BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 20

THE BALTIMORE SUN

1 Lake Clifton (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 1. In a 117-67 victory over City on Tuesday, Shawnta Rogers scored 32 points and Guy Butler had 23. At the Fuel Fund Classic at UMBC on Saturday, Rogers had 23 points and 11 assists and Guy Butler scored 17 in a 78-56 victory over No. 13 Broadneck. Next game: Dec. 27 at Severn Holiday Tournament.

2 Dunbar (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 2. Marvis Thornton scored 20 points and Robert Foster added 17 in a 67-61 victory over Bishop McNamara on Wednesday. Saturday at the Fuel Fund Classic at UMBC, Thornton had 14 and Foster and Tommy Polley added 13 in a 62-57 win over No. 6 Southern-Balto. Next game: Wednesday at City.

3 Walbrook (4-1) -- Last week's ranking: 5. Tuesday, the Warriors defeated Carver, 69-64. Travone Broadway scored 23 points in a 81-57 victory over Largo at the Function in the Junction Mixer on Thursday. Friday at the Function in the Junction, Antwon Jenifer scored 27 and Broadway had 25 in 79-71 victory over Dunbar of Washington. Next game: Tomorrow against Northern.

4 Southwestern (4-1) -- Last week's ranking: 4. At the Function in the Junction Mixer, Ernie Evans scored 21 points in a 77-66 loss to Dunbar of Washington. Friday, Evans scored 18 and Stanley Parker added 16 in a 61-58 victory over then-No. 3 St. Frances. Next game: Wednesday at Mervo.

5 St. Frances (6-1) -- Last week's ranking: 3. Alphonso Jones scored 23 points and Keon Chavez and Charles Beaufort each added 10 in a 63-47 victory over then-No. 15 Edmondson at the Function in the Junction Mixer. Friday, Mark Karcher scored 15 in a 61-58 loss to No. 4 Southwestern. Saturday at the Fuel Fund Classic at UMBC, Karcher scored 17 in a 59-36 victory over then-No. 19 Edgewood. Next game: Dec. 27 at Mount Hebron Holiday Tournament.

6 Southern-Balto. (1-3) -- Last week's ranking: 6. Saturday, John Hemsley scored 14 points and Marlon Wise added 10 in a 62-57 loss to No. 2 Dunbar at the Fuel Fund Classic at UMBC. Next game: Wednesday at Patterson.

7 Calvert Hall (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 7. John McKay scored 25 points and Vince Williams added 16 in an 88-22 victory over Nicholson Catholic of Canada on Friday. Next game: Today at Good Counsel Invitational.

8 3Randallstown (5-0) -- Last week's ranking: 8. In an 83-41 victory over Lansdowne on Wednesday, Lance Anderson scored 13 points. Stanley Shields scored 18 points in a 97-68 victory over Patapsco on Friday. Next game: Wednesday at Eastern Tech.

9 Annapolis (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 10. Tuesday, the Panthers edged Old Mill, 70-66. Friday, Ryan Dacey scored 17 points and Ronnie Johnson had 14 in a 61-52 victory over Severna Park. Next game: Thursday against Mount St. Joseph.

10 Arundel (3-0) -- Last week's ranking: 11. Tuesday, Bakari Ward scored 28 points and Marquise Farmer had 21 in an 88-80 victory over North County. Ward scored 25 and Kevin Higgins added 19 in an 85-41 victory over Chesapeake-AA. Next game: Tomorrow against No. 13 Broadneck.

11 Gibbons (7-0) -- Last week's ranking: 17. Josh Davalli scored 30 points and Keith Phoebus added 13 in an 85-39 victory over Nicholson Catholic of Canada on Tuesday. Davalli scored 21 and Vernon Collins had 17 in a 59-39 victory over Georgetown Prep on Friday in the first round of the Bullis Tournament. In the semifinals on Saturday, Davalli scored 24 in a 78-55 victory over National Christian Academy. Last night in the championship game, Gibbons lost to Bullis, 78-65. Next game: Tomorrow against Gilman.

12 Milford Mill (2-1) -- Last week's ranking: 9. Blanchard Hurd scored 29 points in a 67-63 loss to Fallston on Wednesday, ending the state's longest winning streak at 24. In a 82-72 victory over Howard on Friday, Hurd scored 31 points and Keon Sellman added 17. Next game: Wednesday at Catonsville.

13 Broadneck (2-1) -- Last week's ranking: 13. Jason Smith scored 21 points and John Williams added 12 in a 64-49 victory over Patterson on Wednesday. Saturday, Jamaine Young scored 18 in a 78-56 loss to No. 1 Lake Clifton. Next game: Tomorrow at No. 10 Arundel.

14 Atholton (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 14. In a 64-47 win over then-No. 19 Edgewood on Tuesday, Varian Harvey scored 13 points. Friday, D. J. Chiles scored 15 and Brian Benden had 13 in a 77-38 victory over Northeast. Next game: Tomorrow against South Carroll.

15 Loyola (5-1) -- Last week's ranking: Not ranked. The Dons debut in the Top 20 after three victories last week. Tuesday, Loyola defeated Gilman, 76-61. On Friday, they beat then-No. 12 Mount Hebron, 71-66, as Jared Clelan scored 15. Mike O'Neill had 13 points in a 68-56 win over Nicholson Catholic of Canada lTC on Saturday. Next game: Tomorrow at No. 17 Oakland Mills.

16 Mount Hebron (3-1) -- Last week's ranking: 12. Monday, Kurtis Jestes scored 20 points and Patrick Ngongba added 17 in a 52-50 victory over Westlake. Ngongba scored 32 in a 71-66 loss to then unranked Loyola on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow against Linganore.

17 Oakland Mills (4-0) -- Last week's ranking: 18. Tony Howard scored 17 points and Michael Hill added 14 in a 68-40 victory over Liberty on Tuesday. Friday, Fardan Carter scored 23 in a 62-59 victory over South Carroll. Next game: Tomorrow against No. 15 Loyola.

18 Mount St. Joseph (4-1) -- Last week's ranking: Not ranked. The Gaels also debut in the Top 20 after three victories last week. Tuesday, Daniel Whye scored 21 points in a 65-40 victory over Poly. Whye scored 20 in a 63-37 victory over McDonogh on Friday. Saturday, the Gaels defeated Archbishop Kufus (Pa.), 82-79. Next game: Wednesday at No. 9 Annapolis.

19 Edmondson (4-1) -- Last week's ranking: 15. Terrell Smith scored 19 in a 79-47 win over Forest Park on Tuesday. Edmondson lost, 63-47, to then-No. 3 St. Frances at the Function in the Junction Mixer on Thursday. Friday, Brian Daniels' jumper with a second left lifted the Redskins past Largo, 60-58. Next game: Wednesday against No. 4 Walbrook.

20 Fallston (2-1) -- Last week's ranking: Not ranked. The Cougars are the last of three new teams to the Top 20. Wednesday, Kernan Kelly scored 17 points and Jud Ryan added 16 in a 67-63 victory over then-No. 9 Milford Mill, ending the state's longest winning streak at 24 games. Friday, the Cougars beat Elkton, 81-71. Next game: Wednesday at Bel Air.

Other teams receiving consideration, with record in parentheses: St. Paul's (5-1); Dundalk (4-1); Woodlawn (3-1); Severn (7-3); Douglass (2-1).

How the poll is chosen: The 1994-95 boys basketball poll is selected each week by the local sports staff through game observations and consultation with coaches.

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