NEW YORK WINS BOTH GAMES OF DIXON MEMORIAL CLASSIC!

Gauchos Gym, Bronx, N.Y… The Sharette Dixon Memorial Classic pitted the top players from New York against the top from New Jersey! Unfortunately the Jersey team didn’t bring all their horses and as a result New York won both the Sophomore game and the Upperclassmen game convincingly!

 

 

 

UPPER CLASSMEN GAME

 

NEW YORK 113 NEW JERSEY 89

 

A Lincoln player was the MVP of the Upperclassmen game and his name was not Isaiah Whitehead! Desi Rodriguez (top right)scored 14 points to garner the award as New York blewout New Jersey 113-89! New York had balanced scoring as 7 players were in double figures! Chieck Diallo had 15 points,Whitehead and Mike Williams(Rutgers) 14 points, Terry Larrier(VCU) 13 points and Nathan Ekwu and Matt Ryan had 10 points each! Jersey came less than 100 as Isaiah Briscoe, Nassir Barrino and Moustapha Diagne did not play! Vanderbilt commit Wade Baldwin(right) showed up though as he led all scorers with 32 points and also was the recipient of the Dixon Academic Award! Boston University commit Cheddi Mosley finished with 10 points! Whitehead and Ryan were the New York Academic Award winner!

 

 

 

 

SOPHOMORE GAME

 

NEW YORK 116 NEW JERSEY 103

Omari Spellman(right) scored 21 points and was voted MVP to lead New York to a 116-103 win! This game was tighter than the Upperclassmen game but the play of Spellman, “high flying” Unique McClean and Devonte Green proved too much! McClean finished with 18 points, while Green finished with 18 points! Bryce Aikens and Temple Gibbs were the main scorers for New Jersey who played without the services of Sophomore sensation Tyus Battle! Aikens finished with 20 points and Gibbs scored 18 points! Najaa Hunter also scored 18, Asante Gist scored 14 points and Myles Powell scored 11 for New Jersey! Aikens was also the Dixon Academic Award winner along with Najaa Hunter(left)! Ty Jerome was New York Academic recipient!