SoCalHoops Tournament News

6th Annual Nike Dream Classic:  
The Rest Of The Scores--(Jan. 18, 2000)

We're typing and writing as fast as we possibly can, but we also wanted to get the rest of the scores up. . . we'll have complete boxes and full details, along with some photos up shortly.  Here's the complete list of the entire day's scores, and some highlights and general observations to go along with some of the boxes we did have time to input:

Game No. 1, Bishop's v. Dudley (NC)---9:00 a.m.

Dudley 85, La Jolla Bishop's 33-- We've already posted the details of this game

Game No. 2, Ayala v. Manual Arts--10:35 a.m.

Ayala 69, Manual Arts 49--Manual Arts: This isn't the same team that bears the title of defending LA City Champions. Nope.  It isn't even the team that was in the book, as they brought five players not listed in the program, and even with the guys we knew from the team last year and this year in the preseason, they wore different uniform numbers making it especially difficult to pick out who was who.    Mario Roberts was there, that much we know, and so was Jason Crow and DeAndre Morris, but the rest of the guys were all new to us. Ayala on the other hand was just plain boring, not because they played that way, but because there were no surprised, no shocks. We knew all of the players and have seen them all several times this season.   Who looked good?  Well, on Manual, Mario Roberts (6'-2" Sr. SG) is clearly a floor leader on the Toilers, and he was the second leading scorer. He was only beaten by Jason Crow (6'-4" Sr. F) who had 13. No one performed especially well for Manual, and they need to practice running layup lines under pressure (sounds silly, but try to run a layup line with someone hitting you with a big pillow, as hard as they can. . . that's what they need), and an occasional jump stop wouldn't hurt either now and then.   Manual missed just a ton of shots, some from point blank range, and they reall don't have any perimeter shooters.  Still, they can hold their own in a track race, but without anyone the caliber this year like last year's combo of James Wright and Curtis Millage, since gone, they weren't even as fast on the break as Ayala was.

Here's the box:
Manual Arts (49)

Ayala (69)

Game No. 3, Fairfax v. Westchester--12:05 p.m.

Fairfax 69, Westchester 65--This was a much different game than the encounter these two teams had on Saturday at the Pump Hoop Challenge, when Westchester blew Fairfax away.  The two teams have met three times this year, and twice now Fairfax has won, losing only on Saturday.  On Monday, Fairfax had four players in double figures, led by Fowzi Abdelsamad (6'-2' Sr. PG) with 14 pints on 4-7 shooting from the field. Marqui Jones (6'-5" Sr. SF) had 11 (3 for 5), while Jason Morrissette (6'-5" Sr. SG/SF) who has signed with Santa Clara had 10 as did Craig Smith (6'-8" Jr. F).  Morrissette had 5 rebounds while Smith had 3.   Ishmael Torres (6'-2" Sr. PG/SG) had 8 points as did Evan Burns (6'-8" So. F). Burnes had 4 rebounds. Scottie Stern (6'-4" Sr. SG) had 5 points and played sparingly.  Alex Bausley (6'-7" Fr. F) scored 3 for the Lions.    Westchester was led by Brandon Heath (6'-2" So. SG) with 17 points, while Cedric Thompkins (6'-8" Sr. F) had 13.  Chad Bell (7'-1" Jr. C) had some interesting spin moves and one really nice dunk and finished with 8 points. Ashanti Cook (6'-1" So. PG) had 9 points while Terrance Lawson (6'-5" Sr. SG) had 6. Others scoring for Westchester included John Clemmons (5'-10" Jr. G) with 4, and Brice Buchanan (6'-5' Jr. F/G) with 2.

Here's the box:

Westchester (65)

Fairfax (69)

Game No. 4, Long Beach Jordan v. Crossroads--1:35 p.m.

Crossroads 57, Long Beach Jordan 46--Heck of a game and not at all the result that many predicted ahead of time.  But then this Jordan team often has long stretches where they just forget to come out and play and after a tremendous fourth quarter effort on Saturday night at the Double Pump Hoop Challenge at LBCC against the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits, which ultimately fell short, Jordan reverted back to their old habits again.   Crossroads looked very sharp, and Felipe Williams was a man among boys along with Isaiah Fox who just dominated the middle.   Felipe Williams (6'-4" Sr. SG) scored 23 points and teammate Isaiah Fox (6'-9" Jr. PF/C) scored 20 and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the Roadrunners over the Long Beach Jordan Panthers. Fox went 9-15 from the field, and 2-5 from the line.   Williams was 7-17, hit is only three point attempt and was 8-16 from the line. Others scoring for Crossroads included Nick Forman (5'-8" Jr. SG/PG) with 8, Anthony Locke (5'-9" Jr. PG) with 4 and Jordan Rush (6'-5" So. SF) with 2. For Jordan, Travon Bryant (6'-9" Sr. PF) was the only Panther in double figures with 15 points and 10 rebounds,  and he also picked up a couple of huge blocks.  If the rest of the team played with the same urgency that he and Nick Tamarao display, and could sustain it for a whole game, Jordan might have had a chance.   Travon shot 6-11 from the field and 2-2 from the line, hitting 1 of 2 three point attempts. Ron Banks (6'-2" Jr. SG)  had 9 points, Nick Tamarao (5'-11" Sr. PG) had 8.

Crossroads (57)

Total FG%   1st Half: 11-25    .440         2nd Half: 11-25    .440     Game .440
3 PT            1st Half: 0-1     .000             2nd Half: 1-2     .500        Game: .333
FT                 1st Half:2-6    .333             2nd Half: 10-18     .566    Game: .500

Jordan (46)

So what if the minutes for Jordan don't total up to a full game?  Hey these are the official stats, and given the score, maybe Jordan should consider actually playing a whole game. . . just kidding.  In this case, it wasn't so much a war between Isaiah and Travon as much as it was that Jordan just didn't bring any additional really potent scorers.

Game No. 5, Crenshaw v. Upland--3:05 p.m.

Crenshaw 76, Upland 61--Toimmy Johnson (6'-4" Sr. SG) who has committed to Washington State, led all scorers with 27 points, shooting 8-24 from the field, but hitting 4 of 9 three pointers and making 7 of 8 free throws.   He also had 8 rebounds.  Taylor Parsons (6'-3" Sr. SG)  had 11 points for Crenshaw, as did the surpringly good freshman point guard Marcus Williams (5'-8" Fr. PG) who started in place of E.J. Harris (6'-3" Sr. PG), a Kansas State-signee who played only 11 minutes of the game and scored 3 points. For Upland, Jason Harris (6'-4" Jr. SG/SF) scored 15, Prentice Harris (6'-0" Jr. SG/PG) had 19, and Kirk Snyder (6'-6" Sr. F) had 12.  De Marcus Williams (6'-8" Sr. PF) who has signed a letter of intent with Washington, played 13 minutes but didn't score; he picked up 3 fouls and a rebound, missing both of his shot attempts.

Crenshaw (76)

Upland (61)