Team Takeover wins first JamRockerz Basketball Classic
BALTIMORE, Maryland’s Team Takeover won the first-ever Jam
Rockerz Basketball Classic, at Montego Bay Community College at the weekend. They beat P.H.A.S.E.1 Academy Kingston 62-21 in the final on Sunday.
After three days of basketball the American team dominated the competition which featured players in the Under-17 and Under-19 age groups.
The championships game was one sided as tournament MVP Cole Riley scored 15 points to lead his team to a 41-point win over the Jamaican squad that was led by LeBron Lewison’s nine points.
Team Takeover opened up a huge lead from the first quarter, leading by 10 points at 17-7. They were up 35-13 at half-time and led 53-19 at the end of the third quarter, limiting the Kingston team to two fourth-quarter points.
P.H.A.S.E.1 International, a team comprising Jamaican players living in North America, beat Hardwood Kings of Brampton, Ontario 49-46, led by player of the game Dwain Cummings who had a double-double 21 points and 10 rebounds.
In the semi-finals that were also played on Sunday, Team Takeover rolled over Hardwood Kings 70-22 while P.H.A.S.E.1 Kingston got the better of Team International 32-21.
Liberty Fusire of Team Takeover was named Defensive Player of the Tournament, with Shawayne Edwards of P.H.A.S.E.1 Kingston getting the Sportsmanship award.
Six players were named on an all-tournament team. These were D’Aire Patterson of P.H.A.S.E.1 Montego Bay, Daniel Clarke of P.H.A.S.E.1 Trelawny, Elijah Deyon of Hardwood Kings, Cummings of P.H.A.S.E.1 International, Lewison of P.H.A.S.E.1 Kingston, and Doran Clausell of Team Takeover.
