Summary of Sunday, June 21, 2009

SUPERIORCARS.COM 72, MCCLUSKEY CHEVROLET 69

Bubba Walther sank a 3-pointer with 1:40 remaining to break a 64-64 tie, and SuperiorCars.com held off McCluskey Chevrolet the rest of the way for a 72-69 win in the opening game of the Deveroes Summer League Sunday at Woodward High School.

Walther, who attended Ohio University, scored 18 points for SuperiorCars.com, making 5-of-10 3-pointers in the game.
UC junior Deonta Vaughn led SuperiorCars.com with 21 points. Vaughn had two threes and a pair of assists in the early going as SuperiorCars.com opened up a 20-7 lead to start the game.

McCluskey answered with a 20-6 run to take the lead, but Vaughn scored five of his 15first-half points in the final minute to put SuperiorCars.com back on top, 37-34, at the break.

Led by 28 points from Dennis Gagai, including 16 in the second half, McCluskey surged ahead, 59-53, before Dante Jackson concluded an 11-0 run with a dunk and a lay up to put SuperiorCars.com back on top, 64-59.

The final of Gagai’s eight 3-pointers tied the score at 64, but McCluskey was unable to comeback after Walther’s shot broke the tie.

XU sophomore Dante Jackson scored 17 points and had five steals for SuperiorCars.com, while Evan Yates pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds.
Scott Bibbins scored 15 points to finish second on McCluskey behind Gagai’s 28. Tony Rack and Corey Sorrell scored 11 points apiece for McCluskey, which made 15-of-31 (48.4-percent) of its 3-pointers.

The McCluskey team (0-1), primarily made up of Northern Kentucky University players, next plays in the final game Wednesday night against Camp’s Collision Center (1-0), scheduled to tip at 8:30. SuperiorCars.com (1-0) faces OHC (1-0) in the second game Wednesday, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


CAMP’S COLLISION CARE 74, CLOVERNOOK HEALTH CARE 61

Greg Howard came off the bench to score 10 points in the second half as Camp’s Collision Center knocked off Clovernook Health Care, 74-61.

Camps led just 29-27 at halftime, but Howard scored the first six points of the second half and Camps went on to outscore Clovernook, 45-34, after the break.
Bowling Green recruit Danny McElroy led Camps with 14 points, making 7-of-10 shots from the floor. Xavier sophomore Jamel McLean followed with 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting.

Camps made 31-of-60 shots as a team (51.7-percent)
Jason Miller paced Clovernook with 17 points and seven rebounds, connecting on three 3-pointers. Jerontate Hunter followed with 13 points, making all three treys he attempted in the game. Miller and Hunter combined to go 11-for-18 from the floor, but the rest of the Clovernook team made just 12-of-44 shots.

Camp’s (1-0) takes on McCluskey Chevrolet (0-1) in the final game Wednesday night. Clovernook (0-1) will take on S.I. Pool Care (0-0) in the first game, which tips off 6:30 Wednesday night at Woodward.

GAME DAY COMMUNICATIONS 73, JACKSON ALL-STARS 63

The UC tandem of Cashmere Wright and Armein Kirkland combined to lead Game Day Communications to a 73-63 win against Jackson All-Stars.

Wright, a freshman, finished with game highs of 24 points and five rebounds while Kirkland, who last played for the Bearcats in the 2005-06 season, recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Allan Ballard scored 11 points in the first half to help Jackson All-Stars to a 37-36 halftime lead, and his 3-pointer tied the score at 56 with just under four minutes remaining, but Game Day closed out the game on a 17-7 run.

Ballard was one of five Jackson All-Star players to reach double figures. Rodney Haddix led the team with 15 points, while Allen Payne had 12 and Carl Richburg and Orlando Williams 11 each. Payne also grabbed 10 boards to finish with a double-double.

Game Day Communications (1-0) takes Wednesday off before taking on John H. Flessa Law Office (0-1) in the third game Saturday, scheduled for 3 p.m. Jackson All-Stars’ next game is against Slats in the final game Saturday, immediately following the Game Day-John H. Flessa game.


OHC 70, JOHN H. FLESSA LAW OFFICE 60

OHC ran out to a 29-11 lead to start the game and never looked back in defeating John H. Flessa Law Office, 70-60.

Adrion Graves scored eight points during the opening run on his way to leading OHC with 20 points. Graves made 8-of-9 shots in the game, including 3-of-4 3-pointers, as OHC shot 50.9-percent (28-for-55) as a team.

Norman Plummer added 11 points for OHC, and C.J. Anderson contributed eight points and eight rebounds.

Deonta Byrd made three 3-pointers during a 16-5 run that enabled John H. Flessa to pull to within four points, 37-33, late in the first half, but John H. Flessa never got any closer.

Paul McMillan came up with seven points during a 14-2 that pulled John H. Flessa to within 59-54 with 4:40 remaining, but OHC came out of a timeout with six straight points to regain control of the game.

McMillan led all scorers with 25 points. Byrd added 12, and XU freshman Kenny Frease grabbed 15 rebounds.

OHC (1-0) will take on SuperiorCars.com (1-0) in the second game Wednesday night, scheduled for 7:30, in the only match up of two of Sunday’s winners. John H. Flessa Law Office (0-1) does not play again until approximately 3 p.m. Saturday against Game Day Communications (1-0).