Another summer edition of basketball is underway as the Tri-City Summer League kicked off its season at George Wythe High School Tuesday night.
Wallace Express 75, DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge 74
* Former Huguenot star Bo Jones went bonkers in the third quarter, scoring 19 of his 26 points, to lead Wallace Express. Ben Wallace also scored 26 points for the defending champions, who dodged the upset from an extremely talented DTLR/Cosmopolitan Lounge team.
Tyree Evans led DTLR with 20 points, Chris Greene had 15, Kendrick Warren and Bambale Osby had 12 and Tyrone Sally chipped in with 10.
DTLR/C. Lounge 20 12 16 26 – 74
Wallace Express 8 17 30 20 – 75
DTLR/C. Lounge (0-1): Evans 20, Warren 12, Sally 10, Threatt 1, Greene 15, B. Osby 12, Taylor 2, Brown 0, L. Osby 0, Burgess 0, Macklin 0. Totals: 32 10-16 74.
Wallace Express (1-0): Jones 26, B. Wallace 26, Johnson 0, Williams 4, T. Wallace 5, Rozzell 0, W. Wallace 12, Grimes 0, Kearse 0. Totals: 32 6-9 75. 3-point goals: Jones 4, T. Wallace.
Fete International 100, McDonald & Associates 95
* Fete International built a 24-point lead and held on to start the summer off with a victory. George Johnson was unbelievable early, scoring 12 points on four 3-pointers in a 40-point first quarter for Fete. The Eastern Mennonite guard finished with 22 points, tied for the team-high with Demarco Williams. Chris Moss threw in 21 points, Chris Moore 17 and Cory Alexander 12 in a winning effort.
McDonald & Associates was led by Ted “Fats” Berry, one of the organizers of the Tri-City Summer League. He threw in 30 points. Luqman Jaaber wasn’t far behind with 28 points, and Shawn Pettiford put in 15 in a losing effort.
McDonald & Associates 25 25 28 17 – 95
Fete International 40 16 24 20 – 100
McDonald & Associates (0-1): Jaaber 28, Wyatt 6, Berry 30, Whinnett 6, Renkin 2, Pettiford 15, Richardson 4, Hinton 2. Totals: 40 10-14 95. 3-point goals: Jaaber 4, Berry.
Fete International (1-0): Hamlin 2, Alexander 12, Johnson 22, Moss 21, Nichols 4, Moore 17, Williams 22. Totals: 38 16-18 100. 3-point goals: Johnson 6, Alexander 2.
Change 69, T&C Productions 40
* Jay Gavin (14 points), David Gonzalvez (14), Jarhon Giddings (13) and Reggie Williams (10) reached double figures to lead Change. Larry Sanders scored 17 points for T&C, who managed one point in the fourth quarter.
Change 14 18 9 28 – 69
T&C Productions 10 18 11 1 – 40
Change (1-0): Rodriguez 0, Black 7, Gavin 14, Giddings 13, Gonzalvez 14, Thondique 5, Pishchalnikov 0, Smith 6, Williams 10. Totals: 25 13-15 69. 3-point goals: Gavin 2, Gonzalvez 2, Giddings, Williams.
T&C Productions (0-1): Lonon 6, Mines 5, Sally 1, Saintil 9, Burston 0, Sanders 17, King 0, Giggetts 2. Totals: 17 6-10 40.
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