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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Mr. Basketball Showcase


The Basketball Society hosted a five game showcase at Southfield High providing exposure to some of the best juniors and seniors in Michigan. There were also some pretty good games.


Melvindal ABT crushed Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 87-49, and 5'10" junior guard Mike Talley dropped 44 points and grabbed the attention of more DI programs. ABT's 6'5 junior forward Terrance Ramsey was solid in the post with double digit rebounds. 6'4 senior wing Alan Hardy, jr.'s 17 points led the Knights.


Detroit Southeastern took out Community, 57-50. 6' senior guard Kimani Boynton is going nuts in this early season. This mid-major prospect slashed his way to 20 and knocked down some jumpers off the dribble. Community's 6'9 senior and Providence commit James Still still shows improvement as he is comfortable moving the ball up the floor and makes the right pass on the break knowing he's going to get it back.


Detroit Cass Tech matched last year's wins total of two by defeating Lansing Sexton 49-47. This game had some great highlights. Cass Tech was led by their junior backcourt duo of 6'2 Chris George's 16 points and 8 assists while 6'1 Kem Bradshaw continued his early season success with 13. Sexton's 6'2 senior guard Nate Duhon scored 16 for the Big Reds. The Big Reds' freshman 6'4 wing Denzel Valentine added 10 points with seven rebounds. Two of those points came off a dunk that two Technicians came up short.


Detroit Finney came back to defeat Oak Park Academy 62-45. Finey was led by a solid group of underclassmen and their perimeter game. 6'1 sophomore guard Darnell Canady and 5'10 freshman Markus "Snoop" Franklin put up double digits. OPA's 6'4 senior forward Justin Armstrong scored 13 and 6' Kendrick Ward is another sold guard to add to the 2010 class.


Detroit Pershing held off Oak Park, 59-54. Pershing's MSU signee Derrick Nix didn't play in the first quarter and finished the game with with 15 points on 7-11 shooting. The 6'9" mountain grabbed 7 boards, four off the offensive glass, picked a guard's pocket at half court, and ended the game with a big powerful dunk that he might not have made a year ago. Nix' teammate and MSU verbal commit, 6'1 junior guard Keith Appling, is out until late January with an injured wrist. Fellow junior 6'5 Juwan Howard, jr. led the Doughboy charge in the first half by scoring 12 of his game total 13 points. 5'9 senior guard Dion Dismuke ran the point with experience and tallied 5 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals.

O.P.'s 6'4" wing K'allante Miller(pictured) had a monster game scoring 30 with 10 boards (7 offensive) and five monster blocks. CMU was in the crowd watching their prize. 6'1 senior guard Sam Burton is a Division I prospect who added 17 points, 10 rebounds, and five steals.

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