BATTLE OF THE BACK COURT - ROUND 1

Battle of the Back Court - 1^st Match up Round 1

Team A-Game – Tyrone Johnson

3z PleaZe – Sekou Harris

Team A-Game – Mike Price

Team A-Game – Anthony Baskerville

3z PleaZe – Allen Brown

Tyrone Johnson out distance himself from the rest of the guards in the 1^st game of the tournament.  Johnson scored the most points (12) shooting an efficient 67% from the floor.  Johnson was also a perfect 4 for 4 from the foul line. The all-important assist to turnover ratio for a guard is critical.  Johnson had 5:1 assist to turnover ratio further exemplifying his floor generalship command. To add to his stat line Tyrone grabbed 5 rebounds.

A distance 2^nd was Sekou “Trey Swish” Harris.  Harris scored the second most points out of all the guards but his turnover ratio doomed his chance in the 1^st “BATTLE OF THE BACK COURT”.

Game 1 advantage goes to Tyrone Johnson

12 points

67% shooting below the arc

100% from the foul line

5 rebounds

1 rejection
5 assists

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Battle of the Back Court – 2^nd Match up Round 1

Bada Bing – Derrick Gordon

Bada Bing – Mike Gordon

South Side – Antoine Patterson

Antoine Patterson had one of the best performances in the Gee-Gee Brown Tournament last year knocking down 6 of 7 3-pointers in one game.  Bada Bing did their scouting report and did not give Antoine any thing easy.  Patterson was at a disadvantage with the Gordon brothers teaming up to combine for 32 points, which outscored the entire South Side team for the game.  Derrick scored a game high 17 points in this match up over the 2 former teammates of the 2004 State Championship team.  Derrick dropped off a game high 5 assists to show off his point guard skills.  Mike and Antoine did more shooting than passing as both 2004 players combined for 0 assists. 

Mike Gordon followed Derrick as the second highest scorer in the game with 15 points while Antoine scored a team high 13 points for South Side.  Mike made a push to overtake his younger brother by exemplifying his defensive side with 5 steals but Derrick came out on top with a more balance statistical performance.

Game 1 advantage goes to Derrick Gordon

17 points

56% shooting below the arc

88% shooting from the foul line

6 rebounds

2 steals

5 assists
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Battle of the Back Court – 3rd Match up Round 1

No head to head competition in this round as Rush Hour did battle with last year’s runner-up, the Blazin Bums who did not have any players from Plainfield.  The back court of Anthony Nelson and Andre Dabney proved to be too much as Rush Hour won their opening round game. Nelson and Dabney did not stand out in this game but were unselfish and both gave a solid performance.

Dabney scored more points but Nelson dished out more assists, had less turnovers, and grabbed more rebounds than his counter part.

Game 3 advantage goes to Anthony Nelson

4 rebounds

3 assists

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Battle of the Back Court –Round 1 standings

1)      Derrick Gordon

2)      Tyrone Johnson

3)      Mike Gordon

4)      Antoine Patterson

      5)   Anthony Nelson

Next up Round 2