It didn’t take long for Thornwood to figure out what it wanted to do Wednesday against Joliet West in the Riverside-Brookfield Bill VandeMerkt Thanksgiving Classic.

The Thunderbolts’ guards, especially Mekhi Young, Lester Watson and Jordan Jones, were able to use the dribble to get past the Joliet West guards and into the lane. Once there, they either continued to the bucket or pulled up for a floater. Either way, it was more than effective as the backcourt trio all scored in double digits to lead Thornwood to a 71-43 win over the Tigers. The win puts Thornwood at 2-0 in pool play, while West falls to 1-1.

Thornwood got out to an 8-0 lead, getting four points each from Young and Jones, before West got on the board on a basket by Aamir Shannon with 4:05 to play in the first. Starting wi

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