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Nike Extravaganza V:
First Evening Game Recap--(Feb. 5, 2000)

Game Five:  Fairfax 68, Durango (Las Vegas) 65

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Craig Smith

Now this was a game. . . great athletes, big comeback by the Durango guys who got off to a slow start, and an exciting finish, with Jason Morrissette providing a dunk at the finish in overtime which punctuated a 16 point performance by the Santa Clara-signee, and a huge 26 point scoring effort by Craig Smith, who was just a monster from 10' and in.

Durango was led by Martrel Johnson with 20 (7 for 16 from the field--two's only) and 6 for 8 from the line.  Jamaal Brimmer had 19 points for Durango, but his shooting was something less than stell, only 14% on 2 for 14 from the field.  Fairfax broke out to a 15-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended that by outscoring Durango 23-14 in the second quarter to take a 38-24 halftime lead.  But following the break, Fairfax went into it's typical third quarter rut, and only managed 8 points to Durango's 19, and Durango closed to within 46-45 at the end of the quarter.  Ishmael Torres had 4 points for the Lions and 3 assists, while Evan Burns, the very talented sophomore big man managed 7 points.  Fowzi Abdelsamad, covering the point for the Lions scored 11 and dished out 6 assists, and it appears that Fairfax seems to have solved it's point problems, at least for the moment.  Fowzi shot 50% from three (3/6) and showed more patience than we've seen before in feeding the big men in the post, and he was great on defense too.   Others scoring for Fairfax were Scottie Stern with 2, and Alex Bausley 2.

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Jason Morrissette
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Marqui Jones
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Scottie Stern
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Diving on the floor
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JP Ablahani looking for the pass
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Overtime. . .

For Durango, Frank Brown scored 6, Derek Stewart 6, JP Ablahani 9, Morgan Bulah 3, and Ryan Petersen 2.

Here are the full stats:

Fairfax

Individual FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF TOT
PTS
AST TRN BS STS MIN
*Ishmael Torres 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 23:11
Fernando Sampson 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6:07
Marqui Jones 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 14:51
Kevin Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Linton Barnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Aaron Mims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1:04
*Evan Burns 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 5 7 1 2 3 2 21:28
Scottie Stern 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 9:42
*Fowzi Abdelsamad 4 7 3 6 0 1 0 4 4 2 11 6 1 0 2 32:12
*Jason Morrissette 6 20 0 2 4 6 5 0 5 2 16 1 3 0 0 28:13
*Craig Smith 12 17 0 2 2 2 2 9 11 2 26 0 0 3 1 29:16
Daniel Malwah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Alex Bausley 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 10:22
Totals 29 68 4 16 6 9 10 26 36 19 68 15 10 7 6  

Total FG    1st Half      16/28    571    2nd Half      13/40    325    Game      29/68    426
3pt FG    1st Half    4/6    667     2nd half    0/10    0     Game     4/16    250
Free Throws    1st Half    2/2    1000     2nd Half     4/7    571     Game     6/9    667

Durango

Individual FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF TOT
PTS
AST TRN BS STS MIN
Shawn Williams 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:05
* Frank Brown 2 6 0 1 2 2 1 58 9 0 6 4 1 0 1 28:53
Gabe Bolin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:24
*Jamaal Brimmer 6 26 4 12 3 4 1 6 7 2 19 2 6 0 2 32:00
*Derek Stewart 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 6 1 0 1 1 29:28
*JP Ablahani 3 8 0 1 3 5 3 1 4 3 9 2 1 0 0 31:42
Matt McArthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1:26
Morgan Bulah 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 4:33
Nathan Earl 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:06
Edmond Parrotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Tim Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
Joe Sperenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
*Martrel Johnson 7 16 0 0 6 8 5 6 11 3 20 0 1 1 2 31:47
Ryan Peterson 0 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 11:12
Totals 22 67 5 16 16 25 16 24 40 12 65 9 12 2 6  

Total FG    1st Half      7/25    280    2nd Half     15/42    357    Game      22/67    328
3pt FG    1st Half     1/4    2nd Half     4/12    333    Game      5/16    312
Free Throws    1st Half    9/15    600     2nd Half    7/10    700     Game 16/25    640

 

The score by quarters:

Fairfax 15 23 8 14 8 --68
Durango 10 14 19 17 5 --65

Game 6:  Long Beach Poly 74, Los Alamitos 41

westleylooksup.jpg (6794 bytes)Sorry to say for all you Griffin fans out there, this was not much of a game from the very beginning, as Los Al fell behind 17-6 and was  just out-hustled and out-muscled by the stronger and quicker guys from Poly.   We don't have the time to post up many details, so we'll just post up the scoring.   For Poly, it was the usual suspects:  Wesley Stokes with 18, on 6 for 12 shooting from the field and 5 for 5 from the line;  Ramaan Shotwell with 5, AJ Diggs with 4, Carlos Rivers with 5, Jonathan Harper 2, Adriam Martin 3, Travis Wilder 5, Mike Roche 2, Mercedes Lewis with 2, Markee White 2, Charles Jones 2, Ryan Love 4, and big Joe Travis 17.

For Los Al, Ryan Keller had 6, Jeff Smith 4, Eddie Courtemarche 2, Ronnie Prettyman 10 on 3 for 11 from the field and 3 for 8 from the line; Steve Shinen 7, Jeff Grgas 8 (he fouled out with about 5 minutes left in the fourth and Los Al badly behind), and Brian Rakusin 4.

 

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Joe Travis
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Markee White
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Joe Travis on the boards
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Wesley sizes up his man off the
dribble. . .
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. . . then drives the lane and pulls up for a shot
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Prettyman knocks Stokes on his
heels defending

There wasn't a lot else to say about this game besides the stats below. . . Poly played great and Los Al didn't. 

Los Alamitos

Individual FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF TOT
PTS
AST TRN BS STS MIN
*Ryan Keller 2 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 6 0 1 22:12
Sean Harrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:45
*Jeff Smith 2 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 21:10
Eddie Courtemarche 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 12:46
*Ron Prettyman 3 11 1 3 3 8 2 1 3 2 10 6 1 0 1 26:43
Steve Shinen 2 3 0 0 3 3 2 0 2 2 7 0 2 0 0 19:30
Mike Sanford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6:49
Ian Martini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:01
Eric Yarger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP
*Jeff Grgas 3 6 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 5 8 0 2 0 0 15:46
*Kenny Carter 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 10:56
Brian Rakusin 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 17:10
Totals 14 41 1 5 12 17 6 13 19 15 41 8 16 0 3  

Total FG    1st Half     6/18    333    2nd  Half     8/23    348    Game      14/41    341
3pt FG    1st Half    0/2    0     2nd half    1/3    333     Game     1/5    200
Free throws    5/10    500    2nd half      7/7    1000    Game     12/17    706

Poly

Individual FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OREB DREB TR PF TOT
PTS
AST TRN BS STS MIN
*Ramaan Shotwell 2 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 1 5 2 0 0 1 16:53
*Wesley Stokes 6 12 1 6 5 5 0 1 1 2 18 10 1 0 3 23:58
Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:36
*AJ Diggs 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 3 12:51
Carlos Rivers 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 5:57
Jonathan Harper 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 7:55
Adriam Martin 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 12:05
Travis Wilder 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 5:23
Lonnel Penman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4:21
Mike Roche 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 2:21
Mercedes Lewis 0 4 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 6:27
Markee White 1 5 0 0 3 4 2 2 4 1 5 1 2 2 1 19:44
Charles Jones 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 6:32
*Joe Travis 7 9 0 0 3 4 1 4 5 2 17 1 1 2 1 21:02
Ryan Love 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 4:22
Totals 28 63 3 10 15 20 18 17 35 20 74 18 6 5 10  

Total FG    1st Half 12/29    414    2nd Half    16/34     471    Game    28/63     444
3pt F    1st Half     2/6    333     2nd Half    1/4    250     Game    3/10    300
Free Throws    1st Half    9/11    818     2nd Hlaf    6/9    667     Game     15/20    750

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Stokes at the line for one of his 5-5

Los Alamitos 6 11 4 20 --41
LB Poly 17 18 18 21 --74

 

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