On Sunday (November 8), Binghamton Travel Basketball teams hosted the Tune-up Tournament for the Slim Sylvester Travel League. All three of our teams played games at the downtown YMCA, and all three of our teams learned quite a bit, heading into this Saturday’s league tournament at Johnson City’s K-8 facility.
I watched the Binghamton 4-5 game, as well as one of the Binghamton 5-6 Red team’s two games, so I have observations about those. Of course, I coached the Binghamton 5-6 Blue team, so I have notes from those games, too.
In the future, if Tim Doherty (Binghamton 4-5) and Nick Legos (5-6 Red) would like me to add notes to our site from their games, I’d be happy to.
Starting with the one game played by Binghamton 4-5: The boys lost 12-1 to Susquehanna Valley’s 5th-graders. Of course, many of these scores this weekend are less important than the experience for our players. But looking at the statistics for this game, Kyeem Holmes scored the point, going 1-for-2 from the foul line. Kyeem also collected 3 rebounds.
Other stats:
* Garret Alapeck: 5 rebounds
* Ben Irwin: 3 rebounds
* Casey Walsh: 2 rebounds
* Jordan Haven: 2 rebounds
* Patrick Goodman: 2 rebounds
* Roberto Diaz: 1 rebound
* Team: 1-for-4 from the foul line
The Binghamton 5-6 Red squad played two games Sunday. In the first game, they lost to Maine-Endwell 5th-graders 32-20.
The stats from that game:
* Yokobo Francis: 6 points, 3 rebounds
* Milton Jimenez: 6 points, 2 rebounds
* Tawqeer Aziz: 4 points, 1 rebound
* Jonah Chambers: 2 points, 6 rebounds
* Julien Munoz: 2 points, 4 rebounds
* Nathan Oliva: 2 rebounds
* James Cardwell: 1 rebound
* Team: 0-for-8 from the foul line
In the 5-6 Red team’s second game, they played Athens-5 and lost a close one, 16-13. While I don’t have stats for that game (5-6 Blue played at the same time), assistant coach Dane Burwell said the Red team vastly improved from the first to the second game, in a number of areas.
The Binghamton 5-6 Blue team won all three of its games, beating a sharp-shooting Athens-6 squad 45-27 to a start, following it with a 35-18 win over Johnson City-5, and then a physical 26-24 win over Johnson City-6.
Stats for the 45-27 win over Athens-6:
* Alex Vega: 17 points
* Nick Snyder: 14 points
* Nate Gaster: 6 points
* Andre Hawkins: 4 points
* Isiah Turner: 2 points
* Anar Doski: 2 points
* Team: 3-for-4 from the foul line
* More: While we didn’t keep rebounding stats for this game, Nick Snyder completely dominated underneath. I’d estimate he pulled down 12-15 rebounds, many on the offensive glass; Athens had no answer for Alex Vega, as he slashed his way to the basket several times for lay-ins; Andre Hawkins may have had as many as 10 assists (although we didn’t keep that stat either).
Stats for the 35-18 win over Johnson City-5:
* Alex Vega: 12 points
* Nate Gaster: 6 points, 3 rebounds
* Nick Snyder: 5 points, 5 rebounds
* Andre Hawkins: 4 points
* Isiah Turner: 4 points, 2 rebounds
* Anar Doski: 4 points
* Team: 7-for-14 from the foul line
* More: Daenon Davy, Roberto Jensen and Jahira Ramos played a significant amount of this game, each supplying excellent defense.
Stats for the 26-24 win over Johnson City-6:
* Andre Hawkins: 10 points
* Alex Vega: 10 points
* Isiah Turner: 6 points
* Team: 2-for-6 from the foul line
* More: This was an intense contest, in which JC had two front-line players taller than our tallest. Nick Snyder, while he didn’t score, kept busy by successfully boxing out JC’s biggest player (and best scoring threat) throughout, using his great strength and positioning to his advantage. Andre Hawkins began driving to the basket more in this game, connecting several times, and dishing a handful of fantastic inside assists to Isiah Turner, who was constantly around the basketball in this contest.
* Also: Daenon Davy’s hustling, intense defensive effort found him on the floor perhaps more than he was on his feet, as he was diving after loose basketballs, alongside Roberto Jensen, who made one excellent save as he threw his body out of bounds.
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