Austin LBJ led most of the way, but couldn't quite hold on in the 4th quarter as they lost a close one to Houston St. John 60-57. It wasn't over until 2010 G Donald Dallas' desperation three point attempt drew iron. Missed close in shots, and late clutch three point shooting for St. John combined to make the Jags fall just short.
LBJ's 2011 G 6'0" Robert Lee continued to show his outstanding athleticism in scoring 17. He defends hard on the perimeter and on the offensive end gets to the rim with authority. Senior Elijah Cash, a Big XII football talent added 15 for LBJ.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Austin LBJ 78 Houston St. Pius 44
With the exception of the first few minutes, this one was all LBJ. Perhaps the only thing that slowed them down was the three hour bus ride from Austin because once they found their legs they just simply ran a young St. Pius team into the ground.
LBJ has three guards as good as any in the Austin-San Antonio area, in the 2010 G 6'2" Donald Dallas, 2010 G 6'0" Darryl Roberts and 2011 G 6'0" Robert Lee. Dallas is an unsigned senior who undoubtesly will get to ink a scholarship in the April period and Roberts-Lee bring lots of athleticism to the party. I love the energy those guys have. Lee tends to get to the rim more regularly while Roberts will bomb it from deep as confirned by his 6 three pointers and team leading 23 points.
Lee added 18 for the Jags, and Dallas chipped in with 11 (almost all of them coming from the charity stripe. 2012 Wing Trey Guidry was the leader of a young St. Pius team. He's 6'5", looks like he'll grow more and has above average athleticism. He displayed it particular with a rim rattling dunk.
LBJ has three guards as good as any in the Austin-San Antonio area, in the 2010 G 6'2" Donald Dallas, 2010 G 6'0" Darryl Roberts and 2011 G 6'0" Robert Lee. Dallas is an unsigned senior who undoubtesly will get to ink a scholarship in the April period and Roberts-Lee bring lots of athleticism to the party. I love the energy those guys have. Lee tends to get to the rim more regularly while Roberts will bomb it from deep as confirned by his 6 three pointers and team leading 23 points.
Lee added 18 for the Jags, and Dallas chipped in with 11 (almost all of them coming from the charity stripe. 2012 Wing Trey Guidry was the leader of a young St. Pius team. He's 6'5", looks like he'll grow more and has above average athleticism. He displayed it particular with a rim rattling dunk.
Baton Rouge Glen Oaks 70 Houston Clear Springs 65
Glen Oaks comes to Houston with a high major commit in 2010 W 6'6" Brian Williams (Texas D-1 Ambassadors) an explosive athlete who is still growing and crafting his perimeter game. 2011 P 6'7" Trevante Drye did not make the trip due to a knee sprain. Despite this, Glen oaks comes out with a quick Senior Guard Andre Scott of Glen Oaks also impresses as they get out to a 23-17 lead after the 1st. Half Time score is 36-31 Glen Oaks. Clear Springs is keeping it close with their perimeter game, but have no answer for Williams or 2011 P 6'6" Erron Chesterfield on the boards and from close range at the moment.
2010 W Anthony Horton of Clear Springs (Campbell commit) impressed with a solid game and a beautiful perimeter stroke. 2010 Glen Oaks Guard Andre Scott really stepped his game up and became a scoring force this year as well as energetic on the ball D. He finished with 24 to lead the Panthers. Brian Williams added 23 and double digit boards for Glen Oaks.
70-65 Final
2010 W Anthony Horton of Clear Springs (Campbell commit) impressed with a solid game and a beautiful perimeter stroke. 2010 Glen Oaks Guard Andre Scott really stepped his game up and became a scoring force this year as well as energetic on the ball D. He finished with 24 to lead the Panthers. Brian Williams added 23 and double digit boards for Glen Oaks.
70-65 Final
Thanksgiving Dinner With Coach Max
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving with Family and Friends. Safe travels to everyone. I shared a wonderful mid afternoon dinner with my girl, and my business partner, T.J. Garza of Speed Killz at his new digs in Liberty Hill, TX. Wow. Camp Garza will be the place to be this spring break and summer for those who are looking to become bigger, faster and stronger in their sport specific training. It's complete with a bunkhouse. Congrats Coach Garza and Family.
Of course it didn't end there (why stop with eating once?..lol) as we trekked back to San Antonio to share the Texas-Aggie game with my son Chip and his Friend. He'd spent the last 5 days in Kentucky as UT-San Antonio went 2-1 in the O'Reilly Auto parts Classic. The beat UC-Irvine and Fairleigh-Dickinson, then dropped a heartbreaker by 2 to Eastern Kentucky after leading by 15 with about 6 minutes left in the game. The Roadrunners are 4-1 in the young season including a 62-50 win over Big ten opponent, Iowa Hawkeyes.
Go Texas, and Colt for Heisman!
After digesting Thanksgiving Dinner I checked my notes from the prior day's triple header. Enjoy your basketball dessert!
Converse Judson 53 Laredo United 50
You can no longer assume you're chalking one up in the win column when you play McAllen or Laredo United. United gave Judson all they could handle and had a one point lead over the host Rockets with 40 seconds to go. A superior effort by 2010 P 6'5" Cameron McNeil carried Judson as he had 16 points and double digit rebounds which was the slight difference.
For Laredo United, sharpshooting 2010 G Daniel Rosas had 16 points including several buckets from DEEP while handling Judson pressure all game long. The Longhorns got 17 from sharp shooting 2010 G Mike Elizondo. When he fouled out with a couple of minutes left you knew it was going to be tough for United to hang onto the lead. Just a few days ago, defending Regional 5A representative Converse Wagner went to Laredo and fell behind by 22 before a late surge allowed them to escape with the win by 3. Look for Laredo and McAllen ( lead by 2010 W 6'7" J.J. Avila) to knock heads prior to the Regional Finals.
Pflugerville 66 San Antonio Madison 59
Coach Mike Murphy and The Ville went on the road to San Antonio and handled San Antonio Madison. From beginning to end Pflugerville had the lead in a game with no real ebbs or flows. The exception was the end game where Pflugerville almost stumbled, but because of lights out free throw shooting they took a meager one point lead and exapnded it once again to seven in the final analysis.
Senior G Jamal Johnson (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) had a much better game than I saw him have in the entire McDonald's Invitational several days prior. He finished with 20 for the Mavs. 2012 W 6'6" Christopher Campbell added 14 and frosh Trayvon Landry had 7 for the hosts. Senior W 6'5" Demetris "Cleveland" Smith had 17 as well as bringing his usual energy to the Panthers while high major G 2011 Deon Mitchell was his usual calm, cool and collected self in leading Pflugerville with 19. 2010 P Tyler Wood (UT-San Antonio) was M.I.A. for Madison as he was nursing a bone bruise. We wish him a speedy recovery.
San Antonio Reagan 58 San Antonio Clark 55
It was "deja vu all over again" as the Yankee's Yogi Berra used to say as Reagan won a nail biter over Clark. A tip at the buzzer gave Coach Jimmy Littleton's Rattlers the NEISD championship. Tournament MVP 2011 W 6'5" Max Yon, continued his fast pace with 18 to lead Reagan in the Thanksgiving Eve rematch. They also notched 16 from 2011 G Trey Demps. Clark is a good team and are well coached. However, they lack in heighth but 2010 G Jason Brickman (Long Island) provides great floor generalship to go with 11 points while undersized 2010 P 6'3 Ehland Emerlahu led all game scorers with 20 in the close loss.
Thanks to all our current and former D-1 Ambassadors players for the thoughtful texts to me on Thanksgving Day. I love ya'll! Coach Max
Of course it didn't end there (why stop with eating once?..lol) as we trekked back to San Antonio to share the Texas-Aggie game with my son Chip and his Friend. He'd spent the last 5 days in Kentucky as UT-San Antonio went 2-1 in the O'Reilly Auto parts Classic. The beat UC-Irvine and Fairleigh-Dickinson, then dropped a heartbreaker by 2 to Eastern Kentucky after leading by 15 with about 6 minutes left in the game. The Roadrunners are 4-1 in the young season including a 62-50 win over Big ten opponent, Iowa Hawkeyes.
Go Texas, and Colt for Heisman!
After digesting Thanksgiving Dinner I checked my notes from the prior day's triple header. Enjoy your basketball dessert!
Converse Judson 53 Laredo United 50
You can no longer assume you're chalking one up in the win column when you play McAllen or Laredo United. United gave Judson all they could handle and had a one point lead over the host Rockets with 40 seconds to go. A superior effort by 2010 P 6'5" Cameron McNeil carried Judson as he had 16 points and double digit rebounds which was the slight difference.
For Laredo United, sharpshooting 2010 G Daniel Rosas had 16 points including several buckets from DEEP while handling Judson pressure all game long. The Longhorns got 17 from sharp shooting 2010 G Mike Elizondo. When he fouled out with a couple of minutes left you knew it was going to be tough for United to hang onto the lead. Just a few days ago, defending Regional 5A representative Converse Wagner went to Laredo and fell behind by 22 before a late surge allowed them to escape with the win by 3. Look for Laredo and McAllen ( lead by 2010 W 6'7" J.J. Avila) to knock heads prior to the Regional Finals.
Pflugerville 66 San Antonio Madison 59
Coach Mike Murphy and The Ville went on the road to San Antonio and handled San Antonio Madison. From beginning to end Pflugerville had the lead in a game with no real ebbs or flows. The exception was the end game where Pflugerville almost stumbled, but because of lights out free throw shooting they took a meager one point lead and exapnded it once again to seven in the final analysis.
Senior G Jamal Johnson (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) had a much better game than I saw him have in the entire McDonald's Invitational several days prior. He finished with 20 for the Mavs. 2012 W 6'6" Christopher Campbell added 14 and frosh Trayvon Landry had 7 for the hosts. Senior W 6'5" Demetris "Cleveland" Smith had 17 as well as bringing his usual energy to the Panthers while high major G 2011 Deon Mitchell was his usual calm, cool and collected self in leading Pflugerville with 19. 2010 P Tyler Wood (UT-San Antonio) was M.I.A. for Madison as he was nursing a bone bruise. We wish him a speedy recovery.
San Antonio Reagan 58 San Antonio Clark 55
It was "deja vu all over again" as the Yankee's Yogi Berra used to say as Reagan won a nail biter over Clark. A tip at the buzzer gave Coach Jimmy Littleton's Rattlers the NEISD championship. Tournament MVP 2011 W 6'5" Max Yon, continued his fast pace with 18 to lead Reagan in the Thanksgiving Eve rematch. They also notched 16 from 2011 G Trey Demps. Clark is a good team and are well coached. However, they lack in heighth but 2010 G Jason Brickman (Long Island) provides great floor generalship to go with 11 points while undersized 2010 P 6'3 Ehland Emerlahu led all game scorers with 20 in the close loss.
Thanks to all our current and former D-1 Ambassadors players for the thoughtful texts to me on Thanksgving Day. I love ya'll! Coach Max
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Austin-San Antonio Highlights
Coming off a cracked vertebrae, 2010 W 6'9" Daniel Alexander (Texas A&M) ,(shown this summer with LeBron James at the Nike Academy) had 12 points for Dripping Springs.
2010 G Jordan Clarkson of San Antonio Wagner (Tulsa) had 38 for the T-Birds
2010 G Cody Doolin (San Francisco) fresh off leading Austin Westlake to the Finals of the McDonald's Invitational had 28 in limited duty as Westlake thumped Cedar Park.
Antonian 76 San Antonio Memorial 72
2010 G Jordan Clarkson of San Antonio Wagner (Tulsa) had 38 for the T-Birds
2010 G Cody Doolin (San Francisco) fresh off leading Austin Westlake to the Finals of the McDonald's Invitational had 28 in limited duty as Westlake thumped Cedar Park.
Antonian 76 San Antonio Memorial 722011 W 6'8" Jonathan Holmes led Antonian with 22 points.
San Antonio Wagner 107 San Antonio Stevens 73
2010 G Jordan Clarkson (Tulsa) dropped 38 in the win, while 2012 G 6'4" Uche Ofoegbu had 22 in the loss.
Dripping Springs 69 Marble Falls 59
Daniel Alexander (Texas A&M) had 12 for Drip.
Austin Westlake 72 Cedar Park 40
Cody Doolin who was All Tournament at the McDonald's Invitational had 28 for the Chaps.
Austin Bowie 58 Round Rock McNeil 50
2012 G Paul Baxter led Bowie with 20.
Liberty Hill 81 Hutto 48
2010 G Michael Farace had 20 to lead the Hill.
Pflugerville Hendrickson 80 Austin Travis 74
2011 W Jalen Washington had 18 for the Hawks.
Lake Travis 73 Austin 60
2010 G David Eads (M.I.T) had 17 for Lake Travis.
Austin LBJ 77 Pflugerville Connally 68
2011 G Robert Lee had 27 and 2010 G Donald Dallas 21 to lead the Jags
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
San Antonio Lee 49 San Antonio Marshall 42
Garnica Meter to Devin Brown's San Antonio Career Scoring Record
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I Dropped by Littleton Gym in San Antonio last night to catch a birds eye view of San Antonio's leading scorer, Paul Garnica (Northern Colorado) in action. Marshall is notorious for playing the game at the slowest pace possible. Prior to the game I caught up with Steve Sylestine who is in his first year as the Head Coach at San Antonio Clark.
Garnica came out smoking hot by hitting a pair of deep triples almost out to the volleyball line. He finished the quarter with 13 points. Despite picking up two fouls in the first 1:30 of the game, he did not miss a second of play. However, Marshall was able to exploit this and get easy buckets as he had to lay off his man most of the evening.
2010 P Robert McPherson picked up the slack on the boards for Lee and also added 14 points to complement Garnica's game high 21. He also added 6 steals, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks and went 6-6 from the free throw line to complete a nice stat line. His shooting went cold in the second half as he finished 6-21 from the floor. Lee now goes to 7-1 and can eat Thanksgiving turkey feeling pretty good about the first quarter of their season.
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I Dropped by Littleton Gym in San Antonio last night to catch a birds eye view of San Antonio's leading scorer, Paul Garnica (Northern Colorado) in action. Marshall is notorious for playing the game at the slowest pace possible. Prior to the game I caught up with Steve Sylestine who is in his first year as the Head Coach at San Antonio Clark.
Garnica came out smoking hot by hitting a pair of deep triples almost out to the volleyball line. He finished the quarter with 13 points. Despite picking up two fouls in the first 1:30 of the game, he did not miss a second of play. However, Marshall was able to exploit this and get easy buckets as he had to lay off his man most of the evening.
2010 P Robert McPherson picked up the slack on the boards for Lee and also added 14 points to complement Garnica's game high 21. He also added 6 steals, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks and went 6-6 from the free throw line to complete a nice stat line. His shooting went cold in the second half as he finished 6-21 from the floor. Lee now goes to 7-1 and can eat Thanksgiving turkey feeling pretty good about the first quarter of their season.
Baton Rouge Glen Oaks Wins Woodlawn (LA) Tournament
Baton Rouge Glen Oaks rolled to the Championship at the Woodlawn Tournament held in Baton Rouge. Texas D-1 Ambassadors player 2010 W 6'6" Brian Williams who is committed to Okalhoma State was the MVP. He is pictured 2nd from left. 2011 P 6'6" Tre Drye, who also played on the D-1 Ambassadors top team this past summer is pictured in back with his finger in the air. He was named to the All Tournament Team. Congratulations! Coach Max
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