United Brooklyn owns City Is Mine
NEW YORK, NY -The second annual City is Mine Classic took place on Friday at Terminal 23. The event hosted by NBA star Carmelo Anthony and Bernard Bowen pit four top New York travel teams against each other in a single game elimination event.
“We wanted to do something similar to the Golden Hoops tournament from back in the day,” said Bowen. After two hard fought semifinal games, the defending champion Milbank faced off against Sid Jones United Brooklyn in the chip. Paced by 22 points from Donald Flores ‘17 and Nick Richards ‘17, United Brooklyn coached by Andre Ambrose, took home a trophy and each player received a gold 'key to the city'necklace presented by Anthony after their 94-87 victory.
In the semifinals game, a stacked Milbank team with Sidney Wilson ‘17, Brandon Randolph ‘17, Keith Williams ’17 and Moses Brown ‘18 took on the Rens who touted talent including Khalid Moore ’18 and big man Kofi Cockburn ‘19. In the first of many one-on-one battles throughout the evening, Jose Alvarado ‘17 would go up against Isaiah Washington ‘17. While Alvarado won the battle, scoring a game high 33 points, Washington’s 22 point helped Milbank win the war. The slim 106-105 win would advance Milbank to the championship round.
Team Uptown took on United Brooklyn in the second semifinal, it was yet another barnburner. Again, the one-on-one battles took center stage but the outcome would again be the same. This time it was Napoleonic point guard Markquis Nowell ‘18 taking on the world which on Friday meant United Brooklyn. The junior led Team Uptown with 23 points and numerous assists but his herculean effort came up short as Louis King ‘17 and Richards netted 25 points and 19 points respectively. The 107-98 win advanced United Brooklyn to a champion game against Milbank.
The Battle Royale lived up to the hype as United Brooklyn sought to dethrone Milbank. As the spat between Flores and Washington took place, big men Richards and Brown also went at each other. The lead swayed back and forth but Milbank led by 5 points at the half as Washington laced United Brooklyn with alley-oops high flying Wilson. A late surge sparked by Flores and Richards eventually put Milbank on its heels and United Brooklyn team effort led them to victory. The dynamic duo secured the win but had the help an all-star cast that included Marcus McClary ‘17, Jamir Harris ‘17 and Deondre Bourne ’17.
