* Right now, I am working on getting post game interviews from my camera into my computer, so please bare with me.
2/20
City Semifinals
Brighton 63 South Boston 53 POG: Daivon Edwards 18pts
Southie notable: Phil Lodge 18pts
New Mission 53 Dorchester 47 POG: Juwan Gooding 21pts
Dorchester notable: Dakari Wornum 13ps
-Boys Boston City Championship at 630 tomorrow at Madison Park High School
Brighton Bengals vs New Mission Titans (Round 3) *Brighton has won both games this season.
2/15
Dorchester 72 Brighton 61 POGs: Khalil Newson and CJ Agnew-Carter (combined 41 pts)
Brighton notable- Nick Simpson 25 pts
-BR James sat first half...DOR Cora-Perez returned...senior night at Brighton
-Daivon Edwards scored 1001st career point via 3 pt @ 4:21 1stQuarter
2/5
English 63 O'Bryant 57 POG: Ernie Chatman 18 pts
2/1
South Boston 58 Snowden 50 POG: Phil Lodge 16pts
-Southie sweeps season series and holds solid first place in South Division
1/29
Dorchester 49 Boston English 35
POGs: 6'7 F Dakari Wornum 13pts and 6'3 G/F CeeJae Agnew-Carter 10 pts
-remain best in Central division and split season series
1/25
New Mission 83 Charlestown 57 POG: 6' G Shaquan Murray 21 pts
Charlestown notable 6'8 F Alijah Robinson 22 pts
- sweep season series
1/18
South Boston 54 Fenway 36 POG: 6'4 F Phil Lodge 13 pts
Fenway notable 6'2 G/F Ricky Smith 17 pts
- South Boston remains 1st Place South Division
1/15
Brighton 52 East Boston 43 POG: 6' G Daivon Edwards 25 pts
1/11
Dorchester 74 Boston Latin Academy 62 POG: 6'3 G/F CeeJae Agnew-Carter (13pts)
BLA notable 6'2 F Alex Guerrier (28pts)
1/10
English 91 Burke 56 POG: 5'8 PG Ernie Chatman 16pts (5 players finished with double digit points)
-moved to first place in Central division
12/27
Shooting Touch Tournament
@ Emmanuel College
#8 St. Anthony's 78 Brighton 42 POG: 6'4 F Nick Simpson 21pts (Brighton)
- out of town opponent ranked #8 in the nation
Christ The King 80 New Mission 54 POG: 6' G Shaquan Murray 13pts (New Mission)
- went up against the number one team in New York
12/21
Dorchester 70 Madison Park 54 POG: 6'7 C Dakari Wornum 26pts 28 rebs (Dorchester)
- improve to 3-1 before heading to Melrose
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Stealing the Game Away
I know you all were ready for the rematch! Brighton has already won a game against them. It just so happened to be at home. But now it was time for New Mission to host. It was the perfect time for them to win. New gym, best team record in the city, ranked in many state polls and they hadn't beaten the Bengals in 3 straight games in 2 years. NM had beaten everyone in the city with the exception of them to this point. This game was not only at their house, but it was held with NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED! It sure didn't feel like no spectators allowed. With staff and students from both schools, various coaches and scouts watching as well, here we go from Hyde Park!
In the first, BR had few buckets and 2 of them were off of steals. NM had had a full court press in which the Bengals couldn't break to save their life. When they did manage to get thru the press, they missed almost every attempted shot. NM's sophomore G Juwan Gooding and senior G Percio Gomez led the push with a combined 13pts.
New Mission 22 Brighton 6
By (7:05) BR's senior PG Malik James had been caught stepping out of bounds twice on his own. After a back and forth struggle, NM called timeout.(5:14) BR then started deferring shot after shot from the outside so that they could drive the lane. It didn't start happening for them til over halfway thru the period. Because BR deferred so many long range shots they continued the turnover show, getting called for numerous last touch out of bounds calls and traveling. They were defeating themselves. In the end of the quarter, both teams had pretty much matched each other. PGs Juwan Gooding and Malik James both scored 4 points. SGs Daivon Edwards and Percio Gomez had 2 3s a piece from their perimeter baseline corner.
New Mission 36 Brighton 22
Not too much notable happened in the 3rd. BR had a timeout (5:31) after NM's senior Point-Forward Nathaniel Anderson was sent to the line twice and James had been caught traveling again. BR's junior F Nick Simpson and NM's Gooding put up 7 points for their respective squads.
New Mission 49 Brighton 30
NM called timeout twice (6:49) and (3:20). But at this point, the Bengals were onto something as they were within 10. NM 51-41 BR hit the bonus.(2:07) At (1:37) NM got a turnover while BR was now within 7. Enters BR's junior G Mark Mojica, who was lackluster from beyond 3 the first 3 quarters. He hit a 3 to put them within 4. NM 52-48 NM then got a turnover leading to BR's Nickerson Succes scoring a bucket.(49.1) BR's Edwards then gets a steal and the assist to Mojica for another 3. He hit. NM timeout.(31.0) BR 53-52 (BUT CAN THEY KEEP IT?!) Out of the timeout, Mojica AGAIN, with the steal which led to Simpson scoring 2. Mojica with another steal led to James getting fouled. From the line he makes both.(6.1)
GAME OVER!
Brighton 57 New Mission 52
Brighton wins after being down 20. They win the regular season matchups 2 years in row. 2 season sweeps. They are on a 9 game win streak after having lost an irrelevant game in holiday play. I say irrelevant because New Mission lost their holiday play games too. So, with the realignment of the divisions, the North will be the only division sending more than one team to the cities. More than likely, both will meet again. Last year, Brighton lost in the first round in near OT to Madison Park. No worries this year i the cities first round, as either English or Dorchester from the Central (teams they beat easily to win the South last year) and Snowden or South Boston are likely to emerge from the South division full of the weakest teams in the last 3 years of conference play. Brighton who returned most of their squad from last year's state title run (where they only lost by 4 and didn't have their start F Simpson) have to be thinking city and state title run. They are the only team to beat New Mission in the city and they did it twice. Bengals, is it gametime or what? Cities in less than 3 weeks . LET ME HEAR IT!!!
Brighton - 57
Daivon Edwards 13, Malik James 12, Nick Simpson 12, Mark Mojica 10,
J. Jones 6, N. Succes 4
New Mission - 52
Juwan Gooding 21, Percio Gomez 12, F. Rivers 5, N. Anderson 4,
S. Freeman 4, I. Coleman 4, S. Murray 2
In the first, BR had few buckets and 2 of them were off of steals. NM had had a full court press in which the Bengals couldn't break to save their life. When they did manage to get thru the press, they missed almost every attempted shot. NM's sophomore G Juwan Gooding and senior G Percio Gomez led the push with a combined 13pts.
New Mission 22 Brighton 6
By (7:05) BR's senior PG Malik James had been caught stepping out of bounds twice on his own. After a back and forth struggle, NM called timeout.(5:14) BR then started deferring shot after shot from the outside so that they could drive the lane. It didn't start happening for them til over halfway thru the period. Because BR deferred so many long range shots they continued the turnover show, getting called for numerous last touch out of bounds calls and traveling. They were defeating themselves. In the end of the quarter, both teams had pretty much matched each other. PGs Juwan Gooding and Malik James both scored 4 points. SGs Daivon Edwards and Percio Gomez had 2 3s a piece from their perimeter baseline corner.
New Mission 36 Brighton 22
Not too much notable happened in the 3rd. BR had a timeout (5:31) after NM's senior Point-Forward Nathaniel Anderson was sent to the line twice and James had been caught traveling again. BR's junior F Nick Simpson and NM's Gooding put up 7 points for their respective squads.
New Mission 49 Brighton 30
NM called timeout twice (6:49) and (3:20). But at this point, the Bengals were onto something as they were within 10. NM 51-41 BR hit the bonus.(2:07) At (1:37) NM got a turnover while BR was now within 7. Enters BR's junior G Mark Mojica, who was lackluster from beyond 3 the first 3 quarters. He hit a 3 to put them within 4. NM 52-48 NM then got a turnover leading to BR's Nickerson Succes scoring a bucket.(49.1) BR's Edwards then gets a steal and the assist to Mojica for another 3. He hit. NM timeout.(31.0) BR 53-52 (BUT CAN THEY KEEP IT?!) Out of the timeout, Mojica AGAIN, with the steal which led to Simpson scoring 2. Mojica with another steal led to James getting fouled. From the line he makes both.(6.1)
GAME OVER!
Brighton 57 New Mission 52
Brighton wins after being down 20. They win the regular season matchups 2 years in row. 2 season sweeps. They are on a 9 game win streak after having lost an irrelevant game in holiday play. I say irrelevant because New Mission lost their holiday play games too. So, with the realignment of the divisions, the North will be the only division sending more than one team to the cities. More than likely, both will meet again. Last year, Brighton lost in the first round in near OT to Madison Park. No worries this year i the cities first round, as either English or Dorchester from the Central (teams they beat easily to win the South last year) and Snowden or South Boston are likely to emerge from the South division full of the weakest teams in the last 3 years of conference play. Brighton who returned most of their squad from last year's state title run (where they only lost by 4 and didn't have their start F Simpson) have to be thinking city and state title run. They are the only team to beat New Mission in the city and they did it twice. Bengals, is it gametime or what? Cities in less than 3 weeks . LET ME HEAR IT!!!
Brighton - 57
Daivon Edwards 13, Malik James 12, Nick Simpson 12, Mark Mojica 10,
J. Jones 6, N. Succes 4
New Mission - 52
Juwan Gooding 21, Percio Gomez 12, F. Rivers 5, N. Anderson 4,
S. Freeman 4, I. Coleman 4, S. Murray 2
East Boston hosts Dorchester
East Boston until now was the only North team I hadn't seen. So I went to Maverick Sq. Dorchester was ready to give another North team a run for their money and Oh did they do just that! Here we go.
In the first, speed was definitely a factor. EB got steals early when doubling down on the guards with the ball. That led to quite a few transition buckets. But four 3s including two from G CeeJae Agnew-Carter kept the Bears lurking. He would finish the quarter with 8 points. EB's Will March however took firm control of the paint and couldn't be stopped in transition. He had 6 so far.
East Boston 18 Dorchester 16
The way the next quarter started off was just sad. Dorchester had countless times to rotate the ball. Almost every attempt to insert the ball into the paint from the wing as well as every cross court (wing to wing) perimeter pass was picked off or tipped by a Jets' defender. March continued his barrage of the paint although he had foul trouble. He had 8 pts in that quarter including 2 of 6 FTs. Agnew-Carter had another 5 points in that period which did nothing to boost the score.
East Boston 37 Dorchester 26
To start the half, the Bears had a 9-2 run to put them within 4.(2:21) An extra FT from junior G/F Sealy Leon and a bucket from senior G Jeduan Langston put them within 1. It was then that EB called timeout.(1:26) The Jets then entered the bonus.(1:16) A 3 pointer from G Dion Knight and additional points from G Pat Santos opened the lead back up to 4 to end the period.
East Boston 46 Dorchester 42
After a back and forth battle, DOR's Khalil Newson had put up 6 pts and Trey Moon added another 4 including the bucket to tie it at 53. This forced a EB timeout.(2:03) At (1:06) F Amilcar Guevara scored on a 3 point play. But a EB bonus foul sent Langston to the line where he made both to bring the Bears within 1 again. Then Agnew-Carter got a steal and timeout was called by DOR.(36.7) Langston, after missing a shot, got his own rebound and was fouled going back up. He made both FTs to put DOR up one. EB timeout.(10.9) A shot by sophomore guard Marcus Shaw put EB up one.(1.4) Langston at the buzzer missed it from the half court line.
East Boston 58 Dorchester 57
East Boston - 58
Will March 14 (2/6 FTs), Pat Santos 14 (0/2 FTs), Marcus Shaw 10,
A. Guevara 9, D. Knight 7, H. Connor 2, K. Sinatra 2
Dorchester - 57
Khalil Newson 14 (5/10 FTs), CeeJae Agnew-Carter 13 (2/2 FTs), Jeduan Langston 10 (6/10 FTs),
D. Wornum 9, S. Leon 4, T. Moon 4, D. Lee 3
In the first, speed was definitely a factor. EB got steals early when doubling down on the guards with the ball. That led to quite a few transition buckets. But four 3s including two from G CeeJae Agnew-Carter kept the Bears lurking. He would finish the quarter with 8 points. EB's Will March however took firm control of the paint and couldn't be stopped in transition. He had 6 so far.
East Boston 18 Dorchester 16
The way the next quarter started off was just sad. Dorchester had countless times to rotate the ball. Almost every attempt to insert the ball into the paint from the wing as well as every cross court (wing to wing) perimeter pass was picked off or tipped by a Jets' defender. March continued his barrage of the paint although he had foul trouble. He had 8 pts in that quarter including 2 of 6 FTs. Agnew-Carter had another 5 points in that period which did nothing to boost the score.
East Boston 37 Dorchester 26
To start the half, the Bears had a 9-2 run to put them within 4.(2:21) An extra FT from junior G/F Sealy Leon and a bucket from senior G Jeduan Langston put them within 1. It was then that EB called timeout.(1:26) The Jets then entered the bonus.(1:16) A 3 pointer from G Dion Knight and additional points from G Pat Santos opened the lead back up to 4 to end the period.
East Boston 46 Dorchester 42
After a back and forth battle, DOR's Khalil Newson had put up 6 pts and Trey Moon added another 4 including the bucket to tie it at 53. This forced a EB timeout.(2:03) At (1:06) F Amilcar Guevara scored on a 3 point play. But a EB bonus foul sent Langston to the line where he made both to bring the Bears within 1 again. Then Agnew-Carter got a steal and timeout was called by DOR.(36.7) Langston, after missing a shot, got his own rebound and was fouled going back up. He made both FTs to put DOR up one. EB timeout.(10.9) A shot by sophomore guard Marcus Shaw put EB up one.(1.4) Langston at the buzzer missed it from the half court line.
East Boston 58 Dorchester 57
East Boston - 58
Will March 14 (2/6 FTs), Pat Santos 14 (0/2 FTs), Marcus Shaw 10,
A. Guevara 9, D. Knight 7, H. Connor 2, K. Sinatra 2
Dorchester - 57
Khalil Newson 14 (5/10 FTs), CeeJae Agnew-Carter 13 (2/2 FTs), Jeduan Langston 10 (6/10 FTs),
D. Wornum 9, S. Leon 4, T. Moon 4, D. Lee 3
English hosts Madison Park
To Jamaica Plain I went, to see the Bulldogs host the Cardinals. MP hasn't been doing too well this season. Not only were they currently last in the North but some of the Central division teams who aren't the powerhouse they are, were beating them. Would the same fate happen with another under the radar team?
In the first quarter, an English timeout was called (6:48) after MP's Terrell Matthews put up a quick 5 pts. That was followed by MP's David Stewart, who had 7 first quarter points, had a steal which led to 2 pts after making his free throw from the previous foul. Matthews who finished with 11 points that quarter and Jordan Gomes however racked up a couple early fouls apiece. ENG's junior guard Shaun Miller hit 2 3s that kept his team ahead.
English 23 Madison Park 20
In the second, MP hit the bonus (7:13). Trouble seemed imminent. This quarter showed a lot of turnovers where the ball was passed to someone who wouldn't move to it. Stewart and his post teammate Marcos Silveira headed to the bench when both racked up 2 fouls as well, but not before Stewart added 10 second quarter points. They wouldn't be the only ones headed there as ENG fell into the bonus (4:35) when freshman F Adam Torres received his 3rd foul. His teammates, senior F Frantz Francois and sophomore G Stanley Davis already had 2 fouls apiece. When the half had expired, ENG G Ernie Chatman had 10 points that quarter including 6/7 FTs. Miller added another 2 3s in his 7 point quarter.
English 44 Madison Park 41
After a lack of action in the first half of the 3rd, MP's Stewart and ENG's Davis got their 4th fouls. MP called a timeout (3:09) after the gap opened to 6. ENG was up 57-51. But here come the Cards when junior G Shaq Robinson hit a 3 to pull within 1.(2:02) ENG's Francois then picked up his 4th. Matthews scored to stay within 1. He followed that with a steal and assist to Robinson who scored and gave them their first lead.(26.2) The MP Machine had come alive on the road.
Madison Park 62 English 61
In the 4th, ENG's senior C Braxton Gulley-Mabry hit a FT to tie it at 62.(7:29) Chatman then got 2 steals in a row, the first of which he made the go ahead bucket. The second one with the assist to Davis put them up 4. Next, MP's Matthews got his 4th foul. ENG's Davis's rebound off the missed FTs allowed him to make the next basket putting them up 6. MP took a timeout.(6:32) Following that, MP's Gomes picked up his 4th foul. But after, ENG's G Jerome Penn picked up his 4th foul, MP came within 3.(2:22) ENG hit the double bonus.(1:06) MP was within 4.(53.7) It was then they hit the double bonus. MP took a timeout still down 4.(20.0) Stewart fouled out.(3.2) ENG held their composure up 3 as Penn made a FT. The game was over and MP had lost to another big Central division foe.
English 81 Madison Park 77
English Bulldogs - 81
Ernie Chatman 22 (9/13 FTs), Shaun Miller 18 (4/6 FTs), Braxton Gulley-Mabry 14 (4/6 FTs), Stanley Davis 10 (1/4FTs), G. Williams 6, J. Penn 5, F. Francois 4, A. Torres 2
Madison Park - 77
Terrell Matthews 23 (2/3 FTs), David Stewart 21 (7/9 FTs), Jordan Gomes 12 (0/1 FTs), Shaq Robinson 10 (1/4 FTs), J. Bowden 5, D. Fernandez 2, K. Williams 2, M. Silveira 2
In the first quarter, an English timeout was called (6:48) after MP's Terrell Matthews put up a quick 5 pts. That was followed by MP's David Stewart, who had 7 first quarter points, had a steal which led to 2 pts after making his free throw from the previous foul. Matthews who finished with 11 points that quarter and Jordan Gomes however racked up a couple early fouls apiece. ENG's junior guard Shaun Miller hit 2 3s that kept his team ahead.
English 23 Madison Park 20
In the second, MP hit the bonus (7:13). Trouble seemed imminent. This quarter showed a lot of turnovers where the ball was passed to someone who wouldn't move to it. Stewart and his post teammate Marcos Silveira headed to the bench when both racked up 2 fouls as well, but not before Stewart added 10 second quarter points. They wouldn't be the only ones headed there as ENG fell into the bonus (4:35) when freshman F Adam Torres received his 3rd foul. His teammates, senior F Frantz Francois and sophomore G Stanley Davis already had 2 fouls apiece. When the half had expired, ENG G Ernie Chatman had 10 points that quarter including 6/7 FTs. Miller added another 2 3s in his 7 point quarter.
English 44 Madison Park 41
After a lack of action in the first half of the 3rd, MP's Stewart and ENG's Davis got their 4th fouls. MP called a timeout (3:09) after the gap opened to 6. ENG was up 57-51. But here come the Cards when junior G Shaq Robinson hit a 3 to pull within 1.(2:02) ENG's Francois then picked up his 4th. Matthews scored to stay within 1. He followed that with a steal and assist to Robinson who scored and gave them their first lead.(26.2) The MP Machine had come alive on the road.
Madison Park 62 English 61
In the 4th, ENG's senior C Braxton Gulley-Mabry hit a FT to tie it at 62.(7:29) Chatman then got 2 steals in a row, the first of which he made the go ahead bucket. The second one with the assist to Davis put them up 4. Next, MP's Matthews got his 4th foul. ENG's Davis's rebound off the missed FTs allowed him to make the next basket putting them up 6. MP took a timeout.(6:32) Following that, MP's Gomes picked up his 4th foul. But after, ENG's G Jerome Penn picked up his 4th foul, MP came within 3.(2:22) ENG hit the double bonus.(1:06) MP was within 4.(53.7) It was then they hit the double bonus. MP took a timeout still down 4.(20.0) Stewart fouled out.(3.2) ENG held their composure up 3 as Penn made a FT. The game was over and MP had lost to another big Central division foe.
English 81 Madison Park 77
English Bulldogs - 81
Ernie Chatman 22 (9/13 FTs), Shaun Miller 18 (4/6 FTs), Braxton Gulley-Mabry 14 (4/6 FTs), Stanley Davis 10 (1/4FTs), G. Williams 6, J. Penn 5, F. Francois 4, A. Torres 2
Madison Park - 77
Terrell Matthews 23 (2/3 FTs), David Stewart 21 (7/9 FTs), Jordan Gomes 12 (0/1 FTs), Shaq Robinson 10 (1/4 FTs), J. Bowden 5, D. Fernandez 2, K. Williams 2, M. Silveira 2
Friday, December 28, 2012
The Streak is Over!!!
Happy Holidays everyone. Looking forward to a Happy New Year, but first comes a game that I especially looked forward to this year. The rivalry game that is played in the heart of Roxbury every year since 1992 between Madison Park and O'Bryant has been a lop-sided one. The last time the Tigers of O'Bryant won a game over their rival was the 2005 Boston City Conference Championship. This year OB hosted. Madison Park walked into this with a winning streak to maintain in their rivalry and a 2 game losing streak to snap. They lost the "infamous" buzzer beater at home to East Boston that made the top 10 ESPN plays and that was followed up by a 16pt loss at Tech Boston (Dorchester). So, it's about time to get a win don't you think?
Well, in the first quarter, MP's full court press was thoroughly ineffective. But what wasn't ineffective was the triple team down low OB set up on the Cardinals' only big threat, David Stewart. To end the period, MP had only scored 5 pts, all which came from the free throw line. O'Bryant's junior captain, Ricardo Ortiz, got his team started with 6pts including 4pts from the strip.
O'Bryant 16 Madison Park 5
In the second quarter, OB took a timeout (5:54) after MP took a 6pt run. A rotation of Tigers including Ortiz hit 3s to keep the steady lead into the half despite the guard play of Shaq Robinson and Mike Benitez heading to the free throw line numerous times.
O'Bryant 29 Madison Park 19
The Cardinals 12 pt run to start the half gave them a small lead. But they soon took a timeout (1:00) after a 3 pointer by Harry Demosthene. At that point, the score was 34-33 OB. Then, the game got interesting seeing as MP fouled into the bonus (0:24). David Stewart would close out the quarter with a buzzer beater to tie it up.
O"Bryant 35 Madison Park 35
The Tigers hit 4 quick points off of 2 steals that forced an MP timeout (7:08). Then Gabriel Vieira, for the Tigers, hit both free throws when MP fouled into the double bonus with just under 5 minutes to go. Benitez, would get a steal and score to bring his squad within 1. OB called timeout as a result (2:22). Stewart would score 2 pts and then commit his 3rd foul which sent him to the bench. Ortiz, made both FTs to keep OB up 1. MP timeout (1:36). Out of that, MP got a shot clock violation (1:23) and then they caused a reach'-in foul (0:52). The Tigers lack of made free throws at the end kept the lead close. MP timeout was taken after Ortiz missed those ensuing FTs. (0:47) But after another foul was committed, Ian Jaffier would hit a FT. The next inbounds never made it down the court and as MP tried to foul time ran out.
O'Bryant 45 Madison Park 43
Madison Park will now have to finish out their vacation with a 3 game losing streak and 3rd year coach Drew Brock of the Tigers recieved his biggest victory of his tenure so far, a streak breaking win over the rival Cardinals. This takes them to 4-2 on the year including a 3 game win streak.
O'Bryant Tigers 45
Ricardo Ortiz 13, G. Vieira 9, I. Jaffier 9, H. Demosthene 6
J. Hall 4, B. Lawler 4, J. Butler 1
Madison Park Cardinals 43
David Stewart 11, #34 10, Mike Benitez 10, S. Robinson 8
T. Williams 2, M. Silveira 2
Well, in the first quarter, MP's full court press was thoroughly ineffective. But what wasn't ineffective was the triple team down low OB set up on the Cardinals' only big threat, David Stewart. To end the period, MP had only scored 5 pts, all which came from the free throw line. O'Bryant's junior captain, Ricardo Ortiz, got his team started with 6pts including 4pts from the strip.
O'Bryant 16 Madison Park 5
In the second quarter, OB took a timeout (5:54) after MP took a 6pt run. A rotation of Tigers including Ortiz hit 3s to keep the steady lead into the half despite the guard play of Shaq Robinson and Mike Benitez heading to the free throw line numerous times.
O'Bryant 29 Madison Park 19
The Cardinals 12 pt run to start the half gave them a small lead. But they soon took a timeout (1:00) after a 3 pointer by Harry Demosthene. At that point, the score was 34-33 OB. Then, the game got interesting seeing as MP fouled into the bonus (0:24). David Stewart would close out the quarter with a buzzer beater to tie it up.
O"Bryant 35 Madison Park 35
The Tigers hit 4 quick points off of 2 steals that forced an MP timeout (7:08). Then Gabriel Vieira, for the Tigers, hit both free throws when MP fouled into the double bonus with just under 5 minutes to go. Benitez, would get a steal and score to bring his squad within 1. OB called timeout as a result (2:22). Stewart would score 2 pts and then commit his 3rd foul which sent him to the bench. Ortiz, made both FTs to keep OB up 1. MP timeout (1:36). Out of that, MP got a shot clock violation (1:23) and then they caused a reach'-in foul (0:52). The Tigers lack of made free throws at the end kept the lead close. MP timeout was taken after Ortiz missed those ensuing FTs. (0:47) But after another foul was committed, Ian Jaffier would hit a FT. The next inbounds never made it down the court and as MP tried to foul time ran out.
O'Bryant 45 Madison Park 43
Madison Park will now have to finish out their vacation with a 3 game losing streak and 3rd year coach Drew Brock of the Tigers recieved his biggest victory of his tenure so far, a streak breaking win over the rival Cardinals. This takes them to 4-2 on the year including a 3 game win streak.
O'Bryant Tigers 45
Ricardo Ortiz 13, G. Vieira 9, I. Jaffier 9, H. Demosthene 6
J. Hall 4, B. Lawler 4, J. Butler 1
Madison Park Cardinals 43
David Stewart 11, #34 10, Mike Benitez 10, S. Robinson 8
T. Williams 2, M. Silveira 2
Thursday, December 20, 2012
New Mission at Brighton
New Mission walked into Brighton undefeated at 3-0. They went to New York and won their first game and then toasted Charlestown in their house by 27. Brighton on the other hand just came off a 19 pt loss to Charlestown. Well, to both squads I say, welcome to the North Division of the Boston City Conference. But you still have to face each other. With a big crowd on hand and an electrifying crowd, here we go.
Nick Simpson, who is oh so used to playing against his AAU coach during the high school season started by only missing 1 of first 8 FTs. He dropped 10 pts in the quarter. New Mission's size beat themselves. With the hustle of the Bengals post players, the Titans found themselves on the wrong end of the then 18-10 score and called a timeout(1:33). More of the same pressure from the post had the gym excited.
Brighton 23 New Mission 15
New Mission came on next period though. In an attempt to contain Simpson who added another 7 pts that quarter, 6 different players scored. One of which was 6'1 sophomore transfer, Juwan Gooding from Milton High School, who along with bench forward, Samuel Freeman, who both put up 5 pts a piece to lead the 2nd quarter push. When they had finally succeeded in getting Simpson into foul trouble, Jason Jones would prove a good backup in the paint. He always seemed to be there in the heat of it. He put up 12pts. He hit a buzzer beater to keep the game tied at the half just as the Titans had established a small lead. Nick Simpson, even after returning to the game later would not score again. He finished with 17.
Brighton 37 New Mission 37
Immediately after the start, a couple hard fouls kept the ball in Brighton's hands. New Mission was slowly losing it. The Bengals' guard play led by all city point guard Malik James forced a Titan timeout(2:57). James had 13 at that point. It became very repititious for New Mission. A guard would miss a long ball. Brighton would rebound and one of those guards would shoot and/or go to the line.The Bengal lead increased to 10, which drew another New Mission timeout(1:29). In the same instance, during the timeout, James of Brighton would recieve a technical foul. (It was a small price to pay, after establishing a lead and getting their home crowd energized.)
Brighton 56 New Mission 49
James would only be seated briefly. In the midst of the return of Simpson and James for Brighton, it was the Titans turn to turn up. Fred Rivers would lead the comeback with 10 4th quarter points. Shaquan Murray would hit a 3 that caused a Brighton timeout(5:54) as the Titans took a 1 point lead. During another timeout, the already reseated Simpson caused a ruckus when he was taunted by New Mission fans. A 66-64 Brighton lead was in progress at this point. James started up again with 4 straight points to cause a Titan timeout(3:04) to retake a 2 pt lead. A technical was called on Juwan Gooding during a tie up(2:35) which sent James to the line to hit 2 more FTs. They led by 4. The possession after the technical in addition to an inside miss by New Mission led to 4 more points and a timeout called by New Mission(1:37) who was now down 8. A double technical involving Isshiah Coleman of the Titans caused a ruckus after Brighton's Prince Unaegbu secured the ball in a tie up(36.3). Two more fouls while they were in the bonus added 4 pts to James' total as he finished with 30pts. When the game was over, New Mission and Brighton had lost their cool so bad that officials at the game wouldn't allow the teams to shake hands for the safety of all players and people in the gym. Too much had transpired. The Titans took their first loss to their rival. This is the 3rd straight loss to them in 2 years and they see each other at least once more in Hyde Park at New Mission. Brighton improved to 2-2. The Titans are 3-1.
Brighton Bengals 79
Malik James 30, Nick Simpson 17, Jason Jones 12, Mark Mojica 10
D. Edwards 5, P. Unaegbu 5
New Mission Titans 68
Fred Rivers 14, Juwan Gooding 10, B. Jones 9, S. Murray 9, N. Anderson 6
C. Ebele 6, I. Coleman 5, S. Freeman 5, K. Harris 2, P. Gomez 2
Nick Simpson, who is oh so used to playing against his AAU coach during the high school season started by only missing 1 of first 8 FTs. He dropped 10 pts in the quarter. New Mission's size beat themselves. With the hustle of the Bengals post players, the Titans found themselves on the wrong end of the then 18-10 score and called a timeout(1:33). More of the same pressure from the post had the gym excited.
Brighton 23 New Mission 15
New Mission came on next period though. In an attempt to contain Simpson who added another 7 pts that quarter, 6 different players scored. One of which was 6'1 sophomore transfer, Juwan Gooding from Milton High School, who along with bench forward, Samuel Freeman, who both put up 5 pts a piece to lead the 2nd quarter push. When they had finally succeeded in getting Simpson into foul trouble, Jason Jones would prove a good backup in the paint. He always seemed to be there in the heat of it. He put up 12pts. He hit a buzzer beater to keep the game tied at the half just as the Titans had established a small lead. Nick Simpson, even after returning to the game later would not score again. He finished with 17.
Brighton 37 New Mission 37
Immediately after the start, a couple hard fouls kept the ball in Brighton's hands. New Mission was slowly losing it. The Bengals' guard play led by all city point guard Malik James forced a Titan timeout(2:57). James had 13 at that point. It became very repititious for New Mission. A guard would miss a long ball. Brighton would rebound and one of those guards would shoot and/or go to the line.The Bengal lead increased to 10, which drew another New Mission timeout(1:29). In the same instance, during the timeout, James of Brighton would recieve a technical foul. (It was a small price to pay, after establishing a lead and getting their home crowd energized.)
Brighton 56 New Mission 49
James would only be seated briefly. In the midst of the return of Simpson and James for Brighton, it was the Titans turn to turn up. Fred Rivers would lead the comeback with 10 4th quarter points. Shaquan Murray would hit a 3 that caused a Brighton timeout(5:54) as the Titans took a 1 point lead. During another timeout, the already reseated Simpson caused a ruckus when he was taunted by New Mission fans. A 66-64 Brighton lead was in progress at this point. James started up again with 4 straight points to cause a Titan timeout(3:04) to retake a 2 pt lead. A technical was called on Juwan Gooding during a tie up(2:35) which sent James to the line to hit 2 more FTs. They led by 4. The possession after the technical in addition to an inside miss by New Mission led to 4 more points and a timeout called by New Mission(1:37) who was now down 8. A double technical involving Isshiah Coleman of the Titans caused a ruckus after Brighton's Prince Unaegbu secured the ball in a tie up(36.3). Two more fouls while they were in the bonus added 4 pts to James' total as he finished with 30pts. When the game was over, New Mission and Brighton had lost their cool so bad that officials at the game wouldn't allow the teams to shake hands for the safety of all players and people in the gym. Too much had transpired. The Titans took their first loss to their rival. This is the 3rd straight loss to them in 2 years and they see each other at least once more in Hyde Park at New Mission. Brighton improved to 2-2. The Titans are 3-1.
Brighton Bengals 79
Malik James 30, Nick Simpson 17, Jason Jones 12, Mark Mojica 10
D. Edwards 5, P. Unaegbu 5
New Mission Titans 68
Fred Rivers 14, Juwan Gooding 10, B. Jones 9, S. Murray 9, N. Anderson 6
C. Ebele 6, I. Coleman 5, S. Freeman 5, K. Harris 2, P. Gomez 2
West Roxbury at O'Bryant
Well off to the O'Bryant I went to see another 0-2 team try and find their first win. That team was the West Roxbury Raiders on the road after losing to Madison Park and Latin Academy. The Tigers prepared to host them after comin off a win vs CASH to have a 1-1 record. Markus Neale did not start for the Raiders due to injury. Here we go.
After a couple early traveling calls and some sloppy plays, Westie forced a timeout (2:35) when they went on a 9 pt run led by Timoy Jarrett. He scored 5 of that 9. He would finish the quarter with 10pts. That wouldn't be enough to hold off the post presence of O'Bryant's Jared Butler who would end the period with a buzzer beater as he put up 11pts.
O'Bryant 19 West Roxbury 18
In the second, here come the Raiders' Taquan Skeen with 6pts in a team 10-2 run that forced another OB timeout (2:19). Jarrett added another 9 to his total. With Westie in the bonus though, the Tigers' Gabriel Vieira went to the line a few times dropping 7 of his 11 halftime points. That kept them in range.
West Roxbury 34 O'Bryant 32
In the next quarter ,Westie turned it up. Deven Robinson would put up 6 of a team 8pt run to cause another opponent timeout (4:16). In comes Marcus Neale who scores 6 straight points off the bench. That forced another timeout (2:02). He would finish with 13. That run brought the Raiders into a double digit lead that they would keep.
West Roxbury 58 O'Bryant 39
Despite a couple small runs by O"Bryant, West Roxbury would hold the cushion they had established. Timoy Jarrett would finish with 29.
West Roxbury 73 O'Bryant 58
The Raiders win their first game on the road moving to 1-2. The Tigers drop to 1-2.
Interview to be posted later.
West Roxbury Raiders 73
Timoy Jarrett 29, Markus Neale 13, Deven Robinson 11, T. Skeen 8
B. Henri 4, R. Delarosa 3, J. Wheeler 3, R. Charitable 2
O'Bryant Tigers 58
Jared Butler 16, Gabriel Vieira 15, Ian Jaffier 12, J. Hall 6
R. Ortiz 5, J. Martin 3, H. Demosthene 1
After a couple early traveling calls and some sloppy plays, Westie forced a timeout (2:35) when they went on a 9 pt run led by Timoy Jarrett. He scored 5 of that 9. He would finish the quarter with 10pts. That wouldn't be enough to hold off the post presence of O'Bryant's Jared Butler who would end the period with a buzzer beater as he put up 11pts.
O'Bryant 19 West Roxbury 18
In the second, here come the Raiders' Taquan Skeen with 6pts in a team 10-2 run that forced another OB timeout (2:19). Jarrett added another 9 to his total. With Westie in the bonus though, the Tigers' Gabriel Vieira went to the line a few times dropping 7 of his 11 halftime points. That kept them in range.
West Roxbury 34 O'Bryant 32
In the next quarter ,Westie turned it up. Deven Robinson would put up 6 of a team 8pt run to cause another opponent timeout (4:16). In comes Marcus Neale who scores 6 straight points off the bench. That forced another timeout (2:02). He would finish with 13. That run brought the Raiders into a double digit lead that they would keep.
West Roxbury 58 O'Bryant 39
Despite a couple small runs by O"Bryant, West Roxbury would hold the cushion they had established. Timoy Jarrett would finish with 29.
West Roxbury 73 O'Bryant 58
The Raiders win their first game on the road moving to 1-2. The Tigers drop to 1-2.
Interview to be posted later.
West Roxbury Raiders 73
Timoy Jarrett 29, Markus Neale 13, Deven Robinson 11, T. Skeen 8
B. Henri 4, R. Delarosa 3, J. Wheeler 3, R. Charitable 2
O'Bryant Tigers 58
Jared Butler 16, Gabriel Vieira 15, Ian Jaffier 12, J. Hall 6
R. Ortiz 5, J. Martin 3, H. Demosthene 1
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