NY2LA Tournament

Took in a great tournament on Saturday at Homestead high school. I love these type of tournaments because it allows me to see teams and players that I never would of seen before all in one day. Like most tournaments and games you get some great games and games that just don't live up to the hype.

Brookfield Academy 81 Milwaukee North 71 
Ended up missing the first half of this game so it was hard to get into the flow of the game. I was there to see 5'9 junior David Hamilton and he didn't disappoint. I didn't keep score of this game but, knew Hamilton was closed to 40 points and I was right as he finished with 40. North played very frantic and took shots early and often while Academy was patient and move the ball and always seemed to get a wide open shot.


West Allis Central 68 Racine Horlick 47
One of the games that did disappoint as Central jumped out to an early 17-2 lead and never looked back. Horlick had a huge size advantage but, Central dominated the boards. Horlick could really use a solid point guard and some good outside shooting. Central point guard 6'0 junior Brandon Key had his way in this game and really controlled the tempo.

Top Scorers
WAC- Jerome Cummings 17 Key 13 Ron Turkvan 13
Horlick- Deonta Woods 11 Andre Barry 10 Ricky Neal Jr 6 Deantae Woods 6


Wisconsin Lutheran 68 Pewaukee 45
Wisco did what they always do. They pushed the tempo pressuring Pewaukee into turnovers and then turning those turnovers into easy buckets on the other side. Like last year it will always be a team effort for Lutheran and any one could step up on any given night. Pewaukee really struggled to set their offense. Pewaukee probably could of looked inside a lot more but, they seemed content trying to play Lutheran's game and tried to penetrate from the outside.

Top Scorers
WL- Keith Franklin 15 Milton Cummings 14 Jamare' Griffin 14 Anthony Carver 10
Pew- Ryan Stepanovich 13 Parker Brey 10 Eric Lutzen 6


Milwaukee Vincent 84 Brown Deer 68
Kind of a battle of contrasting styles as Vincent looked to run and it appeared BD would prefer to be a little more patient and use their size advantage. Brown Deers advantage was inside but, their guards struggled to get them the ball and they just couldn't hit anything from the outside. The other big difference in the game was that Vincent's guards attacked the rim while the BD guards settled for outside shots, leading to Vincent having a huge free throw shooting advantage.

Top Scorers
Vincent- Marcus White 27 Tyree Kendricks 17 Brandon Cooper 14 Malik Brown 11
BD- Devante Jackson 23 Lewrenzo Byers 18 Jerry Luckett 11

Homestead 62 Milwaukee Marquette 40
This was a big matchup of 6'7 juniors between Homestead's Jaylen Key and Marquette's Garrison Goode. The matchup started good but, Goode just couldn't find the touch and Key really outplayed him leading to Homesteads victory. Homestead really pounded it inside and Marquette never got things going.

Top Scorers
Homestead- Key 20 Jerrod Walton 15 Jack Popp 8
Marq- Ben Meinholz 12 Jake Matkovich 7 Garrison Goode 6


Neenah 56 Milwaukee Riverside 49
Another big matchup between big men with 6'10 Neenah junior Matt Heldt verse 6'10 Riverside senior Robert Harris. Harris was never a huge factor in the game and Neenah's patience and Heldt wore down Riverside who had the lead nearly the entire game. Neenah was patient throughout, while Riverside took the first shot they saw and played a lot of one on one.

Top Scorers 
Neenah- Heldt 24 Trevor Entwisle 12 Adam Pohlman 8
Riverside- Nicholas Cobbins 14 N'Gai Dixon 12 James Batemon 11


Germantown 75 Whitefish Bay Dominican 29
This game was over before it began. Germantown has a ton of college talent and Dominican had 6'10 junior Diamond Stone. Stone was extremely frustrated, as every time he got the ball he was double teamed by two 6'7 players. Germantown senior 6'2 LaMonte' Bearden was head and shoulders above everyone on the court and 6'4 senior Jake Showalter just couldn't miss a three if he wanted to.

Top Scorers
GT- L Bearden 22 Showalter 14 Dearionte Hudson 8
Dominican- Stone 11 Austin Moutry 6 Jack Jelacic 4

Brookfield Central 61 Milwaukee Hamilton 57
Hamilton jumped out early behind the hot start from 6'9 senior Kevon Looney and BC spent the entire night trying to regain the lead and finally got it back late in the fourth and got the win in OT. In the second half Central doubled team Looney to force his team mates to do something and it looked like it was gonna be 5'10 junior Danya Kingsby that would do it but, he ran out of gas late. The patients and strong play of 6'2 senior Riley LaChance claimed the victory late.

Top Scorers 
BC- LaChance 26 Elijah Goodman 14 Brad Newman 12
Hamilton- Looney 31 Kingsby 17 Delmarco Rucker 6

Top Players
David Hamilton 5'9 junior Milwaukee North- 40 points is all you have to say. Just a pure gunner with unlimited range.

Brandon Key 6'0 junior West Allis Central- Didn't score big but, really controlled this game with his point guard play. Just a very smooth player.

Jerod Cummings 6'1 junior West Allis Central- Did a great job of rebounding and battling the much bigger Horlick players. Was also able to score on the inside off the Key assists.

Milton Cummings 6'5 senior Wisconsin Lutheran- Was huge hitting three big three pointers in the game. Just has a really pretty smooth shot.

Devante Jackson 6'9 senior Brown Deer- Just a real nice player all around. Has a nice mid range jumper and showed a nice game on the inside.

Marcus White 6'5 senior Milwaukee Vincent- Does it all for Vincent. Runs the point at times, plays in the post, rebounds, and can hit the outside shot.

Tyree Kendricks 6'3 junior Milwaukee Vincent- Really gave Vincent a big scoring punch off the bench. A guy that could be a big scorer.

Brandon Cooper 6'6 senior Milwaukee Vincent- Did a nice job battling Jackson and company on the inside. Just a high energy player that always gives 100%.

Jaylen Key 6'7 junior Homestead- Showed a very nice post game and a wide array of moves in the post. Moves very well and can go out and hit the mid range shot.

Matt Heldt 6'10 junior Neenah- A real nice player and big man. Has a nice smooth hook shot on the inside and really keeps his composure and doesn't force things.

LaMonte' Bearden 6'3 senior Germantown- Just a super super quick lead guard. Handles the ball very well, controls the Germantown offense, and reads the passing lanes well on the defensive end.

Jake Showalter 6'4 senior Germantown- Sharpshooter that just doesn't miss. Seemed to take a lot of bad shots but, they were actually good shots as he doesn't miss.

Kevon Looney 6'9 senior Milwaukee Hamilton- Showed why he is one of the top players in the country. With his tremendous size could get his shot off at any time and the threes were falling.

Caleb Mortag 6'6 senior Brookfield Central- Didn't do a ton of scoring but, really showed some athletic ability blocking shots, throwing down dunks, and rebounding.

Riley LaChance 6'2 senior Brookfield Central- Smooth is the word. Never seems pressured and is always playing under control. When he shoots you just expect the shot to fall. Everything is just pretty about his game.

Was a very long day for me, so I did the best I could of my write up. It is now two days since the game so some things are hard to remember which led to my short write ups of each game. When there's eight games it's tough to go in depth on each game.