Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) Boys Basketball — 2009-10 

 Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (29-3)

 School Information
Name: Hillcrest High School
City: Country Club Hills
County: Cook
Enrollment: 1329
Nickname: Hawks
Colors: Columbia Blue/Navy Blue/White
Conference: South Suburban, SICA
Superintendent: William Kendall
Principal: Renee Simms
Athletic Director: Lisa Wunar
Head Coach: Don Houston
Assistant Coaches: Dave Braden, Joe Banach, Justin Edgecombe, Cornellius Crossley.

Athletic Trainer: Jason Hall
Captains: Eric Gaines, Julius Brown, Herbert Offord Jr.
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Chicago (Brooks), 60-55, in Sectional Final

 Roster

No.  Name                     Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
 10  Jaremiah Horne           G      5-10  17  182  Sr.
 12  Jaone Troutman           F      6-4   16  155  So.
 14  Terez Haskins            G      5-7   17  165  Jr.
 20  *Julius Brown            G      5-10  16  160  Jr.
 22  LeBarron Hull            F      6-4   16  175  Jr.
 24  *Eric Gaines             G      6-5   18  180  Sr.
 30  *Darren Tillman          F      6-6   18  185  Sr.
 32  Nick Oden                G-F    6-3   17  180  Sr.
 34  *Herbert Offord          F      6-2   18  180  Sr.
 40  DeShawn Wash             F      6-2   16  176  Jr.
 42  Jalen Loving             F-C    6-4   15  165  So.
 44  Cassell James            F-C    6-5   16  190  Jr.
 50  Brandon Hill             G      6-1   18  163  Sr.
 52  Pierre Johnson           C      6-6   18  253  Sr.
 54  *Kadeem Thornton         C      6-6   17  175  Jr.

 Statistics

Name                     G    FG   FGA    3P   3PA    FT   FTA   Pts    Avg   Reb   Ast
Jaremiah Horne          32    93   179    32    97    43    68   261    8.2    58    75
Jaone Troutman           1     0     0     0     0     2     2     2    2.0     1     0
Terez Haskins           22    15    32     2    10    16    16    48    2.2    19    22
Julius Brown            31   147   362    37   136    65    87   396   12.8    58   137
LeBarron Hull           29    27    68     6    24    13    36    73    2.5    42    20
Eric Gaines             31   177   303     4    20    94   172   452   14.6   122   120
Darren Tillman          32    90   153     0     0    83   129   263    8.2   117    16
Nick Oden               30    83   169    11    47    43    62   220    7.3   100    39
Herbert Offord          32    99   206    12    44    43    86   253    7.9   134    71
DeShawn Wash            28    29    52     0     0     9    16    67    2.4    42     9
Jalen Loving             2     0     0     0     0     0     0     0    0.0     0     0
Cassell James           24    15    37     1     5     3     8    34    1.4    51     5
Brandon Hill            17     5    12     2     3     4     8    16    0.9     9     5
Pierre Johnson          17    10    25     0     0     1     7    21    1.2    26     0
Kadeem Thornton         32    45   113     1    12    18    35   109    3.4   124    18
TEAM TOTALS             32   835  1711   108   398   437   732  2215   69.2   906   537
OPPONENT TOTALS          1    24    53     4    16     8    14    60   60.0    25    12
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp High Scorer Pts High Rebounder Reb Chicago Heights Classic *11/23 Chicago Heights (Marian) W 73 42 Darren Tillman 25 Cassell James 6 *11/24 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) W 48 45 Julius Brown 16 Eric Gaines 7 *11/25 Chicago (Lindblom) W 75 27 Nick Oden 16 DeShawn Wash 5 Herb Offord 5 *11/27 Park Forest (Rich East) W 69 41 Julius Brown 16 Kadeem Thornton 7 *11/28 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) W 75 65 Eric Gaines 17 Kadeem Thornton 7 12/4 Summit (Argo) W 68 35 Eric Gaines 17 Kadeem Thornton 8 12/8 Palos Heights (Shepard) W 75 59 Julius Brown 16 Nick Oden 7 12/9 Chicago (Foreman) W 65 54 Eric Gaines 18 Herbert Offord Jr. 9 12/11 Oak Lawn (Community) W 54 46 Julius Brown 20 Herbert Offord Jr. 8 12/18 Evergreen Park W 68 45 Eric Gaines 18 Darren Tillman 6 12/19 Chicago (Curie) W 82 67 Julius Brown 21 Eric Gaines 5 Hillside (Proviso West) *12/26 Chicago (Von Steuben) L 43 49 Eric Gaines 12 Eric Gaines 10 Julius Brown 12 *12/28 Oak Park (Fenwick) W 48 42 Eric Gaines 14 Eric Gaines 5 Julius Brown 14 *12/29 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) W 74 61 Eric Gaines 27 Eric Gaines 9 *12/30 Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) W 74 47 Eric Gaines 17 Herbert Offord Jr. 6 1/8 Blue Island (Eisenhower) W 75 44 Herbert Offord Jr. 13 Eric Gaines 5 1/12 Oak Lawn (Richards) W 73 46 Eric Gaines 17 Nick Oden 8 1/15 Burbank (Reavis) W 74 48 Julius Brown 18 Darren Tillman 5 1/18 Bolingbrook L 66 60 Eric Gaines 16 Kadeem Thornton 5 Eric Gaines 5 1/22 Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) W 67 62 Eric Gaines 16 Darren Tillman 6 Darren Tillman 16 1/26 Crete (C.-Monee) W 63 49 Julius Brown 20 Eric Gaines 6 Herbert Offord 6 1/29 Oak Forest W 68 62 Julius Brown 20 Eric Gaines 8 2/6 Champaign (Centennial) L 64 81 Julius Brown 24 Eric Gaines 8 2/9 Tinley Park (H.S.) W 91 50 Juliius Brown 19 Kadeem Thornton 6 2/16 Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) W 79 46 Julius Brown 12 Kadeem Thornton 6 2/19 Lemont (H.S.) W 63 47 Eric Gaines 18 Nick Oden 10 2/26 Midlothian (Bremen) W 74 43 Jeremiah Horne 16 Cassell James 6 Tinley Park (H.S.) Regionals *3/2 Tinley Park (H.S.) W 94 75 Eric Gaines 23 Herbert Offord Jr. 5 *3/5 Midlothian (Bremen) W 83 51 Herbert Offord Jr. 21 Kadeem Thornton 8 Herb Offord 8 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) Sectionals *3/9 Crete (C.-Monee) W 65 55 Eric Gaines 14 Herbert Offord Jr. 6 *3/12 Richton Park (Rich South) W 63 57 Eric Gaines 18 Herbert Offord Jr. 11 Chicago (UIC) Super-Sectional *3/16 Chicago (Robeson) W 70 60 Eric Gaines 26 Eric Gaines 7

 Head Coach Don Houston

Year      W-L       
Country Club Hills (Hillcrest)
2007-08   20-8      
2008-09   20-10     
2009-10   29-3      
3 yrs.    69-21     

 Tournament History

1991-AA   139  139  1-1 (29-3)     DNP  Tom Cappel
      W   82   71  Aurora (Waubonsie Valley)
      L   57   68  Libertyville
1992-AA    50   75  0-1 (26-5)     DNP  Tom Cappel
      L   50   75  Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais)
1999-AA   116  114  1-1 (26-6)     DNP  Tom Cappel
      W   70   65  Downers Grove (North)
      L   46   49  Chicago (King) (OT)
2007-AA    47   59  0-1 (27-5)     DNP  Tom Cappel
      L   47   59  Harvey (Thornton)