BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 20

THE BALTIMORE SUN

1 Lake Clifton (13-1) -- Last week's ranking: 1. The Lakers, ranked No. 14 nationally by USA Today, did not play last week. Next game: Tomorrow vs. No. 4 Southern-Balto.

2 Dunbar (16-1) -- Last week's ranking: 2. In a 95-56 win over Forest Park on Wednesday, Robert Foster scored 23 points. Friday, Marvis Thornton had 19 points in an 112-66 win over Northwestern. Next game: Tomorrow against Northern.

3 Walbrook (12-3) -- Last week's ranking: 4. Travone Broadway scored 41 points and Anton Jenifer added 33 in an 114-57 win over Mervo on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow at Patterson.

4 Southern-Balto. (8-6) -- Last week's ranking: 5. Wednesday, Dedric Galloway scored 24 points and John Hemsley added 18 in a 72-54 win over Mervo. Galloway had 16 in a 68-67 win over William Fleming (Va.) at the Heritage Classic in Lynchburg, Va., on Saturday. Next game: Tomorrow at No. 1 Lake Clifton.

5 Southwestern (11-5) -- Last week's ranking: 6. In a 69-65 overtime win over Patterson on Wednesday, Ernie Evans scored 30 points and Stanley Parker and Aaron Jolly each added 12. Next game: Tomorrow at Edmondson.

6 Calvert Hall (18-7) -- Last week's ranking: 8. Tavar Witherspoon scored 21 points in an 86-63 win over then-No. 3 St. Frances on Tuesday. John McKay had 19 in a 54-47 win over Mount St. Joseph on Friday. Yesterday, Witherspoon had 24 in a 71-62 loss to St. Maria Goretti. Next game: Tomorrow at No. 17 Severn.

7 St. Frances (17-4) -- Last week's ranking: 3. Tuesday, Alphonso Jones scored 18 points in an 86-63 loss to then-No. 8 Calvert Hall. Friday, Mark Karcher had 22 in a 73-63 victory over then-No. 18 Gibbons. Yesterday, Karcher had 24 in a 61-42 victory over Loyola. Next game: Friday vs. Towson Catholic at the University of Baltimore.

8 Arundel (13-3) -- Last week's ranking: 10. In a 69-59 victory over Glen Burnie on Tuesday, Kevin Higgins scored 25 points. Bakari Ward's 50-foot basket as time expired lifted the Wildcats to a 68-67 victory over then-No. 7 Broadneck on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow at North County.

9 Randallstown (15-1) -- Last week's ranking: 9. Ahmed Collins had 11 points in a 42-31 victory over Franklin on Wednesday. Lance Anderson had 20 in a 92-50 victory over Eastern Tech on Friday. Next game: Wednesday against Perry Hall.

10 Broadneck (14-2) -- Last week's ranking: 7. Jason Smith scored 18 points in a 74-39 victory over Meade. Friday, Smith had 22 in a 68-67 loss to then-No. 10 Arundel. Next game: Tomorrow at Glen Burnie.

11 Atholton (15-1) -- Last week's ranking: 14. Tyrone Allmond scored 16 points in a 63-53 victory over then-No. 13 Mount Hebron on Wednesday. Varian Harvey had 14 in a 57-56 victory over then-No. 16 Oakland Mills on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow against Wilde Lake.

12 Milford Mill (14-2) -- Last week's ranking: 12. In a 75-58 win over Sparrows Point on Wednesday, Blanchard Hurd had 29 points. Hurd had 32 and Keon Sellman scored 24 in a 95-61 victory over Chesapeake-BC. Next game: Wednesday at Pikesville.

13 Annapolis (12-4) -- Last week's ranking: 11. In a 75-71 double-overtime loss to South River on Tuesday, Ronnie Johnson scored 23 points. Johnson had 21 in a 91-65 victory over Old Mill on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow at Chesapeake-AA.

14 Douglass (11-3) -- Last week's ranking: 19. Lamont Prilliman scored 23 points in a 68-65 win over City on Wednesday. Friday, Prilliman had 32 in a 95-94 win over Northern. Next game: Tomorrow at Northwestern.

15 Mount Hebron (12-4) -- Last week's ranking: 13. Wednesday, Patrick Ngongba scored 14 points in a 63-53 loss to then-No. 14 Atholton. Ngongba had 21 in a 67-55 win over Howard on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow against Centennial.

16 Dundalk (13-2) -- Last week's ranking: Not ranked. In an 102-78 win over Woodlawn on Friday, Danny Thorpe scored 28 points. Next game: Wednesday at Lansdowne.

17 Severn (16-7) -- Last week's ranking: 15. Alhamisi Simms scored 18 points in a 66-43 win over Spalding on Monday. Simms had 12 in a 63-47 loss to Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday and 24 points in a 68-56 overtime win over McDonogh on Friday. Next game: Tomorrow against No. 6 Calvert Hall.

18 Oakland Mills (13-3) -- Last week's ranking: 16. Wednesday, Irving Conwell scored 19 points in a 75-61 win over Howard. Friday, Conwell had 24 in a 57-56 loss to then-No. 14 Atholton. Next game: Tomorrow at Glenelg.

19 St. Paul's (15-2) -- Last week's ranking: 20. Garth Timoll scored 14 points in a 108-54 win over Mount Carmel on Tuesday. In a 79-27 victory over Lutheran on Friday, Timoll had 15. Next game: Tomorrow against Spalding.

20 Edgewood (9-7) -- Last week's ranking: Not ranked. Tuesday, the Rams defeated C. Milton Wright, 42-28. Friday, Clayton Harrington had 14 in a 54-48 victory over Fallston. Next game: Tomorrow at Joppatowne.

Other teams receiving consideration, with record in parentheses: Overlea (13-1), South River (11-4), C. Milton Wright (12-5), Aberdeen (11-5), Gibbons (15-10), Loyola (13-9), Mount St. Joseph (12-9).

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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