{"id":371785,"date":"2024-03-01T01:57:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T02:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=371785"},"modified":"2024-03-01T03:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T03:01:57","slug":"elite-prospect-ace-bailey-just-went-off-in-mceacherns-quarterfinals-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=371785","title":{"rendered":"Elite prospect Ace Bailey just went off in McEachern&#039;s quarterfinals win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ace Bailey has spent the season asserting himself as a top-two player in the class of 2024 (and some people argue he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/lists\/boys-high-school-basketball-recruiting-2024-top-players\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not No. 2<\/a>). The 6-foot-8 wing has dominated, putting his team on his back in an incredibly difficult schedule that has taken them around the country to face nationally ranked teams.<\/p>\n<p>In the 7A Georgia high school playoff quarterfinals on Wednesday, he had one of his best performances of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey went off for 33 points and 16 rebounds, displaying his ability to score at all three levels and hitting a step-back 3-pointer. See highlights posted to SportsCenter NEXT&#8217;s account on social media platform X:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Ace Bailey dominates with 33pts and 16rebs to lead McEachern (GA) to the Final 4&#x20e3;<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McEachernBoysBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McEachernBoysBB<\/a> I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AiriousB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AiriousB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bV9JmdJzKW\">pic.twitter.com\/bV9JmdJzKW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SCNext\/status\/1763231527385678185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the win, the 25-5 McEachern Indians advance to the semifinals, where they will take on 25-5 Wheeler \u2014 a chance to get revenge for last season when Wheeler knocked out the Indians in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>McEachern has not won the championship since the 2018-19 season when future NBA players Sharife Cooper (five-star junior) and Isaac Okoro (four-star senior led the team to an undefeated 32-0 season.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey is hoping that he can follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>The wing is ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the class of 2024 on the 247Sports Composite. Bailey has committed to Rutgers, where he and No. 3 recruit Dylan Harper headline an extremely formidable Scarlet Knights class.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/scores-live-in-game-results-around-the-nation-as-they-happen\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">SCORES: Live in-game results around the nation as they happen<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Five-star prospect Ace Bailey recorded a double-double in McEachern&#8217;s playoff win over Norcross, setting the Indians up with a rematch (&#8230;)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=371785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371787,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371785\/revisions\/371787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=371785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=371785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=371785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}