2020 Hardwood Classic: Championship Sunday review
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KANSAS CITY — Team Buddy Buckets’ 16-and-under squad took a pair of losses to the chin Sunday afternoon to complete a 2-3 weekend in the border city, while its senior squad finished 5-0 with a pair of wins. Gordon stars…
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Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY — Team Buddy Buckets’ 16-and-under squad took a pair of losses to the chin Sunday afternoon to complete a 2-3 weekend in the border city, while its senior squad finished 5-0 with a pair of wins.
Gordon stars while front-court struggles
A depleted interior left Jamel Graves Jamel Graves 6'6" | SF Lawton Eisenhower | 2022 State OK battling with numerous paint-scorers from both Martin Bros. and 810 Varsity Hoops. Elijah James Elijah James 6'0" | CG Putnam City West | 2022 OK , Will Cain Will Cain 6'6" | F Edmond Memorial | 2022 OK and Tanner Morris Tanner Morris 6'1" | SG Shawnee | 2022 State OK each helped in the absences of Michal Wooldridge Michal Wooldridge 6'8" | C Bethany | 2022 State OK and Tylor McCarthey Tylor McCarthey 6'5" | C Tuttle | 2022 OK , who left Saturday afternoon with a concussion.
Corey Gordon Corey Gordon 6'3" | SF Putnam City West | 2022 State OK , however was one bright spot Sunday afternoon playing on-and-off-ball for the 16U team.
The athletic, 6-foot-3-inch wing-forward drove to the rim almost at will and collected enough points to keep TBB within some striking distance in both matchups.
Gabe Seat Gabe Seat 5'11" | PG Edmond Memorial | 2022 State OK , meanwhile, also starred in his role as an aggressive bomber from deep, contributing to TBB capturing leads at multiple points of the day.
Graves, though struggling at times with the tasks of opposing forwards, played an important role on offense for TBB as he bullied defenders to the rack.
Pedulla, Franklin & Co. push 19-point swing
Buddy Buckets trailed by as many as 10 in the early second half to YOBO, a team with likely two or more prospects who will play D-I basketball.
Early, it was the play of Sean Franklin Sean Franklin 6'4" | SF Choctaw | 2021 State OK and Sean Pedulla Sean Pedulla 6'1" | PG Edmond Memorial | 2021 State #81 Nation OK that kept TBB in the match; they combined for 26 in the first half, and a pair of near back-to-back 3-pointers from Franklin late in the first half paced TBB.
In the second half, the 17-and-under sparked a 19-point run that included two Matthew Stone Matthew Stone 6'4" | SF Kingfisher | 2021 State OK triples, two more from James Locke James Locke 6'3" | SG Carl Albert | 2021 State OK and one from a foot past the NBA arch for JV Seat JV Seat 6'3" | SF Edmond Memorial | 2022 State #250 Nation OK .
After that, TBB refused to slow down; Pedulla finished with 33 points while Franklin trailed with 16.
Locke converted on four 3-pointers to finish with 12. Stone and Seat had 10 each.