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From the “Battle @ The Villages” holiday tournament in Florida.

 

Owlets in the nest tonight, so I’ve got one wing clipped.

 

Used up a lot of bandwidth last night. Many hoops savvy BGP members, some of whom may be at the game. Would love to have some of them share insight tonight.

 

Updated scores and bracket for Battle @ The Villages - Battle@TheVillages (@BattleVillages) on Twitter

 

The NFHS Network link for this game -

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Leesburg HS, Leesburg, FL (#21 FL - USA TODAY / #11 FL - MaxPreps)

 

The defending Florida 6A Champions enter the game with an 8-1 record and return three key starters: Keon Ellis (Gardner-Webb signee), Cordrayius Graham and Lance Erving.

 

Buddy Collings of the Orlando Sentinel describes Coach Sean Campbell’s teams as playing “up-tempo with tenacious defense.”

 

1 GRAHAM, Cordrayius 6-0 SR

2 ERVING, Lance 6-1 JR

3 HEFLIN, Calvin 5-10 SR

4 ELLIS, Keon 6-5 SR

5 MANUAL, Leonard 6-5 SO

10 NICKERSON, Akiem 6-1 SO

11 PATTERSON, Decorian 6-1 SR

15 ROBINSON, Justice 6-2 FR

20 NETTLES, Dmani- 5-11 SO

23 McCLOUD, Jyre 6-4 SO

24 BENTON, Deshawn 6-5 JR

Covington Catholic (#4 KY - USA Today / #3 KY - MaxPreps)

 

1 CJ Fredrick G 6-4 180 SR

4 Luke Thelen G 5-11 155 SR

5 TJ Deere F 6-4 170 JR

11 Tyler Fleek C 6-4 190 JR

12 Michael Collins F 6-3 180 SR

20 Jack Davin F 6-5 185 JR

21 AJ Mayer F 6-3 205 SR

22 Aiden Ruthsatz G 5-10 160 SR

23 Casey Nowak G 6-0 165 SR

24 Michael Mayer F 6-5 210 SO

30 Nick Thelen F 6-8 190 JR

40 Adam Fortner F 6-4 180 JR

44 Jake Walter C 7-1 260 SR

Winner of this game will meet The Villages Charter School, who defeated Pickerington Central (OH) 58-50, in tonight's opener.

3-0 CCH 5:08 ist.

 

Walter block and a foul.

 

Leesburg 1/2 FT. 3-1

Nick Thelen at the line.

 

6-1 CCH.

Ruthsatz sinks both FT. 8-3 2:40 1st.

Fredrick drives and scores, 10-6.

Ellis sinks 2 FTs, 10-8.

Fredrick misses a trey at the horn.

 

10-8 CCH, end of 1st Q.

Nice inside pass - Walter to Thelen who lays it in, & 1. 15-10

Ellis of "L" drains a 3. 15-13.

Nice inside pass - Walter to Thelen who lays it in, & 1. 15-10

WALTER is good passer from what little I've seen of him.

Erving makes both FT 15-15.

Fredrick drives for 2. 17-15 2:00 in 2nd.