Civic Memorial Tournament Preview

The 7th Annual Civic Memorial River Bend Shootout features some of the top teams and top talent in the area. There will be 108 games in four gyms over two days. There are Varsity, JV and Freshman games. The tourney begins Wednesday 6/13 at 9am and runs through Thursday at 7:50 pm. Some of the Southern Illinois teams that you can see include Southwest Conference teams Collinsville, O'Fallon, Belleville West, Belleville East, Alton and the Edwardsville JV and Freshman. You can see Missouri Valley powers Civic Memorial, Highland and Jerseyville. A couple of strong programs from southern Illinois, Teutopolis and Breese Central will be in town along with Benton. From the north you will have Springfield,Jacksonville and Jacksonville Routt coming to play and last, from the Missouri side you have Incarnate Word, Lutheran North, Ladue and Warrenton in the mix. This brings top talent from both sides of the river for the fans to see. Some of the players to watch will include: <ul> <li><strong>Madison Buford</strong>--Lutheran North 5'9 guard class of 2019. Madison is a consensus top 10 player in her class for the state of Missouri. Madison scored 13.1 points per game her junior season.</li> <li><strong>Marissa Warren</strong> -- Incarnate Word 5'8 guard class of 2019. Marissa is also considered a top 10 player in the class of 2019 in Missouri. Marissa averaged 11.3 points per game during her junior year.</li> <li><strong>Raevyn Ferguson </strong>-- Lutheran North 5'5 guard class of 2019. Raevyn is considered a top 30 prospect in the state of Missouri. Raevyn averaged 6.4 points per game her junior season.</li> <li><strong>Jordan Peete </strong>-- Ladue 5'4 guard class of 2020. Jordan is considered a top 25 player in her class for the state of Missouri. Jordan averaged 14.2 points per game in her sophomore year.</li> <li><strong>Sadie Bueker </strong>--Teutoplois 5'9 guard class of 2019. Sadie is ranked #26 in the Prep Girls Hoops Illinois rankings for the class of 2019. Sadie averaged 11.5 points per game and was an All State player in her junior season.</li> <li><strong>Jeniah Thompson</strong> -- Carterville 5'9 forward class of 2020. Jeniah is ranked #39 in the Prep Girls Hoops Illinois rankings for the class of 2020. Thompson was a special mention All State player voted by the IBCA</li> <li><strong>Hope Bueker </strong>-- Teutopolis 5'8 guard class of 2021. Hope is ranked #27 in the Prep Girls Hoops Illinois rankings for the class of 2021.</li> </ul> These players along with many we have mentioned recently make this tourney a must see for the Southern Illinois girls basketball fans.