GASO Memorial: Championship Monday

Carrollton - The Memorial Great American Shoot-Out concluded Monday and one true champion was crown in each division. Some teams that reached the finals played eight games in three days, but with a GASO title on the line, the players pushed through any fatigue.

(names in the recaps below were provided by the team)

GASO DAY 1 Recaps

GASO DAY 2: Pool Play Spills into Bracket Play

Bracket Play: Garrett, Gooden, Levi & Sherfield head into final day of GASO

GASO Quarter and Semi-Final Results

SABO Gold 61 Dallas Showtyme Elite 55

SABO Gold overpowered Dallas Showtyme to win the NBA Championship bracket in the last game of the Memorial Day GASO. River Reed (SA Reagan 2017) finished a monster weekend with a 14 point title game performance, while Jeff Fesperman (SA Churchill) added three treys en route to an 11 point game, and UTEP commit Kobe Magee (Brandeis 2017) chipped in with 9. SABO, who started the tournament 1-2 in pool play, came out fast to lead by 14 at the half and stretched their lead to 22 around the 9-minute mark in the second frame. That is when Dallas Showtyme began chipping away at their lead, cutting the deficit to 6 with 4:30 to play. Fesperman traded threes with Javon Levi (Killeen Shoemaker 2017) down the stretch to keep SABO from being caught, although Dallas Showtyme didn't go down without a fight. Showtyme had two decent looks to make the contest a one-possession game in the closing stages but just couldn't come up with the bucket and the game ended with SABO as 6 point victors. Odessey Keeling led all scorers with 21 in the championship game, while teammate Levi added 10.

"I feel like our intensity was a lot stronger in bracket play. After we lost those two games in our pool it made us play pissed off," 2017 guard Kobe Magee said postgame. "We just came back stronger after those losses and played really well."

"I felt like when we hit rough spots in pool play we kind of fell apart and that showed in the results. Now when we hit those spots we come together as a team," 2017 forward River Reed said. "I think now we're coming towards our peak, we haven't peaked yet. We just gotta keep bouncing back."

Oklahoma Impact 16U 69 XPRESS Hoops 18 Black 68 F/OT

Mario Googins (Little Rock 2018) dropped 16 in a 69-68 overtime thriller that saw OK Impact escape XPRESS Hoops by the slenderest of margins. Jacob Ogle (Norman 2018) and Karim Byrd (Talahina 2018) helped their team take the NCAA title back to the Sooner State with performances of 13 and 12 points respectively. XPRESS Hoops was led by a gargantuan effort from Wyatt Dolberry (Bonner 2018), who poured in 22 for the game. Ryan Zambie (Plano West 2019) scored 13 and Hunter Meyer (Plano Sr 2018) contributed 11.

D1 Premier Miller 63 TX D1 Ambassadors-Austin Orange 51

D1 Premier Miller used a balanced attack and a great deal of composure down the stretch to hold off D1 Ambassadors-Austin Orange and secure the NIT bracket title. John Henry Nwachukwu paced D1 Premier Miller's offense by scoring 12 in the championship game. Khalil Davis (South Garland 2019), Josh Davis (Prosper 2019), and Armondo Griffin (Skyline 2019) each added 10 to D1 Premier's tally. Ryan Ward (Round Rock 2019) was high point for Ambassadors-Austin Orange with 12, while Josh Jones (Austin High 2019) came up with 10.

Dallas Showtyme 2020 52 BMM Elite 2020 White 47

Dallas Showtyme's 8th grade squad hung on to beat BMM Elite 2020 by 5 in a tightly contested matchup for the 8th Grade Championship. Neither team were able to grab more than a few points advantage throughout the entire game, but Showtyme did just enough to pull out the victory. Showtime 2020 was led by Spyda, who finished with 14. Teammate Plae added 12 to his team's win. OC and JB of BMM Elite were even as top scorers for the game with 15 a piece.

YGC36 13U 80 TBT Sports Disciples 13U 57

The youngest age group's championship game witnessed a monstrous performance by Jalen Guinn (2021) of YGC36 who poured in 22 points as his team took home the title over TBT Sports Disciples. Teammates Mike Hall and Thomas Phillips (2021) chipped in with 12 and 10 respectively for YGC36. TBT Sports Disciples was led by the play of Jack Witmer, a 6'5 2021 out of Hamilton. Witmer scored 11 in each half for a total of 22 points on the night. Aidan O'Hare (St. Anthony of Padua 2021) added 12 of his own in the loss.