Tru-Ballaz Pre-HS Classic Monday
BRONX, NY - The Tru-Ballaz Pre-HS Classic is another of the top tournaments that gives a glimpse at what the upcoming NYC high school season will look like.
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On Monday, NYCHoops.net was at Frederic Douglass Academy III to check out the action as four public schools faced off.
Wings Academy runs over W.H.E.E.L.S., 71-67
Foday Sankaray and point guard Desure Buie powered Wings Academy in the first quarter giving them a 23-17 first quarter lead. 6'7" Tyshawn Myles cut that lead to 4pts with a nice spin move in the post and with 5:04, Emile Lewis hit a jumper which pulled W.H.E.E.L.S. to within one.
W.H.E.E.L.S. turnovers would put Wings back in the driver's seat by 5 but they would fight back once again. With 2:18, a putback by Lewis tied the game at 30. A steal by Eulogio Medina and a defensive stand by Myles and W.H.E.E.L.S. was in front.
Wings would regain the lead with 1:10 and with 5.8 seconds left in the half, Buie would extend that lead to 36-33. Wings hope to take a three point lead and the momentum into the locker room but a buzzer beater by Myles would leave W.H.E.E.L.S. only down 36-35 at the midway point.
The lead changed hands as Myles began to do damage inside. 4:07 remaining in the third and W.H.E.E.L.S. was ahead 46-41.
Wings Academy was losing the war on the boards and Myles presence inside began to relegate them to perimeter shot attempts.
After a timeout, Wings made a run, closing the gap to 1 with under a minute but W.H.E.E.L.S. held serve and led by one to start the fourth quarter.
Eddy Polanco drained a trey and with 6:28, W.H.E.E.L.S. was up 4. Buie countered with a 3-ball and with 5:06, Randy Corporan put Wings back in front with a matching trifecta.
Down 58-57, Lewis scored in transition putting W.H.E.E.L.S. back up. The lead changed and with 3:42 the game was knotted at 62.
Wings changed their tactic and started to gain momentum and with 2:51 led 65-62 as big man Ray Pender became aggressive on the boards.
Down 5 with under a minute, W.H.E.E.L.S. blinked, became rushed and firing and missing from the arc.. Wings would hold in to win by 4.
Sankaray led Wings Academy with a game high 25 points. Buie added 15 points. Myles led W.H.E.E.L.S. with 21 points. Polanco contributed 17
Thurgood Marshall Swarms Eagle Academy, 58-35
Thurgood Marshall Academy led quickly but Eagle Academy attacked the glass from the tip off and Shane Neal put them ahead 4-2 early. TMA stayed composed and regained their lead w/4:30.
TMA's Daquan Washington continuously applied pressure with 16 first half points and with 1:59 left in the half, Eagle had dug themselves a 25-12 hole.
Down 27-19 at the half, Eagle made a run in the third and Neal cuts TMAs lead to 4 points but a 6-0 TMA run increased their advantage to 10 at the 2:30 mark of the quarter.
TMA leads 37-29 to begin the fourth quarter but steals allowed them to increase that lead to 17 points with 2:03 left to play. Thurgood Marshall did not let up en route to a 22 point victory.
Washington led Thurgood Marshall Academy with 23 points with Leon White adding 18 points. Neal was the high man for Eagle Academy with 9 points.
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