Texas Roundball

The final day is completed from the Plano Shootout. The NBA division was taken by the Austin Dawgs, the NIT by Houston Swoosh Blue.

We started out the morning by catching the game between Fort Worth MLK Mash (Dunbar) and the Austin Dawgs. Wow let's just start off with that summary of Jeremis Smith this morning. Smith had 26 first half points en route to a game high 45. Smith did as he pleased all day long, if he'd been sent to the line a few more times (which he should have been) and if Dunbar had gone to him more down the stretch he could have gotten 60 even 70. Unstoppable is all you can say about him. Dunbar's 43-40 halftime lead withered away in the second half as the Austin Dawgs got red hot. 2004 F Chuck Foster of Austin LBJ led the Dawgs with 30, and 2005 G AJ Abrams of Round Rock McNeil had 25, Matt Braeuer (2004 Belton G) added 17. Dunbar was led by 2004 F Jeremis Smith with 45 points and 12 rebounds, 2004 G Dominique Williams had 15 points and 4 assists, and 2004 G Jeff Muriel added 13. In other early action, Team Ft. Worth hung on to down the Houston Hoops 16's who lost Fendi Onobun to an ankle injury. The Dallas Dirty Dozen downed the DFW Hoopsters and the San Antonio Rohawks edged the San Antonio Bulls.

In the semi-finals Team Fort Worth held off a late rally from the Dallas Dirty Dozen to advance to the title game. At the same time, the Austin Dawgs handled the San Antonio Rohawks 70-52. The Rohawks had a 19-11 lead midway through the first half and were outscored 22-6 to end the half. 2004 G Matt Braeuer led the charge with 32 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. Braeuer canned 8 threes on the afternoon. 2004 BF Patrick Britton of San Antonio Southwest had 11 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Rohawks.

In the NIT title game, Houston Swoosh led by 2006 G's Harrison Smith of Houston Jones and OJ Avworo of Alief Elsik handled Houston No Limit by 25. No Limit was led by 2006 F Stephen Tyree of Strake Jesuit, 2006 G/F Matt Wilson of Cooper, and 2006 F Franklin Mitchem of Klein Collins.

In the NBA title game, the Austin Dawgs took the title 80-77 over Team Fort Worth. The guys from Funky-Town will be kicking themselves over this one. A three point lead late in the game for Team FW vanished, as they committed 5 turnovers in the last 2 1/2 minutes. AJ Abrams bombed away leading the Dawgs to victory, scoring 32 points Chuck Foster added 14. Team Ft. Worth was led by 2004 F Will Hensley of Midlothian who had 17 points and 8 rebounds. 2004 G Thomas Cook of Ft. Worth South Hills had 12 points and 3 assists, and F Jamon Morris of Ft. Worth Eastern Hills had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

NBA Division all tourney squad

Best Player- Jeremis Smith was by far the best player here, no one came close to stopping him at all.

MVP- Matt Braeuer 2004 G Belton....On fire canning threes all day long, 8 threes in semi's shot close to 60% from the field

1st team

F- Jeremis Smith- MLK Mash- 2004 F Ft. Worth Dunbar

BF- Patrick Britton- San Antonio Rohawks- 2004 BF San Antonio Southwest

G/F- Brian Dunn- Dallas Hoops Elite- 2004 G/F Dallas Carter

G- Matt Braeuer- Austin Dawgs- 2004 G Belton

G- Jarryd Knight- Houston Jr. Hardballers-2004 G Cypress Community Christian

2nd Team

BF- Trent Plaisted- San Antonio Bulls- 2004 BF San Antonio Clark

BF- Fendi Onobun- Houston Hoops 16's- 2005 F Alief Taylor

BF- Ashton Kelly- Houston Hoops 16's- 2005 F Kountze

F- Will Hensley- Team Fort Worth- 2004 BF Midlothian

F- Chuck Foster- Austin Dawgs- 2004 F Austin LBJ

WG- Terrel Harris- TA Eagles- 2005 WG Richardson Lake Highlands

G- Kenneth "Red" White- Texas Top Prospects 17's- 2004 G Dallas Molina

Others we saw shine this weekend

F- Eric Sheppard- Team Ft. Worth- 2004 F Ft. Worth South Hills

G- Thomas Cook- Team Ft. Worth- 2004 G Ft. Worth South Hills

BF- Lendrick Washington- TUAC Warriors- 2004 BF Spring

G- Michael Sturns- Dallas Hoops Elite- 2004 G North Crowley

G- Dominique Williams- Ft. Worth Dunbar- 2004 G

F- Roderick Rogers- Texas Tops 2003- 2004 F Dallas Lincoln

G- Roderick Adams- Texas Tops 2003- 2004 G Cedar Hill

G- AJ Abrams- Austin Dawgs- 2005 G Round Rock McNeil

BF- Jeremy Parnell- Arkansas Wings- 2004 BF

WF- Clarence Masters- Arlington Magic- 2005 WF Cedar Hill

PG- John Killen- Texas Tops 2003- 2005 PG Arlington Martin

WG- Charles James- Killeen Future Stars- 2004 WG Killeen Shoemaker

WF- Moses Ehambe- Texas Hot Boyz- 2004 F Mansfield Summitt

G- Allen Leal- San Antonio RoHawks- 2004 G San Antonio Highlands

G- Devon Mosley- Cedar Hill- 2005 G Mesquite( NCAA Bracket)

BF- Kendrick Johnson- Texas Tops 17's- 2005 BF Morton

F- Scott Weaver- Texas Tops 17's- 2004 F Lewisville Hebron

WF- Roderick Fleming- Texas Wolverines- 2005 WF DeSoto

G- Brandon Scott- Texas Wolverines- 2005 G Dallas Carter

G- David Devezin- Houston Hoops- 2005 PG Sugarland Clements

NIT Bracket who caught our eye

G- Harrison Smith- Houston Swoosh- 2006 G Houston Jones

G- O.J. Avworo- Houston Swoosh- 2006 G Alief Elsik

F- Stephen Tyree- Houston No Limit- 2006 F Houston Strake Jesuit

BF- Anthony Harris- DFW Magic- 2006 BF- Ft. Worth OD Wyatt

G/F- Lance Pevehouse- Houston Swoosh- 2006 G/F Clear Creek

The next shootout is in two weeks in College Station. Most of the big national teams Team Texas, Houston Hoops, Westside All Stars, Houston Select, Houston Superstars were out of state this weekend at Memorial Day in Bloomington Indiana and Bob Gibbons in North Carolina , we'll get you as much information as we can as it comes in from Bloomington. Team Texas Elite (minus Jason Horton who is with Michigan Hurricanes in NC) was defeated by The Family in pool play by 18. At Bob Gibbons in North Carolina, the Houston WestSide All Stars advanced to the semifinals in a tough national tourney, making a strong showing.

The second day is complete from the Plano shootout. 8 teams are alive in the NBA championship division. We'll get to tomorrow's schedule at the end.

At 9 am this morning we caught the Top Achiever Eagles down the Texas Warriors 92-56. 2005 WG Terrel Harris of Richardson Lake Highlands led the way with 24 points and 10 rebounds. His high school teammate 2005 G/F Josh Carter added 18. 2005 F Luke Barr of Plano added 10 points. 2005 BF Richard Steptoe of Allen had 10 points and 6 rebounds. The Warriors were led by 2004 G Aaron Griffin who had 11.

Also this morning at nine the Texas Top Prospects 17's downed the Arlington Magic 62-59. The tops Prospects were led by 2005 F Justin Wilkerson of Greenville who had 15, and 2004 G Red White of Molina who added 12. The Arlington Magic were led by 2004 F Kellen Allen of Mansfield Summitt who had 21, and 2004 F Thomas Morgan of Fort Worth Eastern Hills who added 13.

We next caught the Texas Wolverines beat the Houston Shot Callers 70-61. The Wolverines were paced by 2005 WF Roderick Fleming of DeSoto who had 19 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and three assists. 2005 Dallas Carter guards Jonathan Latrer and Brandon Scott added 14 and 11 respectively. The Shot Callers were led by 2004 F Leon St. Rose of Houston Milby who had 13 points.

In the 11:40 games we caught a double dip. The Houston Hoops 16's hung on for a close win over the Dallas Hoops Elite 70-68. 2005 F Ashton Kelly of Kountze had a strong performance with 24 points and 4 rebounds. 2005 BF Fendi Onobun of Alief Taylor contributed 12 points and 9 rebounds, and 2005 PG David Devezin of Sugarland Clements added 4 points and dished out 10 assists. The Dallas Hoops were led by 2004 G/F Brian Dunn of Dallas Carter who had 26 points. 2005 G Michael Sturns of North Crowly added 10, and 2004 F Lakheythan Malone of Lancaster added 9.

In another 11:40 game the San Antonio Rohawks survived blowing an 18 points lead and hung on to down Team Fort Worth 78-76 in overtime. 2004 BF Patrick Britton of San Antonio Southwest was awesome for the Rohawks scoring 25 points and pulling down 18 rebounds. 2004 G Allen Leal of San Antonio Highlands added 17, and 2004 G Wendall Mulkey of East Central hit the game winner. For Team Fort Worth, 2004 G Thomas Cook of Ft. Worth South Hills had 16, and 2004 F Montrel McDonald of Ft. Worth OD Wyatt had 12.

At 1, Ft. Worth Dunbar was led by 2004 F Jeremis Smith's 27 in a 20 point win over the Killeen Future Stars. Also at 1, The Texas Top Prospects 17's hung on for a close win over TA Eagles 70-67. The Top Prospects were led by 2004 F Scott Weaver of Lewisville Hebron who had 18. Kenneth "Red" White added 12, and 2005 BF Kendrick Johnson of Morton had 5 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks. The Eagles were paced by 2005 WG Terrel Harris with 17 points and 8 rebounds; and 2004 WF Josh Carter's 16 points and 5 rebounds.

At 2:20, we caught a show. The Austin Dawgs downed the Houston Jr. Hardballers by 10. The show was delivered in a loss by 2004 WG Jarryd Knight of Cypress Community Christian. Knight banged home an amazing 7 threes on his way to 33 points, 23 of them in the first half. The Hardballers only had 6 or 7 guys this weekend and went winless, but Knight showed he is one of the elite players in 2004. The Austin Dawgs who overcame a two point halftime deficit were led by 2004 G Matt Braeuer of Belton who had 22, Dawgs 2005 PG AJ Abrams of Round Rock McNeil had 18.

The San Antonio Bulls powered by 2004 BF Trent Plaisted of San Antonio Clark beat the Houston Gold 75-39 in the 3:40 game.

In the first bracket play game, Ft. Worth Dunbar overtook the young TA Eagles 74-59. 2004 F Jeremis Smith was off the hook with 32 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Eagles were led by 2005 WG Terrel Harris of Lake Highlands who had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. At the same time the Dallas Dirty Dozen upset the Texas Top Prospects 17's.

In the next bracket game, the Austin Dawgs doubled up the Texas Wolverines 100-49. G Matt Braeuer had 21 and 2004 F Chuck Foster of Austin LBJ added 19. 2005 PG AJ Abrams added 10 to go with 5 assists. The Wolverines were without BF Bishop Wheatley and it showed as they were doubled up on the boards. 2005 G Claude Tolliver of Cedar Hill had 15, 2005 G Brandon Scott 10, and 2005 G Catrell Currie of Cedar Hill had 9 to pace the Wolverines.

In the last bracket play game, we caught the San Antonio Rohawks defeat the TUAC Warriors 62-60. 2004 BF Patrick Britton led the Rohawks with 18 points and 14 rebounds. 2004 BF Jason Grohman of New Braunfels Canyon added 15 points, and 2004 G Allan Leal added 13. TUAC was led by 2005 G Nicholas Chestnut of Cypress Ridge who had 21. BF Lendrick Washington of Spring battled foul trouble but had 6 points to go with 12 rebounds. In other action the San Antonio Bulls narrowly escaped the comeback effort of the Dallas Hoops Elite 86-84. Another outstanding effort was turned in by 2004's G/F Brian Dunn of Dallas Carter and G Michael Sturns of North Crowley for the Hoops Elite.

Tomorrow the Elite 8 will be

Dallas Dirty 12 v. DFW Hoopsters

Houston Hoops 16's v. Team Ft. Worth

Ft. Worth MLK Mash (Dunbar) v. Austin Dawgs

San Antonio Bulls v. San Antonio Rohawks

Day 1

Night one is complete from Plano. Every team played once tonight, there were games at 6:20, 7:40, and 9.

At 6:20 Top Achiever Eagles downed the Arlington Magic; Ft. Worth MLK Mash over North Texas Rice Owls.

At 7:40 we caught the Arkansas Wings down the Texas Wolverines 74- 57. The Wings broke open a five point halftime lead to cruise to the win. 6-8 BF Jeremy Parnell led the Wings with 19 points, G Myron Jackson had 19 as well, and F Mdesma McCoy had 18. The Texas Wolverines were paced by 2005 PG Brandon Scott of Dallas Carter who had 14. 2005 G Catrell Currie of Cedar Hill was held to 7. 2005 WF Roderick Fleming of DeSoto had 4 points, 10 rebound and 4 blocks.

Also at 7:40- DFW Hoopsters upset the Houston Jr. Hardballers 69-68. Austin Dawgs defeated Arlington Wildcats. North Texas Cowboys downed the Houston Shot Callers.

At 9, we caught the Houston Swoosh Blue defeat the DFW Magic 78-52. The Swoosh were led by 2006 G Harrison Smith of Houston Jones who tallied 18 points and 4 assists. 2006 PG OJ Avworo of Alief Elsik had 14 points and 4 assists, and 2006 G/F Lance Pevehouse of Clear Creek also added 14. The DFW Magic were led by 2006 BF Anthony Harris of Ft. Worth O.D. Wyatt who had 24 points.

In other 9 o'clock action. The Houston No Limit w/o Stephen Tyree (football) downed Dallas Dirty Dozen 16's 79-44. The Texas Top Prospects 2003 defeated the San Antonio Bulls 88-83. The Houston Hoops 16's won a forfeit.

Thanks and we'll be there tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. for a full day of hoops action.