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| Capacity Crowd for WACG vs NY Gauchos |
Many of the nation’s top teams from across the country have
arrived at the Boo Williams Sportsplex to via for the coveted 6th
Grade AAU National Championship.
Inexplicable the top teams remaining alive for
a chance to hoist the championship trophy share a common theme; they each have amongst them
players whose body of work have established themselves as some of the nation’s top
prospects. As bracket play commences
tomorrow P2bball was in the gym and had the professional pleasure of viewing some
very exciting close out games in the pool portion of the tournament.
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| Namari Burnett |
National Championship contender; and by many experts tournament
favorite – hailing from Tennessee We All Can Go clashed with the perennial AAU
power from the northeast; the New York Gauchos.
In what turned out to be an emotional and standing room environment WACG
proved again why it is one of the best and most feared programs in the country at
this time.
The WACG All Stars who prepared for this tournament with
aspirations of taking home the title; by competing and finishing 3rd
in the D2 7th grade AAU nationals; stepped onto the court confident
in front of a raucous crowd. A fearless Gauchos
squad fought valiantly; but simply did not have the talent to close the
deal.
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| Jaden Springer |
The game started out close; but WACG gradually extended the
lead starting with a 9-0 run in the first quarter to take 13 to 5 lead, which
they never relinquished. The pressure defense of WACG created turnovers
and easy scoring opportunities. The Gauchos
attempted to stymie the up tempo game of WACG by going to a 2-2-1 3 quarter court
press but to no avail; the size, speed and athleticism was just too much over
the course of the game for the Gauchos to bare.
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| CJ Robinson |
CJ Robinson led the Gauchos charge scoring 10-points in the game
and attacking the pressure defense he faced it with sturdy ball handling,
passing and scoring – proving he was a ready, willing, and able to play at an
elite level and deserved to be in the discussion as one of the tournament’s top
guards. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to
lead his team to a victory.
The duo of Namari Burnett and Jaden Springer; both members
of the USA National Select program; thwarted each attempt the Gauchos made to
cut into the early deficit by hitting big time shots at crucial moments. Burnett led all scoring with a game high
16-points connecting on 3 3-ponters and Jaden Springer who has played some of
the best ball of the summer in the nation assisted by contributing 13-points in
the victory. Each made big defensive
plays and set up team mates for easy scores in leading WACG to an 82-67
victory.
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| Juwon Carpenter |
The fans chanted as they left the gym; wanting all in
attendance to know that they plane to be there until the very end and from the
look of things the All Stars of WACG are poised to do just that. Great guard
play from Juwon Carpenter coupled with the star power of Burnett and Springer
put WACG in a great position to challenge for the title and have them as one of
the favorites in this very talent rich tournament.
WACG takes the floor as at 2:00pm tomorrow to face Indiana
MVP in the first game of bracket play.
Indiana MVP will be ready and game for big time performance. With size and scoring punch from Tariq
Robinson look for a tough and physical game from the onset - follow the action
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