The finish line was in sight for teams that made it to Monday’s play as the Semi’s and championship games went on at the Advantage Sports Complex for the GASO. The two main NBA Division Championship winners were Centex Lockdown as they defeated Lone Star Elite and Texas Impact 4:13 who beat Urban DFW.
Centex Lockdown vs Lone Star Elite
Lockdown got on a early run and secured a 5-8 point lead for most of the game until the middle of the second half, where they broke away with the game. 2018 Luke Hamilton continued to be a threat from the perimeter as he had 17 points and overall averaged 20 points on Monday. 2017 PF Dayante McClellan played strong inside and added 18 points in the championship game with a double double avg of 16 points, 11 rebounds on for the day. Lone Star Elite kept battling and made runs during the game that looked like they would take control, but ran out of gas in the second half and got out played. 2018 Addison Wallace had a solid performance with 12 points as he displayed the ability to finish in traffic and 2018 point guard LaQuan Butler got in double figures as well as he was aggressively looking to attack the zone.
Texas Impact 4:13 vs Urban DFW
This game had much anticipation, but got out of hand early as Texas Impact defeated Urban DFW 77 to 45. 2018 Xavier Bryant, stepped up in his matchup against 2018 Kennedy Milton and was able to get where he wanted on the floor and on defense, disrupted what Urban’s guards wanted to do. 2018 Jaylen Walker made a living on put backs from back-side rebounds as he had his strongest performance this weekend with 17 points to go with double digit rebounds. 2018 Kaden Archie contributed 15 points and although forced shots inside, got inside and had scoring spurts. 2018 forward Braden Bell produced 10 points, and Bell gave steady contributions all weekend for Urban on both ends of the floor.
Player Notables
Kevin McCullar, 2019 SG – YIIS: McCullar was the leading scorer for YIIS with 10 points in the semifinal game against Centex Lockdown as his aggressive play created opportunities for himself and his teammates.
Samuel Williamson, 2019 SG – Texas Impact 4:13: Williamson offensive production was very solid as he averaged 15 points on Monday. He scored in a variety of ways and competed on defense when matched up with Kaden Archie.
Jason Bush, 2018 CF – ProSkills Black: Bush played bigger than his 6’5 size in the paint and played tough inside against Texas Impact. He kept the play alive, scored inside and out which resulted in a near double-double
Nigel Jons, 2019 C – YGC36: It’s good to see when a big man has a game where it seems that he is starting to get it and that is the case for Nigel Jons performance against Lone Star Elite. His activity inside on both ends was a big boost for his YGC36 team although they fell short in overtime by two points.
Grant Sherfield, 2019 PG – YGC36: Sherfield continue to show his ability to score from the perimeter and seeing that he was fighting through some nagging pains, Sherfield still made big plays down the stretch and got his teammates involved in the offense.
Vincent Lee, 2018 PF – Lone Star Elite: Lee scored well on the block and was respected with double teams when he had the ball in the post. Against YGC36 he contributed 14 points in the win and was active on the glass.
Carson Hughes, 2018 SG – 3D Empire: Hughes was coming off screens and knocking down threes. He had 20 points against Urban DFW in the semifinals and gave headaches to whoever was guarding him as they had to chase him and go through several off-ball screens ran for Hughes.
Darrius Whittington, 2020 PG – Basketball Means More: Whittington is a player that our staff has been on for a year and his performance against Dallas Razorbacks was impressive as he defended and was efficient on offense. Whittington had five assists and got in positions to make a play.
Ronald Harelston, 2019 G – Houston Superstars: Got another chance to see Hareslton play and he has a chance to be really good once he fine tunes his game. An athletic guard that rebounded and played with intensity. Harelston will be a player we at Texasboysbasketball.com will continue to look at.