Five games highlighted night two Friday of the Marshall County Hoopfest. The first game featured Dream City Christian (AZ) and Orangeville Prep (CAN). Orangeville Prep led at the end of each quarter to win 55-50.
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe led Orangeville Prep with 19 points and 10 rebounds, earning MVP honors. The 6’7″ senior has many offers including Arizona, Florida, Georgetown, Oregon and Vanderbilt. Dream City Christian was led by UC Riverside commit Jalin Anderson with 12 points. MarJon Beauchamp who scored nine points and pulled in 10 rebounds, is forgoing college to train for the NBA draft.
Dream City Christian 17 28 41 50
Orangeville Prep 15 34 44 55
Dream City Christian: Jalin Anderson 12, MarJon Beauchamp 9, Brandyn Talbot 8, Arthur Kaluma 8, Maj Dusanic’ 6, Jhaylon Martinez 4, Ra’Shjon “Ray” Martinez 3
Orangeville Prep: Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe 19, Lorenzo Downey 14, Darius DeAveiro 6, Justice Prentice 6, Dyson Frank 3, Alex Nwagha 2, Coleman Stucke 2, Kyler Filewich 2, Shemar Rathan-Mayes 1
Dream City Christian: FG 16/29, 3 Pt 2/21, FT 12/26, TR 39, AST 7, STL 7, TO 14, PF 21
Orangeville Prep: FG 8/32, 3 Pt 6/25, FT 21/27, TR 40, AST 8, STL 7, TO 9, PF 22
Game two featured UNLV commit Daishen Nix with Trinity International (NV) and Central Pointe Christian (FL). Central Pointe Christian won by two points, 69-67, holding off a 25 point fourth quarter from Trinity International. Nix led with 29 points and earned game MVP.
Three Central Pointe Christian players have made commitments including Jonathan Aybar (North Florida), Luis Rolon (Florida Gulf Coast) and Victor Rosa (Florida Gulf Coast). Ali Abdou Dibba led Central Pointe Christian with 19 points.
Central Pointe Christian 14 36 53 69
Trinity International 13 30 42 67
Central Pointe Christian: Ali Abdou Dibba 19, Victor Rosa 18, Jonathan Aybar 10, Ramses “RJ” Melendez 8, Modibo Sanogo 8, Luis Rolon 6
Trinity International: Daishen Nix 29, Jaxon Pillich 19, Jan Madi Njock 8, Cory Curtis, Jr. 6, Dominique Daniels 5
Central Pointe Christian: FG 18/29, 3 Pt 8/17, FT 9/18, TR 27, AST 20, STL 5, TO 21, PF 18
Trinity International: FG 16/32, 3 Pt 9/24, FT 8/18, TR 23, AST 16, STL 11, TO 13, PF 17
Following the Marshall County-Madisonville game, the fourth game featured Prolific Prep (CA) and #3 prospect in the country, Jalen Green. Green led with 26 points and was 11 of 12 from the free throw line in their 75-71 win over Our Saviour Lutheran (NY). Green has 22 offers that include Kentucky, Alabama, Auburn, Kansas, Oregon and Cincinnati.
Posh Alexander, a St. John’s commit, led Our Saviour Lutheran with 21 points. Dylan Addae-Wusu will join Alexander at St. John’s and Max Amadasun has committed to Pittsburgh. Our Saviour Lutheran trailed Prolific Prep 40-33 at halftime but poured in 25 points in the third quarter to tie 58-58.
Prolific Prep 19 40 58 75
Our Saviour Lutheran 20 33 58 71
Prolific Prep: Jalen Green 26, Nimari Burnett 20, Jack Wetzel 9, Saba Gigiberia 6, Frank Anselem Jr. 6, Coleman Hawkins 5, Jordan Pope 3
Our Saviour Lutheran: Posh Alexander 21, Max Amadasun 14, Jaquan Sanders 10, Dylan Addae-Wusu 8, Maximus Edwards 7, Ibine Ayo Sadiku 7, Silas Sunday 4
Prolific Prep: FG 15/26, 3 Pt 6/16, FT 27/39, TR 28, AST 10, STL 5, TO 15, PF 17
Our Saviour Lutheran: FG 25/47, 3 Pt 4/26, FT 9/19, TR 43, AST 11, STL 4, TO 8, PF 23
Two Kentucky teams tipped off in the final game on Friday. University Heights took on John Hardin and the duo of Alex Matthews and Trevon Harris who combined for 49 of John Hardin’s 80 points, dominated UHA from the start. Matthews led with 25 points and 10 rebounds, earning MVP honors, while Harris dropped in 24 points and pulled in 11 rebounds.
John Hardin led 30-4 at the end of the first quarter and took a 50-24 lead at halftime. They went on to out-score UHA by 10 points in the second half to win 80-44. DJ Quarles led UHA with 21 points followed by KJ Crump with 13.
John Hardin 30 50 71 80
University Heights 9 24 35 44
John Hardin: Alex Matthews 25, Trevon Harris 24, Jalen Tyus 11, Jalen Kinnaird 6, Preston Murrell 4, Darius Williams 3, Amerion “AJ” Doctor 3, JR Montgomery 2, Davente Stone 2
University Heights: DJ Quarles 21, KJ Crump 13, William Bryan 5, Namari Hall 2, Cassius Jackson 2, Amani McGee 1
John Hardin: FG 28/42, 3 Pt 4/10, FT 12/24, TR 41, AST 15, STL 5, TO 9, PF 9
University Heights: FG 16/41, 3 Pt 3/18, FT 3/7, TR 18, AST 5, STL 6, TO 7, PF 15