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Grassroots Canada Elite made a flurry of free throws in the second overtime to pull out an 88-79 victory over the Compton Magic in the Adidas Super 64 tournament championship Saturday in Las Vegas.
Compton had forced the first overtime after trailing by nine points with 6 minutes 38 seconds left in the second half.
--Ben Bolch
The Compton Magic and Grassroots Canada Elite are headed for double overtime in the Adidas Super 64 tournament championship game after Grassroots missed an open layup at the buzzer.
The Magic's Xavier Thames made two free throws with four seconds left in the second overtime to tie the score at 75-75. Compton had rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half.
--Ben Bolch
A three-pointer by Roberto Nelson with seven seconds remaining helped the Compton Magic complete a comeback from a nine-point deficit and force overtime with the score tied at 68-68 in the Adidas Super 64 tournament championship at Rancho High in Las Vegas.
The Magic had trailed, 53-44, with 6:38 remaining before closing regulation on a nice run. The teams now play a five-minute overtime period.
--Ben Bolch
In the Reebok Summer Championships in the Las Vegas area, Florida-based Team Breakdown defeated North Carolina-based D-One Sports, 81-64, in the title game of the open division.
In the A Division championship, Inland Empire-based ISAF beat Colorado Chaos 16's Blue, 75-57. In the B Division title game, Spirit Got Game toppled SM Eagles, 71-54. And in the high school division championship, the Orange Lutheran Lancers knocked off the Wisconsin Playground Warriors, 66-55.
--Ben Bolch
The Compton Magic leads Grassroots Canada Elite, 29-28, at halftime in the Adidas Super 64 tournament championship at Las Vegas Rancho High.
Both teams' names are somewhat misleading. The Magic's only player with Compton ties, Compton Centennial High guard Deonta Burton, had to return home because of family issues. Grassroots Canada's star player, Tristan Thompson, plays for a high school in New Jersey.
--Ben Bolch
It looks as if Jeremy Tyler will keep Ben Howland, Tim Floyd and probably about a dozen or so other college coaches hanging until at least this time next year.
The San Diego High junior forward declined to discuss which colleges he was seriously considering, saying, "I'm not even into that right now." Gary Franklin, who coaches Tyler's California Supreme club team, said both UCLA and USC were in the mix along with Arizona and Connecticut, among others.
Tyler did say that he would start narrowing his focus around this time next year.
"He's got a lot of offers and can kind of dictate anywhere he wants to go," Franklin said.
Franklin's son, Gary Jr., a junior guard at Santa Ana Mater Dei High who led all scorers with 21 points today during Supreme's 79-70 victory over Houston Hoops in the Main Event championship in Las Vegas, also has not picked a school. His father said he was considering Arizona, Utah, Baylor, San Diego State, California and Stanford.
--Ben Bolch
The Compton Magic looked as dead as downtown Las Vegas.
Trailing by 10 points early in the second half against the Atlanta Celtics and star forward Derrick Favors in an Adidas Super 64 tournament semifinal, the Magic cast some spell en route to a 96-87 victory.
There were big plays by Santa Barbara High guard Roberto Nelson, whose breakaway dunk gave the Magic a seven-point lead, and Corona Centennial guard Shannon Sharpe, who grabbed a key rebound after missing a free throw with just under a minute left.
The Magic plays Grassroots Canada Elite in the championship at 6:20 p.m. at Rancho High.
--Ben Bolch
Not sure what this says about the state of elite U.S. basketball, but Grassroots Canada Elite just spanked Pump 'N Run Elite, 79-55, in a semifinal of the Adidas Super 64 tournament.
Tyler Honeycutt (eight points) and Kendall Williams (six) both had substandard games for Pump 'N Run. Sacramento High's Chase Tapley had 19 points and Ontario Colony's Tyler Lamb had 13 in a losing effort.
There's a more positive development for the other remaining Southern California team in the tournament. The Compton Magic has rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit and now leads the Atlantic Celtics, 78-73, with 3:48 remaining.
--Ben Bolch
Arizona-bound catcher Perelini Koria of San Pedro became the first All-American in school history when EA Sports selected her first-team All-American. She's the state career leader in home runs with 45 and had 174 runs batted in.
-- Eric Sondheimer
Completing a stirring turnaround after losing its first two games of the Main Event under-17 platinum division, the California Supreme defeated Houston Hoops, 79-70, in the championship game.
Santa Ana Mater Dei High guard Gary Franklin Jr. scored 21 points to lead the Supreme. San Diego High star Jeremy Tyler came off the bench in both halves and scored 12 points. Coach Gary Franklin said Tyler came off the bench because of chemistry issues and because he didn't want the 6-foot-9 Tyler and 6-8 Chris Cunningham of Diamond Bar Diamond Ranch High on the floor at the same time.
Tyler was somewhat disappointing, though he showed flashes of his explosive athleticism on a couple of dunks. Not-so-tiny Keith "Tiny" Gallon, the 6-9 forward from Houston Hoops who looks to be pushing 300 pounds, scored 24 points.
In the Adidas Super 64 tournament, the Compton Magic and Pump N' Run Elite both trail their respective opponents by 10 points early in the second half.
--Ben Bolch
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