Photos: East St. Louis boys basketball closes regular season with win at Belleville East

McCline's career-high leads Flyers to big road win

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Robert McCline knocked down five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points as the East St. Louis boys basketball team earned a 59-45 win at Belleville East on Friday night.

Kansas State signee Macaleab Rich added 10 points and 12 rebounds for East St. Louis (20-8). Cameron Boone had six points, nine rebounds and eight blocked shots.

Belleville East finished the regular season with a 25-6 record.

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East St. Louis at Belleville East boys basketball

Photos from Paul Halfacre

Published Feb 18, 2023

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.

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