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By Matthew De George

(Based on games reported to the Daily Times through Friday, Dec. 30; for questions or corrections, email mdegeorge@21st-centurymedia.com.)

Scoring average
(Minimum half of team games played)

DaQuan Granberry, Chichester 26.0
Tyler Norwood, Penncrest 24.6
Brandon Starr, Garnet Valley 22.7
Kenyon Cooper, Glen Mills 21.3
John Harrar, Strath Haven 21.3
Austin Laughlin, Garnet Valley 21.9
Jaye’Lyn Peebles, Cardinal O’Hara 18.8
Christian Ray, Haverford School 18.4
Conner Delaney, Episcopal Academy 18.2
Jamar Sudan, Chester 18.1

(click on this link for the complete list of stat leaders)

 

By Michael Bullock

Apparently, one setback this week was one too many for Jamar Sudan and his determined Chester Clippers teammates to digest.

So, imagine how dropping two games in two days may have felt.

Especially in your hometown.

As it turned out, Sudan & Co. never found out since they used some typically nasty Chester pressure and plenty of contributions from up and down the bench to turn back a determined Pennsbury side 56-48 in Game 5 of the Pete and Jameer Nelson Classic Friday night at Widener University’s Schwartz Center.

Sudan wound up pocketing 18 points, Jordan Camper chimed in with 14 and Michael Smith tacked on 10 — including four clutch freebies in crunch time — as Larry Yarbray’s Clippers (5-2) rebounded from their 53-50 loss to Abington one night earlier.

(click on this link for the full article)

 

Things haven’t gone quite well for Chester in the Jameer Nelson Classic recently. The Clippers had not won a game at the Swartz Center since they defeated Atlantic City in 2013.
Jordan Camper, Micahel “Man-Man” Smith and Jamar Sudan made sure that streak came to an abrupt end.
The trio combined for 42 points as the Clippers snapped a two-game losing streak and three-year drought in the Nelson Classic with a 56-48 victory over Pennsbury on head coach Larry Yarbray’s birthday.
Smith scored 10 and hit four straight free throws after the Falcons cut a double-digit deficit to 45-44 in the fourth quarter. Camper had 14 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots to earn MVP honors for Chester (5-2). Sudan led the Clippers with 18 points.

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By Jeff Griffith, Josh Verlin & Varun Kumar

For almost twelve hours Thursday afternoon, several local high school basketball teams and players showcased their talents as part of the first day of the Scholastic Play-by-Play Pete and Jameer Nelson Classic at Widener University.

Here are some standouts from Thursday’s action:

Izaiah Brockington (2017/Archbishop Ryan)
The NJIT commit played a two-way game, as he finished with 22 points and made several key defensive plays. On the offensive end, Brockington was able to consistently score from within the arc by either pulling up in the mid-range, or by driving to the basket. He also effectively utilized his size to finish through contact around the rim or to get some separation on his jump shots. He used his size well defensively too, fighting through defenders and getting his hands on passes. The senior was particularly great late in the game with his team trailing, as he led Ryan to a comeback victory. He had eight points in the final quarter, and also had a tremendous sequence with under three minutes to go when he scored on a long two, stole the subsequent inbounds pass and layed the ball up to bring Ryan to within three.

(click on this link for all the additional stand-out players)

 

By Andrew Robinson

 Robbie Heath and Rob Young knew it was coming.

They knew because their coach, Charles Grasty, told them it was coming. They knew because it always comes when the opponent is Chester. It certainly did come Thursday night at Widener, that patented late Clippers run that the program has done so many times.

Abington knew it was coming and they outlasted it, not by much, but enough to claim a 53-50 win over the Clippers in the nightcap of the first day of the Pete and Jameer Nelson Play-by-Play Classic.

“We were rushing a little bit,” Heath said. “Coach was telling us to slow it down and limit our mistakes. He told us they were going to make a run, and that was their run but we still came out with the W.”

Abington (7-2, 3-0 SOL National) led by 14 after three quarters, 47-33 and for the most part, was playing a really good offensive game. Just before halftime, the Clippers’ pressure defense had started to get to the Ghosts, speeding them up and getting them to take quick shots out of their offense.

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