2007 Prime Time Shootout Sunday Games
 
Regional bragging rights issued at Prime Time Shootout  

Feb. 11, 2007

By Van Coleman

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TRENTON, N.J. -- It was a day of regional matchups as New York Rice, Harrisburg (Pa.), Bronx St. Raymond's, and Linden (N.J.) went home with regional or local bragging rights. Here's a look at Sunday's games and top individual performances at the Prime Time Shootout: 

 

Patterson School (Lenoir, N.C.) 90, Lawrenceville (N.J.) 68

 

It's 10 a.m. and you can tell it on the faces of the Patterson (played last night in Rhode Island) and Lawrenceville players.  It was a sluggish start for Patterson as they trailed Lawrenceville 20-16 at the end of the quarter.  Patterson seemed to get it together in the second period opening with a 18-4 run to take a double-digit lead at 37-27 and rode that to the half time up 42-31.  Patterson was led by 6-foot-5 Kansas State signee Dominique Sutton with 12 points and Tirrell Baines who chipped in with 11 points.  Lawrenceville's top scorer was Yale commit 6-foot-1 Porter Braswell who finished with 11 points and five assists in the first half.

 

The second half was all Patterson as they ran away and hid in this morning match-up.  They increased their lead to 68-50 at the end of three then dominated the open court in the fourth to win a 90-68 decision over Lawrenceville.  Patterson's top gun was Seton Hall signee Jeremy Hazel who finished with 30 points hitting 12 for 17 from the field. He got solid support from Dominique Sutton with 18 points, and Tirrell Baines who added 13 points and 10 boards.  6-foot-6 Charlotte signee Anjuan Wilderness chipped in with 10 points and 10 boards.  Lawrenceville was led by Porter Braswell with 15 points and eight assists, he got solid support from Brian Kelly who added 12 points.  6-foot 7 Suleiman Braimon and 6-foot-4 Melvis Langintuo each chipped in with 11 points in the loss.

 

Rice (N.Y.) 57, Plainfield (N.J.) 56

 

This one started out with both club's trading baskets as they ended the first quarter knotted at 16-all on a putback by 6-foot-5 Kenny Miller at the buzzer for Plainfield.  The second quarter saw Plainfield break out to a 24-20 lead behind back to back buckets by 6-foot-3 Sacred Heart signee Jerrell Thompson.  Rice hung in to tie it at 27-all before Plainfield's Miller made a lay-in to put his squad up 29-27 at the intermission.  Jerrell Thompson led Plainfield with 13 points.  6-foot-1 Lamont Jones was the top gun in the opening stanza for Rice with 11 points.

 

The second half began with Plainfield jumping back out to a four point margin at 40-36 behind a three by 6-foot-2 combo Anthony Nelson, but Kemba Walker cut it back to two with two free throws with just 15 seconds left in the third to make it 40-38 at the quarter's end.  The fourth was a wild affair as Plainfield again built a four point advantage in the waning seconds to lead 56-52 with just 22 seconds to play, but Rice stormed back as 6-foot-4 Durand Scott knocked down two free throws to cut it to 56-54.  Plainfield turned it over versus the Rice pressure and Lamont Jones knocked down a deep three with three seconds on the clock to win it 57-56.  It was a war that woke up the early morning crow in Trenton.

 

Rice's top gun was Lamont Jones who had 18 points including the game-winner in the final seconds.  He got solid support from Kemba Walker with 11 points (nine in the second half).  Plainfield was led by Jerrell Thompson with 15 points, while 6-foot-2 Anthony Nelson and 6-foot-5 Kenny Miller chipped in with 10 points each.

 

Harrisburg (Pa.) 73, Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) 64

 

The Christ the King-Harrisonburg match-up started out with both clubs struggling from the field as CTK jumped to a 12-6 lead with two minutes to play in the first quarter.  Harrisburg came out of a timeout loaded for bear and cut the margin to one 13-12 at the buzzer as 6-foot-3 Zach Runkle scored back to back buckets.  The second quarter was all Harrisburg as they opened up a double digit lead behind a 16-4 run midway through the second stanza, and closed the half with a 35-23 advantage over Christ the King.  Harrisburg was lead by 6-foot-4 Laron Williams who finished with 15 points at the intermission.  Christ the King was led by 6-foot-5 Ryan Pearson who had nine points.

 

The third quarter started as more of the same, as Christ the King struggled from the field and trailed by eleven at 52-40 with just over three minutes to go in the quarter. But, CTK's backcourt duo of 5-foot-7 Erving Walker and 5-foot-9 Malik Boothe finally got it rolling leading a 9-2 charge to close the third only down 54-49 to Harrisburg.  The fourth quarter started with a 9-4 Christ the King run to tie it at 58-all with 5:02 to play.  Harrisburg called a timeout, and whatever Harrisburg's Kirk Smallwood said in the huddle he should patent, because his charges completely dominated the rest of the way.  They went on a 13-2 tear over the next two and a half minutes to put the game away, as they forced turnover after turnover to hand Christ the King a 73-64 setback to the shock of the local crowd.

 

Harrisburg was led by Laron Williams who finished with 22 points on 7 for 7 shooting from the field and 5 for 6 from the line.  He got solid support from 6-foot-5 Alphonso Dawson who had 18 points.  Christ the King was led by Florida commit Erving Walker who had all 20 points in the second stanza, but struggled down the stretch versus Harrisburg's pressure.  He received solid support from Ryan Pearson who chipped in with 13 points.

 

St. Raymond's (Bronx, N.Y.) 73, Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) 61

 

This battle of New York titans started out as a cat-and-mouse game as both clubs battled for 94 feet.  St. Ray's went on an 12-2 run to erase a 9-7 deficit to go up 19-15 at the end of the first quarter.  Mount Vernon fired right back with 6-foot-7 Kevin Jones knocking down two threes and a dunk to go up 28-25 with two minutes to go in the half.  6-foot-3 Omari Lawrence knotted it back up on an old fashioned three point play as the half came to an end tied at 30-all.  Mount Vernon was led by Kevin Jones with 17 point and 9 boards in the opening stanza.  St. Raymond's was led by 6-foot-1 Gerald Colds and Omari Lawrence who had 8 points each in the half.

 

The second half belonged to St. Raymond's as they broke out of a tie game to late in the third quarter to go up 50-46 at the end of the third quarter on two straight Omari Lawrence buckets.  The Ravens went a 16-3 run to start the fourth quarter and went on to win a 73-61 decision over the Mount Vernon Knights.  St. Raymond's was led by 6-foot-6 Darion Benbow with 22 points and 12 boards.  He got solid support from Omari Lawrence and Gerald Colds with 14 points each, while Daryl Bryant added 12 points.  Mount Vernon was led by Kevin Jones who finished with 26 points and 14 boards.  Rutgers signee 6-foot Michael Colburn added 13 points and 6-foot-6 Sherrod Wright kicked in 11 points in the loss.

 

Linden (N.J.) 67, Niagara Falls (N.Y.) 57

 

The first half was controlled early by the ball-handling of Syracuse signee Johnny Flynn who led his club to a 15-9 first quarter advantage.  Niagara Falls extended their lead to twelve at 27-15 before Linden was able to get the ship righted and went to work inside with 6-foot-8 sophomore David Bruce who hit a couple turnarounds an a dunk to cut the Niagara advantage to 29 -23 at the intermission.  Niagara Falls was led by Johnny Flynn with 13 points.  Linden's top gun was 5-foot-9 Darryl Lampley who finished with seven points at the half.

 

The third quarter was all Linden as they outscored Niagara 15-6 to take a 38-35 lead at the quarter's end, as only Johnny Flynn scored for Niagara in the third stanza.  The fourth quarter was controlled by the New Jersey squad as Linden won going away by a 67-57 margin over Niagara Falls.  Linden was led by 5-foot-7 junior Desmond Wade with 20 points, while his back court mate Daryl Lampley chipped in with 15 points and 6-foot-8 sophomore David Bruce added 10 points in the win.  Niagara Falls was led by Johnny Flynn with 35 points, but Flynn didn't get much help from his teammates as no one else for Niagara got into double figures.

 

I hope you enjoyed our coverage this weekend from the 2007 Prime Time Shootout. Tournament director Jeff Hewitson did an excellent job once again bringing quality talent to this premier east coast event.  I will be doing a rundown of the top performers when I return to home on Tuesday night right here at Generation Next.

 

 


 

 


 
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