SIMEON 79 – CURIE 69
This was a knee/jerk experience. Our City Finals held at The Jones Armory on 52nd and Cottage Grove in the Washington Park neighborhood (gotta love it!). An official organized hoop game hadn’t been played here since 1960’s or 70’s. This was a spruced-up Venue headed by the Nike/Jordan brand. Sort of a cathedral/theater type setting on a misty surface. Simeon pretty much ran out on the Condors from the onset with leads up to 20. Curie was again without long time Head Coach, Mike Oliver due to his bizarre suspension. His troops were clearly distracted from all the unfamiliar fixtures. They struggled getting back on defense all night, seemed a step slow, and relied too much on gambling and hoisting way too many outside shots while trying to get back in the game with the homerun approach. That strategy was ineffective. Curie’s inspirational leader & scorer Ramean Hinton was held in check with 9 points, he managed 12 rebounds, mostly offensive. Junior point guard Nick Owens was the lone bright spot with 18 points and 9 dishes. Senior forward Saiveon Williams finished with 18 points. Simeon received dynamite performance from junior guard Ahamad Bynum with 25 points. The Wolverines deemed to be playing well at the right time of the year. Their junior front court tandem of 6-6 Dylan Ingram and 6-7 Philip Holmes Jr. have started to come into their own in the last month.
MORGAN PARK 74 – BOGAN 60
In the night capper at this Theater Venue Morgan Park got off to a rousing start against their Red South rivals and led at intermission 39-20. This contest was a yarner, Bogan just couldn’t get shots to fall and it wasn’t like they were taking bad shots either, it seemed as though the basket had a lid on it, so you could say the Bengals were snake bitten. Coach Goody had such a calm presence throughout, knowing he will get another crack at the Mustangs in weeks to come on a more traditional setting and surface. There would be more to this rivalry in a few weeks. Adam Miller led Morgan Park with 25 points, 14 coming in the first quarter. Talented senior and New York native Brandon Weston racked up 16 points and 15 boards. Wake Forest recruit Marcus Watson had 16 points. For the Bengals Antoine Bloxton finished with 16, Kyndall Davis and D.J. Jones recorded 14 points apiece.
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