Nyreef Jackson.Nyreef “We’ve had to tell him to be less unselfish and be more aggressive and this year he has taken on more of a scoring role,” Stellato, the Freedom coach, said. “He has been starting for me for three years and I always knew what he was capable of. We finally got him away from thinking that he was being selfish by shooting the ball.” Jackson has become an offensive force for the Patriots, tallying a career-high 25 points in a win over Pocono Mountain West on Monday and followed it up a night later with a 22-point effort against Allen. “As a 6-foot-4 guard, Nyreef is a matchup problem for a lot of teams,” Stellato said. “He’s settling for a lot of jump shots. We’d like him to penetrate more and get off more shots in the paint and that’s what he’s doing.” Stellato sees Jackson as a definite Division II prospect. “He can create his own shot, either backing people down or fading away,” Stellato said. “He’s a definite key to our success and has worked hard for us.” Top 25 Scoring Leaders Rank, Player, School,Yr., Avg 1., M. Ali Abdur-Rahkman, CCHS, jr., 21.5 2. Gerald Terry, Wilson, sr., 18.7 3., Alex Colton, Bangor, sr., 18.6 4., Luke Gutekunst, Moravian Acd., jr., 17.9 5., Josh Eden, No. Lehigh, sr., 17.6 6., Eric Vick, Poc. Mt. West, sr., 17.5 7., Nyreef Jackson, Freedom, sr., 17.1 8., O’Neil Holder, ES South, jr., 17.0 9. Matt Husek, Becahi, sr., 16.0 10., Nate Feiertag, Emmaus, jr., 15.9 T11., Jacob Battle, Stroudsburg, jr,,15.6 T11.,Brett Kosciolek, Tamaqua, so., 15.6 13, Austin Beidelman, Parkland, sr., 14.8 14., Greg Noack, Liberty, sr., 14.6 15. Taaj Williams, Lincoln, sr., 14.3 16., Freddie Simmons, Becahi, so., 14.2 T17., Joe Wiggins, Poc. Mt. West, jr., 14.1 T17.,Matt Riddick, Dieruff, jr., 14.1 19. Eddie Monastero, Pen Argyl, sr. 14.0 T20., Justin Zajko, Parkland, jr., 13.7 T20., Nick Rindock, Parkland, jr., 13.7 22., Tannor Reed, Notre Dame, jr., 13.5 23., Phil Pierfy, Wilson, so., 13.3 T24. Lyndon Ewing, Pius X, jr., 13.2 T24. Tyler Crum, Lehighton, so., 13.2