Saginaw Valley Lutheran improved to 4-0 with a 56-50 victory on Saturday over Unionville-Sebewaing. Valley Lutheran was up 19-12 after the first quarter, 27-19 at halftime and 38-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had an 18-16 scoring advantage in the final quarter. Rylan Appold had 17 points and four steals. Nick Howard had 10 points and five rebounds.
Chippewa Hills didn’t get off to a good start to open the 2014 part of their schedule. The Warriors lost on Friday 53-28 to Lakeview in Central State Activities Association action.
Chip Hills trailed 16-2 after the first quarter, 32-4 at halftime and 45-12 after the third quarter.
Michael Todd scored six points for Chip Hills.
Swan Valley fell to 2-2 on Friday with a 73-64 boys basketball loss to Saginaw Valley Lutheran. Valley Lutheran was down 12-9 after the first quarter but had a 22-13 scoring bulge in the second quarter for a 31-25 halftime lead. Valley Lutheran led 46-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had a 27-20 scoring advantage in the final quarter.
Brock Notter scored 18 points for Swan Valley while Nick Call and Nate Fries netted 13 apiece, Preston Joiner scored 12 points and Garrett Preston had six points.
Saginaw Valley Lutheran improved to 3-0 on Friday night with a 73-64 boys basketball victory over Swan Valley. Valley Lutheran was down 12-9 after the first quarter but had a 22-13 scoring bulge in the second quarter for a 31-25 halftime lead. Valley Lutheran led 46-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had a 27-20 scoring advantage in the final quarter. Rylan Appold had 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting for Valley Lutheran while Nick Howard made 14 points and Derrick Yurgens had 13 points. Valley Lutheran shot 24-of-55 from the floor. Ryland Appold and Josh Appold had six rebounds apiece. Mike Weiss added five boards. Josh Appold also had five blocks.
Freeland entered the holiday break at 3-3 with a 45-38 loss to Hemlock on Dec. 20. Hemlock trailed 10-7 after the first quarter but had a 21-14 scoring edge in the second quarter and led 21-14 at halftime. Both teams scored 14 points in the third quarter and 10 points in the fourth. Taryn Taugher led Freeland with 18 points and seven rebounds. Sofia Guiterrez and Breanne Short had nine points and eight rebounds apiece.
Hemlock entered the holiday break at 6-0 with a 45-38 girls basketball victory over Freeland on Dec. 20. Hemlock trailed 10-7 after the first quarter but had a 21-14 scoring edge in the second quarter and led 21-14 at halftime. Both teams scored 14 points in the third quarter and 10 points in the fourth. Karli Arlington scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds for Hemlock while Abbi Phillipson followed with nine points and 12 rebounds. Brooke Philion added eight points while Aubrey Alfano had seven rebounds.
Freeland fell to 2-2 with a 77-53 loss on Dec. 20 to Hemlock in boys basketball action. Hemlock led 15-9 after the first quarter, 30-22 at halftime and 56-40 after the third quarter. Hemlock had a 21-13 scoring advantage in the final quarter.
Jake Jankoska scored 28 points while Travis Hahn netted 11 points, followed by Mitch Piper with five points and Jared Shea with four points.
Hemlock improved to 3-2 prior to the holidays with a 77-53 victory over Freeland in a home boys basketball game. Hemlock led 15-9 after the first quarter, 30-22 at halftime and 56-40 after the third quarter. Hemlock had a 21-13 scoring advantage in the final quarter.
Hemlock was led by Ethan Apsey with 23 points, four assists and three steals while Jacob Rowley had 13 points and four assists, Brad Fleischmann had six points and eight rebound, three blocks and six assists, Austin Keyser had six points and five rebounds and Alex Merchant had two blocks.
As if three elite match ups in one day were not enough, Muskegon Basketball Classic fans got a little extra for their money in Saturday night’s final game.
Muskegon needed overtime – and a huge game from 6-9 junior and Michigan State commitment Deyonta Davis – to knock off highly-touted Chicago Curie 73-66 in front of 2,200 fans in crammed Redmond-Potter Gymnasium on the campus of Muskegon High School.
Davis scored 24 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked five shots as the Big Reds rallied from six points down with less than 2 minutes remaining in regulation and then outscored the visiting Condors 14-7 in the 4-minute overtime session.
Muskegon guard Deshaun Thrower, who has committed to Division I Stony Brook in New York, had a great floor game with 17 points, seven assists and three steals. Joeviair Kennedy (14 points) and William Roberson (11 points) also reached double figures for the Big Reds.
The thrilling game helped ease the disappointment from the highly-touted matchup of big men that never happened. Cliff Alexander, the No. 4-rated senior high school player in the country, watched the game in a grey sweat suit on the bench, serving a one-game suspension after being ejected from a game last month.
Joshua Stamps, a 6-5 junior, led Curie with 25 points, while his sophomore brother Joseph Stamps added 15 points. Marcus Gatlin was the other Condor in double figures with 11 points.
In the middle game, Marian Catholic’s Tyler Ulis, a 5-10 point guard who has committed to John Calipari at Kentucky, used his incredible speed to break down the defense repeatedly, finishing with 30 points and 10 assists, leading Marian Catholic of Chicago Heights, Ill., to a 74-60 victory over Detroit Country Day. Country Day was led by 22 points from Xavier recruit Edmond Sumner, a 6-4 guard.
In the opener, Detroit Consortium Prep rolled to a 70-35 victory over defending Michigan Class A semifinalist Grand Rapids Christian. Josh Jackson, a 6-7 wingman who is rated the No. 2 sophomore player in the country, scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Cougars.
(article complements of Tom Kendra)
Tyler Ulis might only be 5-10, but he proved Saturday why he was one of the Midwest’s most highly-recruited players in Saturday’s middle game at the Muskegon Basketball Showcase, a three-game tournament at Redmond-Potter Gymnasium on the campus of Muskegon High School.
Ulis, who has committed to John Calipari at Kentucky, used his incredible speed to break down the defense repeatedly, finishing with 30 points and 10 assists, leading Marian Catholic of Chicago Heights, Ill., to a 74-60 victory over Detroit Country Day. Terrone Parham, a 6-7 senior, added 13 points.
Country Day was led by 22 points from Xavier recruit Edmond Sumner, a 6-4 guard. Maceo Baston, a 6-5 senior, added 19 points.
Historic Redmond-Potter Gymnasium swelled to near its capacity of 2,200 toward the end of the second game, in anticipation of the nightcap, pitting Chicago Curie 6-9 senior Cliff Alexander, the No. 4-ranked senior player in the country who has committed to Kansas, against the hometown team of Muskegon High and 6-9 junior Deyonta Davis, who recently committed to Michigan State.
In the opener, Detroit Consortium Prep rolled to a 70-35 victory over defending Michigan Class A semifinalist Grand Rapids Christian.
Josh Jackson, a 6-7 wingman who is rated the No. 2 sophomore player in the country, scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Cougars.
(article complements of Tom Kendra)’
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