Playaz 15’s Capture Tune Up Tournament!

Paterson……. The Playaz 15u basketball team(pictured below) beat a game New Heights(N.Y.C.) team 79-72 to win the Tuneup A.A.U. Tournament ” CHIP’. The Playaz got a huge game from 6’4 Shacore Edwards who lit Heights up for 35 points in the contest. Edwards offset the hot shooting of New Heights 6’1 guard Isaiah Lewis who rang up 31 points himself. Edwards(pictured),who was named M.V.P. of the tournament got it done inside and out. The Playaz reached the chip by defeating Team Philly of Philadelphia 74-66 behind balanced scoring led by 6’6 swingman Reggie Cameron’s 21 points, Josh Marquez 16 and 11 apiece from Gino Thorpe and Edwards and got strong guard play from 5’10 point Kavon Stewart.. Dominick Reid led Philly with 21 points and Hanif Sutton added 12. Heights reached the finals by beating the New Jersey Pirates 57-53 as 6’7 power forward Jordan Washington scored 14 points to lead Heights. Raekwon Kelly led the Pirates with 14. Lewis won the Sportsmanship Award while Washington, Marquez, Stewart and Shamiek Sheppard all made the All tournament team. The addition of Thorpe and 6’8 “big” Mike Young has made the Playaz 15 team even more imposing. The Playaz 16u team played respectable throughout the weekend, losing to the eventual champs,The Gauchos of N.Y.C. the 16’s showed signs behind the play of  Dallas Englin, Davon Jacobs, Grant Ellis, Zaire Williams and newcomer Tyreke Carey. The Playaz program will take their show on the road, traveling to Los Angeles, California Memorial Day Weekend as the 17u team will join the other squads to the west coast.