Terry Porter Elite: U17 King James All-Star Classic Tournament Re-Cap |
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| Posted on Apr 30 2008 at 3:12 PM |
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The Terry Porter Elite (U17) team travelled this past weekend to Akron, OH to participate in the King Jame's All-Star Classic. The tournament featured over 300 of the top travel teams from all over the country.
The U17 team, coming off a disappointing weekend in Pittsburgh quickly rebounded this weekend by taking first in their pool with a 2- 0 record. With the first place finish, the team advanced to the Gold Division single elimination tournament of all the first place teams, before being upset in the first round of the tournament.
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Game #1
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| TP Elite |
68 |
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| Club Ohio Cav's |
40 |
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| Record (1 - 0) |
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| Leading Scorers: |
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Antone Byrd 17 pts, Corvonn Gaines 12 pts |
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Game Summary: TP Elite started the King James All-Star Classic against the Ohio Cav's. The game started out with Antone Byrd (Milwaukee Washington) asserting himself on the offensive end of the court and Patrick Davis (Milwaukee Washington) being the difference maker on the defensive end of the court. The tag team of Antone Byrd and Corvonn Gaines (Madison West) did a phenomenal job of running the team. Byrd was the teams leading scorer, connecting on 4 - 3 point baskets, finishing with a game high 17 points. Gaines provided strong leadership, scored the basketball, and was outstanding defensively, finishing with 12 points. Other key contributions were had by Patrick Davis with 6 blocked shots and Steve Durham (Milwaukee Vincent) who also chipped in with 10 points coming off the bench. |
| Game #2 |
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| TP Elite |
63 |
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| Prosource |
40 |
F |
| Record (2 - 0) |
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| Leading Scorers: |
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Antone Byrd 16 pts, Corvonn Gaines 14 pts |
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Game Summary: Defense was the factor in this 2nd game of the King James Classic as the TPElite 4 guard combination of Antone Byrd (Milwaukee Washington), Jon Williams (Milwaukee Washington), Mike Weems (Milwaukee Vincent) and Corvonn Gaines (Madison West) played outstanding full court defensive to end this game very early. Mike Weems displayed his deadly shooting touch from the outside, connecting on 3 - 3 point baskets. Also, the shooting touch returned for Andrew Ferry (Milwaukee Lutheran) as he connected on several deep 3 point shots. With the win, the TP Elite U17 finished (2 - 0) in the pool for a first place finish earning the right to compete in the Gold Division of the tournament.
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| Game #3 |
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| TP Elite |
63 |
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| Elite Basketball |
69 |
F |
| Record (2 - 1) |
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| Leading Scorers: |
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Andrew Ferry 28 pts |
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Game Summary: The TP Elite team really struggled early in this contest. The team came out really sluggish and was never really able to get in any kind of offensive flow or rythmn. Andrew Ferry continued his hot shooting in this contest, connecting on 8 - 3 point baskets. Steve Durham continued to provide his consistent play on the inside. However, the guard play was not to the level it had been through the first two games of the tournament with poor decision making and erractic shooting. There were several questionable calls late in the contest that did not help the team's comback efforts. |
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