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GASO: Sunday Bracket Play/Championship Recaps

Jock Hughes
Jock Hughes
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All 4 Sports Dream Team vs. OK Impact Elite

The All 4 Sports Dream Team blew past the OK Impact Elite, 76-50. Junior Jock Hughes impressed with a five three-pointer streak in the first half, totaling a whopping 22 points. Junior Kevin Samuels also showed out and helped his team with 16 points.

Jett Sternberger carried Ok Impact Elite with his 4 three-pointers, and Grayson Nix chipped in with 7 points.

Dallas USA vs. Pro Skills Black

Dallas USA, a class of 2017 team, defeated Pro Skills Black in a close game 70-66. Six-foot-3 Kedrian Johnson was the teams leading scorer, with a total of 12 points. Duncanville native, Erik Talon, was right behind him with 11 points.

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Shasirae Harvey
Shasirae Harvey
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Lockdown Basketball vs. Elevation Skills Sport

It was an 18-point victory for Lockdown over Elevation Skills Sports, with the help of their sophomore trifecta. Shasirae Harvey and Davion Buster both hit double digits, totaling in 10 for Harvey and 15 for Buster. Overton Jefferson chipped in with eight points.


Zac Saddler
Zac Saddler
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Kingdom Hoops Elite 17U vs. Texas Avengers

This high scoring game went in favor of Kingdom Elite 17U, as they defeated the Texas Avengers 102-90. Junior from United Township, Tray Buchannon, chalked up 20 total points while 6-foot-6 Douglas Wilson chipped in with 18.

Both Zac Saddler and Kijana Love scored 18 points for the Avengers.

NBA CHAMPIONSHIP RECAPS

Latino Select 17
Latino Select 17
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Latino Select 71 AAO Swift (AR) 68 (GROUP A-H)

In an exciting finish, Latino Select hit a game-winning three-point, thanks to Daniel Amador. Four players from the Latino Select squad reached double figures. Leading the entire team in scoring was unsigned senior Bryan Urrutia with 18. Eddie Giron had 14 while Johnny McCants added 13. Salvador Martinez continued his hot streak from behind the arc hitting three three-pointers to finish the game with 11.

The Arkansas-based team, AAO Swift was led by Marquis Eaton who had a game-high 25 points and teammate Romen Martin scored 15.

"We have great chemistry and a lot of hard workers," said Ron Vicencio. "This group finished last summer off strong and they were good last week too. It feels great to finish the spring open period with a championship."

Kingdom Hoops (Iowa)
Kingdom Hoops (Iowa)
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Kingdom Hoops Elite 17U (IA) 59 THP 17 47 (GROUP I-P)

All the way from Iowa, Kingdom Hoops appeared in their first Great American Shoot-Out and headed back to the Midwest with a tile. Kingdom was led by paint scorer Charley Crowley and his 17 points and teammate, guard Tray Buchanan added 15.

THP Tim Holland dominated the paint in the loss scoring 24 points.

"The kids played great this weekend and had a blast down here," said Jake Sullivan, former Iowa State player. "We have a lot of mentally tough guys and they fought through their tough schedule."

"We felt good all day as a team and we hit our outside shots in our semi-final game and came out here in the championship game and made shots around the basket," said Crowley on his teammates efforts.


Central Kansas
Central Kansas
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Central Kansas Elite 71 KC Premiere 69 (GROUP Q-X)

Central Kansas beat KC Premiere behind three double-digit scorers. Connor VanCleave had 18, Grant Bugbee finished with 16 and Kody Crosby tallied 11.

In a losing effort, KC Premeire relied on Kyle D and Connor R, as they combined for 44 of the Premier’s 69 total points. R went for 24 and D finished with 20.

Elevation Skills Sports Grey
Elevation Skills Sports Grey
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Elevation Skills Sports Grey 66 Dallas USA 59 (Group Y-FF)

Elevation held a two-point lead after the first half (26-24) of play and in the second 16-minutes, RaShaun Coleman led the way with 11 points giving him 17 for the game. Both Yildon Mendoza and Andrew Anderson finished 11 points.

Leading all scorers in a losing effort was Tyler Watkins, as he scored 26 points for Dallas USA. Kedrian Johnson totaled 17.


D1 Premier Hall
D1 Premier Hall
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D1 Premier Hall 67 AR Wolves 57 (Group GG-NN)

D1 Hall cruised through their pool play and finished off strong with a 10 point victory in the GASO title game. Gabriel Tanella was good inside the arc finishing with a game-high 22 points. Teammate Cameron Goodwin tallied 18, and Jeremiah Sandidge scored 11.

For the out of state AR Wolves, Todd Rigsby hit 16 points and JaNiro Lane put in 11.

"The team stayed together all weekend and we played good team basketball, and that's what we're about. D1 Premier Team Hall is about team basketball and not individuals."

Top Achiever Pistons Black
Top Achiever Pistons Black
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Top Achiever Pistons Black 74 BIQ Elite 2018 60 (Group OO-UU)

Javante McCoy and Dominick Ford combined for 38 points in the Top Achiever Pistons 14 point win Sunday afternoon. McCoy scored 20 and Ford went for 18.

"We are missing a big man right now, so we came together as a team and worked it out," said Ford.

"We scored because the offense moved the ball and shared it with one another," added said McCoy"-And I don't feel that we forced anything within the rotation of the offense."

BIQ got 19 points from Javen Bonks and Marcus McClanrhan chipped in 11.

TX D1 Ambassadors - El Paso
TX D1 Ambassadors - El Paso

TX D1 Ambassadors - El Paso 52 PlayMaker Express Elite (OK) 44 (Group VV-YY)

Unsigned senior Fernando Soltero led the El Paso squad to an eight-point victory by scoring a team-high 17 points. The 6-foot-5 prospect from Horizon High School hit one three-pointer but did most of his damage from inside the arc. Another unsigned senior, Al'Tristen Licon of El Paso Americas also hit double digits in the win scoring 10 points. Licon hit two three-pointers in the game.

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