Gami 68, Wilson 60
I wouldn't say it was the prettiest game.
In fact, I would say I'm 0-for-3 on pretty games so far this season, still waiting for lightning to strike. It's hard not to be stunned by how big Gami is. Wilson took quite a while to adjust, and the six blocks the Braves got credit for in the final box score certainly seems like an understatement. I don't have anything bad to say about the Braves, other than the lack of a cold-blooded point guard, which they could have used in the second half when Wilson was throwing its full-court blitz at them. Going forward, Gami will be a force as long as the big girls can avoid foul trouble. There's so many of them -- Rosario, Mostafa, Booker, etc. -- that they should be able to spread the fouls around a bit. Wilson's whole strategy was to run at the bigs, so I think Gami will benefit by seeing just what that looks like.
De'ree Fooks is a big-time player, looking more and more like Maudess at her best every day. Fulton was perhaps a little smoother, a little more under control, but Fooks' upside based on he physical gifts is much higher. I feel like she can be a major-conference college player if she builds on the sort of game she showed in the second half today. She ended up with 22 points, seven boards and seven steals, the best individual performance of the game.
OC's new school building was nice, and I loved the fact that they left the archway of the old building standing across the street, even though all it leads to now is a parking lot. The lasagna in the hospitality room was awesome, and the event was pretty well-run, as far as I could tell. The game before Gami-Wilson -- Haddonfield-AC boys -- was a classic, with Zoubek dropping 30 on a plucky and quick but undersized Vikings team. I can't help rooting for the Haddons after covering starters Joey Malcarney and Dennis Sobolewski in the boys' soccer season. The only thing I wondered about was the size of the gym. I figured they might build it a little bigger, but since I don't pay taxes in Ocean City or Somers Point or Upper Township, I don't have much of a say.
There were a lot of people from all over the SJ area there, though I'm surprised I didn't see some key people from the northern part of the state. The announces attendance for the Haddonfield-AC game was a capacity 1,050, and I'd bet more folks came from more than 20 miles away than from less. Also, most of the vehicles parked on the street and many of those in the parking lots were humungous SUVs. This is all by way of wondering how much gas money was spent getting to and from OC this weekend. Add to that a speeding ticket CH East coach Key Keyack got on the bridge to the island and the total is probably in the tens of thousands of dollars. God bless the UAE... I mean the USA.
Anyway, here's a link to the Cherokee-Sterling game story from today's C-P:
http://courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051218/VARSITY/512180366/1020
Check out today's game story in tomorrow morning's paper, which will also include the first girls' basketball Monday column, this time on Clearview in the wake of its shining moment Friday night.
Moving right along, I'll be at Bishop Eustace-Holy Cross tomorrow, and Cumberland-Deptford the day after that, unless something changes. Wednesday is a day off and then it's Sterling-Heights and Christmas weekend. Ought to be fun.
In fact, I would say I'm 0-for-3 on pretty games so far this season, still waiting for lightning to strike. It's hard not to be stunned by how big Gami is. Wilson took quite a while to adjust, and the six blocks the Braves got credit for in the final box score certainly seems like an understatement. I don't have anything bad to say about the Braves, other than the lack of a cold-blooded point guard, which they could have used in the second half when Wilson was throwing its full-court blitz at them. Going forward, Gami will be a force as long as the big girls can avoid foul trouble. There's so many of them -- Rosario, Mostafa, Booker, etc. -- that they should be able to spread the fouls around a bit. Wilson's whole strategy was to run at the bigs, so I think Gami will benefit by seeing just what that looks like.
De'ree Fooks is a big-time player, looking more and more like Maudess at her best every day. Fulton was perhaps a little smoother, a little more under control, but Fooks' upside based on he physical gifts is much higher. I feel like she can be a major-conference college player if she builds on the sort of game she showed in the second half today. She ended up with 22 points, seven boards and seven steals, the best individual performance of the game.
OC's new school building was nice, and I loved the fact that they left the archway of the old building standing across the street, even though all it leads to now is a parking lot. The lasagna in the hospitality room was awesome, and the event was pretty well-run, as far as I could tell. The game before Gami-Wilson -- Haddonfield-AC boys -- was a classic, with Zoubek dropping 30 on a plucky and quick but undersized Vikings team. I can't help rooting for the Haddons after covering starters Joey Malcarney and Dennis Sobolewski in the boys' soccer season. The only thing I wondered about was the size of the gym. I figured they might build it a little bigger, but since I don't pay taxes in Ocean City or Somers Point or Upper Township, I don't have much of a say.
There were a lot of people from all over the SJ area there, though I'm surprised I didn't see some key people from the northern part of the state. The announces attendance for the Haddonfield-AC game was a capacity 1,050, and I'd bet more folks came from more than 20 miles away than from less. Also, most of the vehicles parked on the street and many of those in the parking lots were humungous SUVs. This is all by way of wondering how much gas money was spent getting to and from OC this weekend. Add to that a speeding ticket CH East coach Key Keyack got on the bridge to the island and the total is probably in the tens of thousands of dollars. God bless the UAE... I mean the USA.
Anyway, here's a link to the Cherokee-Sterling game story from today's C-P:
http://courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051218/VARSITY/512180366/1020
Check out today's game story in tomorrow morning's paper, which will also include the first girls' basketball Monday column, this time on Clearview in the wake of its shining moment Friday night.
Moving right along, I'll be at Bishop Eustace-Holy Cross tomorrow, and Cumberland-Deptford the day after that, unless something changes. Wednesday is a day off and then it's Sterling-Heights and Christmas weekend. Ought to be fun.
posted by SMc. @ 8:43 PM
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