Yesterday's Scores Wednesday,
DEC 29, 2004
Kelso/Closet
Maid Tourney (in Ocala)
Ocala West Port |
55 |
South Sumter |
47 |
7th
Place ClosetMaid |
Ocala Vanguard |
41 |
Ocala Forest |
27 |
5th
Place ClosetMaid |
Boone |
55 |
Seven Rivers |
21 |
3rd
Place ClosetMaid |
Haines
City |
56 |
Palatka |
38 |
1st
Place ClosetMaid |
Gainesville
Bucholz |
48 |
Lake
Gibson |
45 |
7th
Place Kelso |
Kenton
Ridge, OH |
43 |
Centennial,
GA |
32 |
5th
Place Kelso |
St.
Thomas Aquinas |
31 |
Norland |
52 |
3rd
Place Kelso |
Winter
Haven |
48 |
Mater
Dei |
35 |
1st
Place Kelso |
Lake Brantley Classic (in
Altamonte Springs)
Edina,
MN |
55 |
Lake
Brantley |
32 |
MN
has a great team |
Freedom |
46 |
Lake
Highland |
36 |
Cummings
had 11 |
Rams Squeak By
Ft. Payne, 65-63 (KB -
12/29/04) Angie Guiu hit two free throws with 11 seconds to play and the
Lake Mary Rams(13-1) used a fourth quarter surge to squeak past the Ft.
Payne, AL Lady Wildcats(12-2) at the Greene County Bank Ladies
Classic in Greeneville, TN today. The Rams trailed by
as many as 6 points in the fourth quarter after jumping out to a 24-10 lead
in the first quarter. Ft. Payne clawed back and led by 2
at the half. The teams battled back and forth before
Asia Wilson hit a short jumper to tie the game at 63-63 with 23 seconds to
play. On Ft. Payne's next possession center Kandace
Orr was called for double-dribbling, giving Lake Mary the ball
back. Guiu was then fouled on a baseline drive and hit
both ends of the one and one. Ft. Payne had one more opportunity
to tie or win the game, but Jones stole the ball and dribbled out the clock. The
Lady Wildcats are the reigning Alabama state champions. They
came into this tournament riding a 27 game winning streak.
This game might have had a different outcome if the Lady Wildcat center,
Kandace Orr, hadn't sat a good portion of the game in foul trouble. What
we keep hearing about this tournament is the fundamental soundness of all
the teams. Although most of the top teams in Florida are
more athletic than the Tennessee teams, several attendees have commented the
any of the teams in Greeneville could beat all of the teams in
Florida. That's a bold statement, but its truthfulness is
largely borne out by the fortunes of Florida teams at summer AAU
tournaments. We don't tend to win. The
Rams, however, have won two straight now and will
face South Greene High School(8-4) on Thursday for seventh place at this
tourney. After stumbling badly in their first game against Mt.
Juliet, the Rams have stepped up their defensive posture and are playing
credible ball. Jones' steal may have set up the winning
shots, but Sena Cooks' offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter were the
real catalysts for Lake Mary's comeback. Jordan
Coleman led the Rams with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Asia
Wilson contributed 17 points. Tailor Jones logged a double
double with 11 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 4
steals. Katie Wilson led Ft. Payne with 23
points. Box
Score
Lake Mary (65):
Tailor Jones 5-12 1-1 11, Asia Wilson 7-18 1-1 17, Mitryk 4-12 0-0
8, Jordan Coleman 6-9 6-8 18, Guiu 2-4 2-2 8, Remigio 0-0 0-0 0,
Cooks 1-1 1-2 3, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Willbur 0-0 0-0 0, Knurek 0-0 0-0
0. TOTALS: 25-56 11-14 65. |
Fort Payne (63):
Katie Wilson 8-15 2-2 23, Mallory Debter 5-16 0-0 14, Lindsey
Sellers 6-9 2-4 15, Stevens 1-3 3-4 5, Orr 2-5 1-4 5, Griffith 0-0
0-0 0, Carter 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 1-2 1.
TOTALS: 22-51 9-16 63.
3-Point Goals: LM-4 (Wilson 2, Guiu 2). FP-10 (Wilson 5, Debter 4,
Sellers). Score by quarters: Lake Mary 24 9 14 18--65 Fort Payne 10
25 16 12--63 |
More Tournament
Scores
(KB -
12/29/04) We
didn't get a chance to go up to Ocala today, but we do have some Tuesday scores.
(Find results of Edgewater's tourney at KSA here.
Edgewater(12-2) defeated Eastlake, CA yesterday) TUESDAY,
DEC 28, 2004
Kelso/Closet
Maid Tourney (in Ocala)
Kenton Ridge, OH |
55 |
G-ville Bucholz |
54 |
Closer
than we thought |
Centennial, GA |
65 |
Lake Gibson |
54 |
Not
as close as we thought |
Ocala Vanguard |
45 |
Ocala West Port |
29 |
Huge
upset. |
Ocala Forest |
56 |
South Sumter |
51 |
??? |
Mater Dei, CA |
44 |
Norland |
38 |
Surprising. |
Haines City |
42 |
Boone |
41 |
Shay
Brown didn't play |
Palatka |
67 |
Seven Rivers |
41 |
??? |
Winter
Haven |
55 |
St.
Thomas Aquinas |
34 |
Closer
than we'd thought |
Evans Lady Trojans
Holiday Classic (in Sanford)
Apopka |
74 |
Mt. Dora |
8 |
Why
is Apopka here? |
Merritt
Island |
43 |
Oak
Ridge |
35 |
Still
gotta play APK. |
Jones |
55 |
Pine
Ridge |
40 |
Whoa!
Looky here! |
Tanner,
AL |
|
Evans |
|
Tanner
won. |
Lake Brantley Classic (in
Altamonte Springs)
Edina,
MN |
67 |
Freedom |
26 |
No
help for Cummings |
Lake
Brantley |
51 |
Lake
Highland |
25 |
Nikic
with 22 points |
Rams Back on
Track, Win 67-49
(KB - 12/28/04) The
Lake Mary Rams(12-1) bounced back from yesterday's crushing loss to the Mt. Juliet
Bears and took a convincing 67-49 win over the West Greene Lady Buffs(6-7) this
morning at the Greene County Bank Ladies
Classic in Greeneville, TN. In typical Lake Mary style, the Rams broke open a
close game in the third quarter with a tough defensive stance and cruised to the win. Unlike
yesterday, the Rams stayed out of foul trouble as they ratcheted up their
defensive intensity. Tailor
Jones led the Rams with 18 pts, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocked shots.
Asia Wilson had 15 points. The Rams will
take on Ft. Payne, AL(12-1) on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. The
Ft. Payne Lady Wildcats squeaked by Chucky-Doak High, 73-72, this
morning. Both Ft. Payne and Lake Mary suffered their
first losses of the season at this tournament.
Box Score
West Greene (49):
Ford 1-8 2-4 4, Burger 1-6 4-6 7, Grace Swatzell 4-9 0-0 10, Shockley
5-9 7-9 17, Janetha Gregory 4-8 3-4 11, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Dyer 0-1 0-0
0, McHan 0-3 0-0 0, TOTALS 15-46 16-23 49. |
Lake Mary (67):
Tailor Jones 7-18 4-7 18, Asia Wilson 5-7 3-4 15, Mitryck 2-10 1-2 5,
Jordan Coleman 4-6 1-1 10, Angela Guiu 4-7 2-2 12, Rose 0-1 0-0 0,
Remigio 1-1 0-0 3, Cooks 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Wilbur 0-0 2-2 2,
Knurek 0-0 0-0 0,
TOTALS 24-52 13-18 67.
Three-point goals: WG - 3 (Burger, Swatzell 2). LM - 6 (Wilson 2,
Coleman, Guiu 2, Remigio).
Score by quarters: West
Greene 16 8 15 10 -- 49 Lake Mary 13 21 9 24 -- 67 |
Rams Rocked,
75-48, by Mt. Juliet
(KB - 12/27/04) Welllllllll!!......if
SG is ever wrong, y'all be sure to call us and let us know.
The Lake Mary Rams got exposed in the
low post earlier today, exposed in a very big way at the Greene
County Bank Ladies Classic in Greenville, TN.
Junior center Alysha Clark(#22) rocked the Rams for 38 points today, leading
her Mt. Juliet Bears to a 75-48 win over the visiting team from Florida. All of her points came in the paint.
Rams freshman center Jordan Coleman
commented, "Dad, she was just too strong for me. When I
fronted her she just pushed me off and they lobbed it up to
her. When I played behind her she just backed me
down. I couldn't stop her."
And it was much the same with Ram
forward Tailor
Jones. Clark lured Jones in to 3 first half fouls and
stuck her with her fourth early in the third quarter, sending her to the
bench. With Jones on the bench, Mt. Juliet stretched a 5
point halftime advantage into a 20 point lead to start the fourth quarter.
SG had been quietly mumbling beneath
all the hullabaloo about the Fab Frosh. We'd said:
"They are a little light in the low post. Jordan and Tailor
are not centers, they are guard/forwards". We'd even
gone so far as to agree with a criticism of Jordan's weight (or lack
thereof) that had been posted on the Breakdownmagazine.com messageboards.
This massive loss also exposed
another Ram weakness--depth. Despite Clark's
effectiveness, the Rams hung with Mt. Juliet (the seventh ranked team in the
southern region) until Jones went down. Then the dam
burst. It is usually the Rams who put teams away in
the third quarter. Turnabout, in this case, is a bitter
pill. The Bears played smart, crisp basketball. They
left no errors to be exploited and they quickly exploited Ram
weaknesses. Jones' loss gave them the impetus they needed
to put this game away.
Ram parent Cody Franklin gave the
Bears the ultimate compliment. He said:
"They played like Fencor." Any AAU veteran can
appreciate that statement.
The Rams' only option in this case
seems to be to promote Paula Regalado from the JV squad.
Regalado is a true center with quick feet, a strong upper body, and (most
importantly) she is five very hard fouls to level against powerful centers
like Alysha Clark. Coach Brown may have been saving this
option for later in the season and may still choose to do so, given the
relative dearth of powerful centers in Florida. Regalado
is regularly posting double-doubles on the JV team and is gaining in
confidence daily.
But if the Rams choose to head to
Greeneville again next winter, they need to remember that Clark will be
waiting. She is only a junior.
The Rams can only hope to finish
seventh in Greenville now. They take on West
Greene on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
While this loss is the Rams'(11-1)
first loss of the season, the magnitude of the loss will certainly affect
their state ranking.
Last week top ranked Miami High lost twice at a tourney in South
Carolina. They are playing in the Jr.
Orange Bowl Classic this week. Second ranked Deerfield Beach is playing in a Naples
tourney that features four top 25 teams and will probably not come away
unscathed. Third ranked Norland is playing a tournament
in Ocala where, if they survive the early rounds, they will have to play
a Winter Haven squad at full strength. That means all of
the top ranked girls teams in Florida may lose games this week.
Who'd a thunk it?
Box Score
Lake Mary (48):
T. Jones 5-8 0-0
10, A. Wilson 2-6 2-2 6, C. Mitryck 4-11 0-0 9, J. Coleman 2-6 2-4 6, Guiu 4-8 3-3 13,
Rose 0-1 0-0 0, Remigio 0-0 0-0 0, S. Cooks 1-2 0-0 2, T. Willbur 0-2 0-0 2,
Knurek 1-3 0-0 2. TOTALS: 19-47 7-9 48. |
Mt. Juliet
(75): H. Hudson 3-10
2-2 11, A. Clark 13-17 12-13 38, Gibson 0-3 2-2 2, Pigue 3-4 0-0 8,
McFarlin 1-2 1-2 3, Bowman 0-0 0-0 0, Muniz 1-2 1-2 3, McGee 0-0 2-2 2, Van
Etta 2-9 4-4 8, Defevers 0-0 0-0 0.
TOTALS: 23-47 24-27 75. 3-Point Goals:
LM-3 (Guiu 2, Mitryk). MJ-5 (Hudson 3, Pigue 2).
Score by quarters: Lake
Mary 19-9-7-13--48 Mt. Juliet 21-12-21-21--75 |
No Upsets in Ocala, But Some
Close Calls...
(KB - 12/27/04)
While the Rams were getting thumped in Tennessee, SG was pounding the
sidelines at the Don
Kelso State Farm Girls Classic at Ocala Forest High
School.
Why, you ask? Because it
was there.
Well, not really. Several
Comets White players were competing. We wanted to get the
skinny. You know how we do...
We watched the end of the
Palatka/South Sumter game, won by Palatka, purely because we wanted to see
this mythical 6'2" freshman shooting guard first sighted by Kenny
Kallina back in September. They had a six foot freshman CENTER,
alright, but she was an AAU 15 year old. STEEE-RIKE ONE!!
In the second game of the day Mater
Dei, the fourth ranked team in California, squared off against Kenton Ridge
of Springfield, OH. Why is this game
pertinent? Well, super-frosh Sakara House plays for Kenton
Ridge. House made MG's first team All-Tournament at AAU 13U
Nationals in Rochester, MN last summer while playing for the Dayton Spiece
Lady Airmen.
Mater Dei jumped out to a 10 point
lead over Kenton Ridge in the first half, saw the Ohio girls whittle the
lead down to a single point in the third quarter, then pulled away in the
fourth quarter to grind out a 43-37 win. House led Kenton Ridge
with 18 points in the loss.
In the third game of the day, Boone(12-1)
took on a very scrappy West Port Wolf Pack(10-2). SG predicted that
Boone would win by 20. SG was wrong. West Port led
most of the way and outplayed Boone in every facet of the game.
They took a 6 point lead in the second quarter and milked it until midway
thru the fourth quarter. West Port was rocked by the loss
of starting forward Camesha Patterson(#34) to an ankle injury in the second
quarter, but they held up. When starting guard Shamarrah
Simmons(#30) went down with the same injury in the fourth quarter, West Port
crumbled. Their carefully crafted 6 point lead melted under a
barrage of turnovers. Briyanna Blair led Boone
back from the precipice of defeat, scoring 20 points--nine in the decisive
fourth quarter. Boone dodged the upset, 46-38, and will face
Haines City on Tuesday.
The fourth game between Lake Gibson
and St. Thomas Aquinas was the most exciting game of the
day. Lake Gibson was an undersized underdog against
a highly ranked Aquinas team that featured 6'4" Stanford volleyball signee Foluke
Akinradewo. But Lake Gibson features three Comets White
players--Andrea and Andrell Smith and Antonia Bennett--so we knew this game
wasn't going to pass without a scrap.
So we were vastly surprised to see
the Smith twins patiently running offense and deferring their scoring
opportunities to their teammates. Long known for their
run-and-run style, the Lake Gibson coach insisted that the twins play within a
structured offense today.
The strategy worked.
Largely. The Lady Braves took a 25-20 halftime lead despite
Akinradewo's dominance on the boards and 8 first half points.
We were further surprised in the
second half when Braves coach David Volpe held to this same strategy as
Aquinas made their inevitable run. The Raiders closed the
gap and took a 5 point lead of their own in the third quarter.
Akinradewo scored at will in the low post. Still, Andrea and Andrell patiently worked their offense and passed up shots
while trying to move the ball around the perimeter to their older sister,
Eunisha Proctor.
With 1:20 left in the game, Lake
Gibson faced a 46-40 deficit. Volpe unleashed the twins in a
suffocating full court press. Predictably, a minute
later the score was 46-45 and Andrell was on the line shooting two with a
chance to put the Braves ahead. She hit the first but missed the
second, tying the game.
The Braves then forced the Raiders
into two consecutive timeout calls as they failed to inbound the
ball. On the third attempt the Raiders inbounded the ball
as all five Brave players scrambled to force a turnover. That
left three wide open Raiders in the forecourt.
The Raiders lofted up a fullcourt pass to Charlease Williams, who knocked down a wide
open layup as time expired. The Raiders(7-3) escaped with
a 48-46 win. Akinradewo led all scorers with 23
points. Andrea Smith led Lake Gibson with 17 points; Andrea
dropped 7 on the Raiders; Proctor finished with 13 points.
The Braves dropped to 7-3 on the season.
The other games that we watched were
blowouts. Norland waxed Bucholz, 62-35.
Haines City dominated Ocala Vanguard, 56-36. Seven Rivers
was crushing Ocala Forest at halftime, but we left before the carnage was
complete. Winter Haven was licking their chops over
some victim from Georgia at the time; we preferred to shield ourselves from
the sight and smell of viscera.
In the Norland/Bucholz game we got a
chance to see Eboni Sadler (the hype is all true) and Vontrice Dennis
(ditto) play. Dennis didn't start, but scored 21 points in
little over a quarter and a half. Of course, we offered
this scintillating freshman center a roster spot with the Comets White right
then and there.
But she's already
15!!! STEEE-RIKE TWO!!!!
Can't any of you people send me a
6'3" 14U baller?
|
|
Jordan Coleman |
|
Tailor Jones in
Greeneville, TN |
|
Angie Guiu |
|
Paula Regalado |
|
Eunisha Proctor |
|
Quagee Gaines |
|
Foluke Akinradewo |
|
Sakara House of Speice Lady Airmen |
|
Maria Scurry |
|
Vontrice Dennis |
|
Ayiesha Vickers |
|
Eboni Sadler |
|
Briyanna Blair |
|
Antonia Bennett |
|
Erica Davis |
|
Tanner, AL |
|
Evans |
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