Day four of this year’s annual Reebok All-American Camp was highlighted by two exciting match-ups, as the nation’s top prospect in the 2009 class, Renardo Sidney, matched up with Baylor signee Quincy Acy. Rounding out the night’s action, the nation’s top two rated backcourts faced off with one another.
Sidney has been the camp’s top overall prospect this week, as he possesses a unique combination of tremendous size, strength and finesse. Sidney’s ability to run the floor, handle the basketball, shoot from the perimeter and pass the ball to the open man make him such an amazing talent. He also is a dominating low post presence and is capable of taking over games when he puts his mind to it.
Wednesday evening, Sidney put his mind to it as he dominated the talented Quincy Acy on the low block. While Acy has overpowered much of the camp’s competition this week, he had his hands full with Sidney who pushed right through him for low post baskets and outrebounded him on both ends of the floor. Sidney’s domination of Acy proved his worth as the nation’s top overall prospect, regardless of class.
In the final exciting match-up of the day, Florida’s super backcourt of 6-foot-3 senior Kenny Boynton and 6-foot-3 junior Brandon Knight faced off with Oregon’s talented duo of Abdul Gaddy and Avery Bradley. While the two backcourts had faced off in an earlier scrimmage in the week, everyone in attendance watch with delight as the nation’s two premier backcourts went at it.
While the game was a easy win for Boynton and Knight’s team, as the reserves from both teams would decide this one’s final score, the four prospects would each finish with similar numbers in the game. After speaking with many of the camp’s staff and players, the consensus was that Gaddy and Bradley got the best of the Florida duo in this one.
Gaddy would finish 15 points on the night, while Bradley contributed 11. Knight chipped in 15 points of his own, while Boynton scored 10 after a strong defensive effort from Bradley.
The two backcourts will match-up again later this month in this year’s Reebok Summer Championships, so stay tuned for another dynamic showdown very soon.
News & Notes:
6-foot-7 senior Givon Crump of Brewster Academy was much of the talk on day four of the camp, as the sharp-shooting forward put on a shooting exhibition on the day, scoring 18 points in his second game of the day, and then following that up with a 21 point effort in his third effort on the evening.
As a result of Crump’s play Wednesday, m any schools have now entered the picture for the talented shooter. UCLA Head Coach Ben Howland extended an offer to Crump Wednesday, while Marquette, Florida, West Virginia, Michigan, Rutgers and Oregon State have all each stepped up their pursuit of the senior wing as well . . .
6-foot-2, 185-pound junior point guard Pe’Shon Howard is as talented a point guard as there is in America’s 2010 class. The talented junior prospect advised us that his list of schools currently include Temple, Maryland, Cal and Xavier. He said that he is still wide open in his recruitment and that he is in no rush to make a decision . . .
6-foot-10, 235-pound senior center Aaric Murray advised us that his list of schools includes West Virginia, LaSalle, Villanova, St. Joes and Marquette. He also told us that he recently scored a 19 on his ACT college entrance examination . . .
6-foot-5, 185-pound senior forward Tyler Haws of Utah told us that his list of schools includes BYU, Utah, Cal, Stanford, Davidson and Harvard. Haws said that he currently has a 3.9 CUM GPA and that his hobbies include collecting basketball cards . . .
Sterling Gibbs, a 5-foot-10 sophomore point guard from New York told us that he is already hearing from Maryland, Florida, Seton Hall and Rutgers. He has a 2.5 CUM GPA and also likes to play football as well . . .
6-foot-8 senior Raphiael Putney of Virginia advised us that his current list of schools currently includes Boston University, Mount St. Mary’s, James Madison, George Mason, Howard and Hampton. Wednesday, Putney receieved an official scholarship offer from Fresno State as well. Putney told us that he is in no rush to make a decision, and that he would decide when he finds the right fit for himself. Putney told us he has a 3.3 GPA . . .
Tournament Organizer & Reebok Grassroots Director Chris Rivers officially earned his first win as a coach in the annual camp, as he stepped in as an assistant coach of the team Rajon Rondo on Wednesday. Rivers helped lead the team to a 86-64 win over the Headliner All-Stars in the 7PM game.
Fresh off a tournament win in this year’s End of the Oregon Trail Basketball Tournament, where Rivers coached Team Reebok USA to a tournament championship, Rivers is on a roll as a coach, and has done an even much better job this week organizing one of the best shoe camps in recent memory.
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