02hoya
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Post by 02hoya on Dec 22, 2007 19:56:07 GMT -5
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Post by RDF on Dec 23, 2007 13:27:53 GMT -5
Greg Monroe and Helen Cox lost to UVA recruit Sylvan Landesburg and his NY Holy Cross team--and Landesburg dropped 44 and Monroe had 13 pts--struggled with his shot again, 16 rebounds, a couple of blocks and assists. Cox ended up 4th place.
Jason Clark led O'Connell to the championship of the Vegas tournament with 30 pts and 6 rebounds. They beat undefeated and Nevada's #1 team/host team Bishop Gorman 83-71.
Henry Sims and Mt. St. Joe's play Sean Mosely and St. Frances today---and the clip of interview with Henry was after they faced John Carroll and Jakub. If you click on links to lower right--you can see game highlights--including a sweet drive layup from Henry-which shows sick mobility from a 6'11 player--and Sims runs floor very well. Sims had 19 and 10 in that game.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Dec 23, 2007 17:55:28 GMT -5
We could've really used a big like Sims versus Memphis. Roy was a bit slow in the middle of our 2/3 against that quick of a team.
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hoyaboy1
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 23, 2007 18:44:28 GMT -5
I'm starting to think that Sims might actually have a chance to start next year.
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Post by 02hoya on Dec 23, 2007 21:11:15 GMT -5
Not surprising, but Monroe was also named to the City of Palms All Tourney team. Samardo was the MVP. Here's the full list:
All tournament team
Samardo Samuels, St. Benedict's – MVP Greg Echenique, St. Benedict's Sylven Landesberg, Holy Cross Rashanti Harris, New Hope Kenny Boynton, American Heritage Greg Monroe, Helen Cox Larry Drew, Taft Karon Burton, Chester Tyler Portwood, Scott County Nasir Robinson, Chester Matt Humphrey, Hales Franciscan David Paulk, Fort Myers Dunbar
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sweetness
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Post by sweetness on Dec 24, 2007 10:25:10 GMT -5
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Post by sweetness on Dec 26, 2007 23:31:00 GMT -5
Monroe in his first game at the Les Schwab tournament, a win - 20 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast. Someone who is blogging on the game had this to say..... "It won't show up in the stat book because his teammates have missed a couple of point blank looks at the bucket, but Monroe's passing ability has been WAY better than advertised. As soon as he feels the double coming from Redmond, he has found the open man within a heartbeat. That's astonishing court vision for a big man." blog.oregonlive.com/highschool/
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02hoya
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Post by 02hoya on Dec 27, 2007 9:15:01 GMT -5
Monroe in his first game at the Les Schwab tournament, a win - 20 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast. Someone who is blogging on the game had this to say..... "It won't show up in the stat book because his teammates have missed a couple of point blank looks at the bucket, but Monroe's passing ability has been WAY better than advertised. As soon as he feels the double coming from Redmond, he has found the open man within a heartbeat. That's astonishing court vision for a big man." blog.oregonlive.com/highschool/Nice find sweetness. Thanks.
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hoyaboy1
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Dec 27, 2007 16:08:30 GMT -5
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prhoya
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Post by prhoya on Dec 27, 2007 19:50:35 GMT -5
Nice... thanks for the heads-up.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 27, 2007 19:54:20 GMT -5
Clark has scored 6 straight from different looks. He is making it look easy.
Edit: 23 pts. and he hasn't played for more than 8 mins. Coach is giving PT to all.
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Post by RDF on Dec 28, 2007 1:23:21 GMT -5
Helen Cox lost out in Portland--but Greg Monroe didn't play--he was at a Funeral.
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02hoya
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Post by 02hoya on Dec 28, 2007 16:33:25 GMT -5
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Post by 02hoya on Dec 28, 2007 21:37:50 GMT -5
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Post by stafford72 on Dec 29, 2007 9:38:57 GMT -5
Henry had 19 points and 12 boards. Ty Walker, 7' 1" Wake Forest bound playing for Haggard that had won the tourney the last three years, had 9 points and 6 boards. Sims' team won 64-58 in overtime. Henry made 4 free throws in the OT to help seal the win. Henry's team plays in the championship game today against Frederic Douglass Academy from NY.
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Post by prhoya on Dec 29, 2007 11:16:27 GMT -5
What?! A GU big man making FTs? Mack, it looks like you've got yourself some competition for next year.
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Post by russodj on Dec 29, 2007 18:58:46 GMT -5
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Post by stafford72 on Dec 30, 2007 19:38:06 GMT -5
Henry Sims scored 18 points to lead his team to a low scoring 48-28 victory in the Championsip game. He was named the tournament MVP. Too bad about all the injuries to Pitt. Louisville, Syracuse, and Pitt have had their aspirations shelved this year by all the injuries. There, but for the grace of God....
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idhoya
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Post by idhoya on Dec 31, 2007 11:11:39 GMT -5
Ty Walker ain't 7'1. Do these peeple see these kids in person at all?
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Post by SFHoya99 on Dec 31, 2007 19:25:33 GMT -5
Clark had 26 on 15 FGA (and 19 overall shots) in 31 minutes today as O'Connell beat a very good Dunwoody, Georgia squad which features two top recruits, including F Chris Singleton, who was considering GU at one point.
Clark had a great Beach Ball Classic and looks to be a fantastic shooter, which a lot of people pegged earlier in his career as a weakness. Beach Ball Stats:
34-60 FG 9-14 3 PT 19-29 FT 30 Rebounds 2 Assists 6 Turnovers 1 Block 8 Steals 96 points 105 minutes 4 Games
Yeah, the assists are low, but given the rate at which Clark scored, there wasn't much time to pass. He shot over 50%, shot great from three, got to the line and shot fairly well there, averaged 7.5 rpg despite playing 26 mpg at guard.
And he averaged nearly a point per minute.
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