Class of 2002
School Providence St Mel HS, IL
Height and Weight 6'6 190lbs
Position Wing Forward
99-00 Ratings #19 (BP)
#4 small forward (SHOW)
98-99 Ratings #1 (HS), #1 (RO)
Academically Eligible
Status University of Minnesota
9-27-01...Providence - St. Mel (IL) forward Stanley Gaines has verballed to Minnesota.
7-19-01...According to Prep Stars, Gaines says Purdue and Seton Hall have offered him, with
Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, and UConn among his favorites at the moment. Gaines
also mentions he'd like to see more schools get involved, particularly Florida and North
Carolina.
6-21-01...Roy and Harv have an update on Stanley Gaines from Providence-St. Mel (IL). Gaines
lists his two leaders as Marquette and Purdue, with Seton Hall, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa
State, and Florida still in contact. Gaines will be attending the Adidas Camp in Teaneck (NJ).
5-22-01...Tobie Smith had an update on Stan Gaines. Purdue is still listed by Providence-St.
Mel (IL) forward Stan Gaines, along with Michigan State, Michigan, Illinois, Florida,
Seton Hall, and Marquette.
5-16-01...Some new pre-summer rankings for the top 100 players in the junior class from
Brick Oettinger have been published. Stanley Gaines is ranked #97.
5-3-01...A list of the top players by position in the Class of 2002 is up at ESPN, written
by Recruiting USA's Mark Mayemura. Chris Hunter was rated as a top center and power forward.
Providence-St. Mel's Stanley Gaines was named a top small forward.
12-15-00...Former walk-on Boilermaker guard Tim Ervin in being praised in an article in the
Chicago Tribune. He is now the head coach of Providence-St. Mel and hopes to make St. Mel
a power in the boys basketball tournament. Prospect Stanley Gaines, a 6-foot-7 forward is
also mentioned in the article. More
2-20-00...Former walkon guard Tim Ervin was also back in Mackey with a couple of his high
school players, including 6'3 junior Levar Seals and 6'7 sophomore Stan Gaines. Both players
play for Providence-St. Mel and are pegged as high Division I recruits. Seals rates as the
best junior guard in the state of Illinois, and Gaines was named a high honorable mention
all-american this year by Street and Smith.
10-18-99...Over on the MidWestHoops site, a listing of the nation's top 50 sophomores has
three Indiana kids and an Illinois prospect. Chicago Providence-St. Mel's Stanley Gaines
comes in at #16, followed by the three Indiana kids...Ben Davis' Greg Stone at #22,
Bloomington's Sean May at #26 and Lafayette's Tyler Best at #39.
9-9-98...Clark Francis has named Stan Gaines as his top player for the
Class of 2000.
8-31-98...GJ King from Recruiter Online talked with Chicago freshman
Stanley Gaines, a 6'6 forward heralded as one of the best players in the
nation in his class. In this interview at the Phenom Camp, Gaines
identifies the early favorites as Syracuse and Purdue.
5-28-98...We caught a glimpse of the Spiece freshman-to-be squad at the Memorial Day
Run N' Slam tournament in Merrillville this weekend. With the senior and junior brackets
finishing up before the tournament seeding, we walked around and looked at some of the
younger kids in the sophomore-to-be bracket. We were surprised to see Kristof Kendrick,
son of Boiler assistant Frank Kendrick, getting ready for a game. Being an 8th grader,
we didn't expect him to be playing in a sophomore-to-be bracket. But he was, along with
a team full of 8th graders. Kendrick played for Spiece Gym Rats South Stars, featuring
a ton of young talent. Spiece South faced Team Sports Concepts at 4:30pm, what would be
the first game of the evening that was too controlled by the officials. I'm not normally
one to whine about the officiating, but this was one of two games this weekend that
featured horrible officials who for some odd reason decided to influence the outcome of
the games. We only had the roster for Spiece, so info on TSC is rather sketchy. We do
know that a kid named Young on TSC has some great potential, possessing good size and a
wide body. His game reminded me of a younger version of Brett Buscher. The roster for
Spiece South included #35 Greg Stone, #44 Jason Bell, #25 Kevin Jones, #54 Parnell Smith,
#33 Stan Gaines, #50 Ryan Potter, #10 Corey Cobbs and #32 Kristof Kendrick. The game
deadlocked at 18 after the first quarter of play. Spiece was led in the quarter by Stan
Gaines, who popped two threes at the start of the game. Interior play was physical, which
would eventually send both Young and Stone to the bench early. Taking up the slack was
Jason Bell, who used his strength to aggressively rebound against a very good rebounding
opponent. The second quarter saw a glimpse of what was to come from 5'9 guard Kevin Jones.
Jones ran the break and pulled up for an NBA three-pointer that got nothing but net.
Running the show for Spiece most of the game was 5'3 speedster Corey Cobbs. Cobbs scored
twice on what would become his signature play, taking the ball from the top of the key,
curling down the right side of the lane, and putting up a floating jumper that ALWAYS
went in. TSC did not have a guard that could contain Cobbs, who slashed his way to 15
points in the game. 6'2 Kristof Kendrick started slowly, hitting a mid-range jumper for
his only two points of the game. Kendrick's instincts seem to be good, but he gets
himself in trouble when he has time to think. He showed an uncanny ability to be in the
right place at the right time in the game defensively, but bricked a handful of threes
during the game. Nice shot, but needs practice, practice, practice. His passing needs
to get crisper, as well as his habit of throwing lazy passes over the top. Gets himself
in good defensive position, playing a mixture of shooting guard and wing forward in the
game. He also fell back to defend the left post in the triangle-and-two. TSC pulled
ahead 36-33 at the half, with Young shooting for close to 10 in the first half. No one
player really stood out in the first half, but Gaines and Cobbs led the team with 6
points each. The second half would establish Kevin Jones as a premier shooter. In the
third quarter, Jones had 14 of his team's 20 points. Bell and Stone were the only other
Spiece players to score in the quarter. Jones hit 4 threes, two of which were shot 6 feet
outside the arc. Greg Stone managed two steals in the final two minutes of the quarter,
one of which he took in for an uncontested layup and the other he had to heave at the
buzzer. Spiece led by one at the start of the fourth, 52-51. Cobbs started the fourth
quarter with his signature play, burning TSC with it on consecutive possessions. After
a Kendrick miss from the perimeter with pressure in his face, Cobbs came down on the
next possession and burned TSC again with his signature play... always to the right...always
making the shot. Two plays later, Cobbs decided to go left this time, missing the shot
which was eventually cleaned up by Jason Bell. TSC reinserted Young after the Cobbs run,
and TSC led again by 5 with 2 minutes remaining. Young is the focus of the TSC offense,
and is frankly unstoppable at this age level. At this point, the officiating got really
strange. One of the referees called a technical on one of the Spiece players. We never
figured out what exactly happened, but it led to a 5 minute delay. Jones slashed to the
basket and pulled up for a 12-footer, which was stuffed by Young. The referee called a
jump ball, even though the contact was brief. Jump ball call #1. After a 1:25 of argument
over the poor call, TSC got the ball on alternate possession. Spiece was able to tie up
the ball on the other end, forcing the second jump ball call and gaining possession. At
the :44 mark, TSC's guard Snyder was fouled, regaining a five point cushion at 74-69.
Spiece put the ball in the hands of Kevin Jones in the final seconds. Fouled on a
three-point attempt, Jones cooly went to the line an hit three freethrows, 74-72 TSC.
TSC came back an missed the next attempt. Jason Bell grabbed the rebound in the air
with a TSC player, but Bell clearly came down with the ball and started the ball
upcourt. However, the ref again decided the brief dual control deserved the third jump
ball call of the final two minutes, possession back to TSC. The two teams each threw the
ball away in the next two series, leading up to yet another tie-up and the fourth jump
ball call, possession to Spiece. Spiece finally tied the game with :17 remaining, 74-74.
Cobbs and Jones rushed TSC guard Snyder at midcourt and forced a travel with :10 left.
Jones came down for the game-winner, but missed. All alone under the basket was Jason
Bell, who jumped up for the rebound and came down on his back. Absolutely no defender
was within four feet of him, and somehow TSC was called for fouling Bell with :00 on
the clock. Spiece hit the freethrow for the one point win, 75-74 Spiece. The game was
pathetically influenced in the last two minutes by the refs, one of which should
never be allowed on a basketball court again. The worst calling I had seen... until the
very next game when another offical decided to call 5 technical fouls in one game.
Players of the game for TSC were Young and Snyder. Spiece had a few standouts. Kevin
Jones led Spiece with 25 points (4 2PT, 5 3PT, 2 FT), followed by Cobbs with 15
(7 2PT, 1 FT) and Stan Gaines with 12 (3 2PT, 2 3PT). Defensive players of the game
were Young for TSC, and Kendrick and Cobbs (who really turned up the pressure in the
4th) for Spiece.
DATE MIN FG FGA FT FTA 3P 3PA RB A B S PTS
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11-27-99 14 Won 82- Paris 59
05-28-99 5 2 12 Won 75- Team Sports AAU 74
Date Day Time Opponent
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11/24/99 TUE TBA L Danville Tournament
11/26/99 THR TBA W Danville Tournament (vs Peoria Manual)
11/27/99 FRI TBA W Danville Tournament (vs Paris)
11/28/99 ** SAT 12:00P L Blue Cross Classic (vs Whitney Young)
12/04/99 SAT 7:30P W @ Aurora Christian
12/11/99 SAT 5:30P Chicago Hoop Showcase (vs Westinghouse)
12/12/99 SUN 2:00P Hoops In The Loop (vs Crane)
12/18/99 SAT 7:30P Prosser
12/20/99 MON TBA BOE Tournament
thru
12/23/99 THR TBA BOE Tournament
12/27/99 MON TBA Proviso West Tournament
thru
12/30/99 THR TBA Proviso West Tournament
01/07/00 FRI 7:30P Manley
01/14/00 FRI 7:30P Madison West
01/15/00 SAT 7:30P Proviso Shootout (vs Lincoln Park)
01/16/00 SUN 2:00P Bragging Rights Shootout (vs Morgan Park)
01/22/00 SAT 7:30P @ New Trier
01/28/00 FRI 7:30P St. Anne
01/29/00 SAT 7:30P Julian
02/05/99 SAT 7:45P St. Louis Challenge (vs Ritter)
02/06/99 SUN 2:00P St. Louis Challenge (vs Vashon)
02/12/00 SAT 7:30P Waukegan
02/19/00 SAT 7:30P @ Indianapolis Broad Ripple
02/22/00 TUE TBA Regional
03/01/00 WED TBA Sectional
03/09/00 THR TBA Super Sectional
03/12/00 ** SUN TBA State Finals
(**) Televised games
Schedule accurate according to Providence fax on 10/27/99
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