Watch Nightrydas Elite (79) vs. Elfrid Payton Elite (77)
There were tons of games over three days in this past weekend’s Icebreaker HoopFest but Sunday’s 16U championship may have been the best. The Louisiana Nightrydas were down close to double digits with about five minutes left but erased the deficit to win 79-77 in double-overtime at Carver High School in New Orleans.
2019 G Tory Cargo put on a show connecting on a handful of 3-pointers including one with 1.0 second left that tied the score at 72 at the end of regulation and another that tied it at 77 in overtime. The 6-foot-5 guard wasn’t done yet, though, and connected on a floater on the first possession of double-overtime to give the second-year Nightrydas program the win over Adidas New Orleans Elite.
Landry-Walker 2019 G Ramon McGrew, Martin Luther King 2019 PG Markie Swearington and Sophie B. Wright F Damiree Burns also stood out for Nightrydas while De La Salle 2019 G Rodney Munson, West Jefferson 2019 G Tony White and Sophie B. Wright 2019 G Greg Hammond were among the top players for EPE.
Check out the highlights of the game below and click here to watch the 17U championship between the New Orleans Wolves and New Orleans Elite: