Richard Stockton College, New Jersey…….Some of the best highschool players in the country showed up down at Stockton College for the “Live At AC” Tournament! The event pitted some of the best AAU programs in the country such as the Playaz Basketball Club, Team Final, Team Takeover,Sports U, Philly Pride, Juice Crew to name a few plus Peach Jam runnerup CIA Bounce out of Canada! The only letdown to the event was the fact that 2014 #1 player Andrew Wiggins of Bounce did not attend! In the end Team Takeover came away with two “Chips” in the 17u Gold and 16u! Plus Team Final won the 15u and Juice Crew won the 17u Silver!

                                                                              17u  CHIP:      Team Takeover   63              Sports U   50

             Team Takeover used a balanced attack to beat Sports U in the final of the 17u Gold game! Josh Hart led the attack with 14 points, Lennard Freeman added 13 and 6’7  BeeJay Anya added 12 and dominated the post! Indiana recruit Stanford Robinson chipped in 8! Hallice Cooke led Sports U with 14, including 4 “triples”! Team Takeover reached the chip by defeating CIA Bounce while Sports U defeated the Playaz Basketball Club!

                                                                              16u CHIP:    Team Takeover 58          Expressions  Elite  51            

Dion Wiley scored 19 points, including 5 “triples” to lead Takeover to the 16u “chip”! Phil Booth added 11! Expressions has a future stud in 6’8 Abu Abdul-Malik who finished with 14 points and showed an abundance of talent! Damion Smith added 13!

                                                                                       15u Chip:  Team Final 46         Playaz  36

     Lemar Kimble scored 13 points, Levan Alston scored 11 and Trevaughn Wilkinson scored 8 and  was a huge factor on the boards as Team Final outlasted the Playaz 15u 46-36! Nick Brooks led the Playaz with 17 points!

 Playaz Results:      The Playaz 17 Gold team had a good tournament, reaching the semifinals before getting manhandled by Sports U after beating them earlier in the tournament! The 16u team also reached the semifinals before losing to Team Takeover, the eventual champs! As mentioned earlier, the Playaz 15u team lost in the “chip”! The Playaz 14u team also participated and won a few games in the 15u tournament!
                                                                                  

                                                                                                                

North Augusta, South Carolina…… The Playaz Gold 17u team went to the Peach Jam and as a squad had an up and down tournament! They started the tournament with a very bad lost to the Oakland Soldiers with Rivals #5 Aaron Gordon and #18 Jabari Bird! They then got it together with two impressive wins against Indy Speice and Team United! The turning point game was a 5 point loss to Team Final featuring Rivals #17 player Rondae Jefferson in which they led most of the contest and fell late! After that game, despite an opportunity to get out of Pool Play they lost to Boo Williams who feature Rivals #6 player Anthony(Cat) Barber and #41 player Troy Williams! While that knocked them out as the eventual champs were the Soldiers, who beat CIA Bounce out of Canada who were led by Rivals  2014 #1 player Andrew Wiggins and #20 player Tyler Ennis the Playaz had some individual strong performances. The problem was they couldn’t get them all to play well at the same time! On the grand scheme, Mike Young,Reggie Cameron and Shane Rector still showed flashes of their games which make College Coaches keep coming! Sophomore Isaiah Briscoe showed why the future is very bright for this young man, at times showing moments of brilliance! The player who probably helped himself the most down at the Peach Jam was point guard Kavon Stewart(pictured)! He showed the ability to run a team and was very good at getting to the basket and getting to the rim! The 16u team faired better in the Inaugural Nike Invitational Tournament! They reached the semifinals before losing to Washington DC’s Team Takeover! The 16’s got good performances from Rashard Figures, Jordan Forehand, Marques Townes,Tom Sweeny, Alex Thomas, Juwuan Carter and also Elijah Cain! The 17 silver team only got one win but Shackquiel Scott opened eyes with his athleticism and DeAndre Noble-Haywood also played well scoring the game winning basket on their only victory! The 15u didn’t fair well, losing all their games but all by close margins! Nick Brooks and Donovan Love played well despite the loss of highly regarded Nassir Barrino to injuries! The Playaz 17u Gold,17 Silver and 16u will now head to Atlantic City, New Jersey for the Live At A.C. Tournament beginning Wednesday July 25 to the 27th!

           After a long Eybl Nike campaign in which the Playaz Gold 17’s travelled to Minnesota, Virginia, Dallas and San Francisco they did enough to be one of 25 teams to compete at the Peach Jam in North Augusta, South Carolina July18- 22 to see who will be the Nike EYBL AAU Champion! The Playaz come in with a 12-8 record in a tournament that’s been very competitiveness! They are led by high major recruits Reggie Cameron(pictured), Mike Young along with high recruits Kavon Stewart, Neville Fincher,Shane Rector and A.J Sumblin not to mention young high major recruit Isaiah Briscoe! Playaz Director Jimmy Salmon who has had some elite squads over the years expects maximum effort from his team. They begin Thursday 9am against the highly rated Oakland Soldiers. The Playaz also have a 17 silver, 16u and a 15u competing in the area.