By Wayne G. Brumm
SYF Nike Coach
ORLANDO ���?? The SYF Players, who were upset in the first round of the AAU Nationals, have bounced back to win four in a row and now are on a collision course to face No. 1-seeded Boo Williams for eighth place Aug. 1.
The Players evened their record at 1-1 by beating the Augusta Skillz behind Greg Hill’s 18 points, E’Twaun Mooreâ�?��?�s 14, and 12 apiece from the trio of Jamil Tucker, Evan Schmidt, and Gary McGhee. The Players then beat the Tallahassee Wildcats, 72-57, as Moore scored 20, Hill had 11, and Robbie Hummel chipped in with a solid nine.
SYF next conquered Cincinnati AAU by five points to move to 3-1. Ty Appleton and Moore both led with 13 points each, while Hill added seven off the bench. On July 31, the Players downed the North Channel Cyclones, 80-74, to reach the eighth-place game behind the efforts of Tucker (15), McGhee (13), and Appleton and Schmidt (10 each).
The showdown with Boo Williams, the team that SYF lost to in the finals of the Peach Jam, will be between Nike’s top two travel teams. It was ironic that both the Players and Boo Williams lost in the first round, providing the AAU Nationals with arguably the top two teams playing for eighth place.
Processing your request, Please wait....
