by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Team Loaded VA knocked off Dream Vision in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite 8 against Brookwood Elite in the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas. After playing from behind 90 percent of the game against Dream Vision, Team Loaded VA 17U got on the board first with two…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Both teams entered the 2016 FIBA Americas gold medal game with undefeated records and for much of the first half it appeared Team Canada was on the verge of upsetting the top-seed USA 18U squad. The USA team and Norfolk (VA) native Matt Coleman eventually held on for a 99-84 victory…
Coming into the Adidas Uprising Summer Championship Sweet 16 game versus Dream Vision, Team Loaded VA 17U had four straight wins. Loaded had a slow start against Dream Vision and didn’t get their first field goal until 3 minutes into the game when Rasir Bolton scored a layup. Although as a team they shot 17.9…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 After losing in their debut game against D1 Minnesota in Las Vegas, Team Loaded 17U has bounced back with a championship on the brain. The second game in the Adidas Uprising Summer Championships, they slid past the Upward Stars in their first of two games on Thursday. The Stars scored first…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Team Loaded VA 17U faced off against D1 Minnesota in their Adidas Uprising Summer Championship debut. Loaded started off slow only shooting 38 percent from the field while D1 Minnesota shot just under 50 percent. “I think we came out pretty slow, that’s a bad habit we have as a team…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Monacan 2017 forward Megan Walker, ESPN’s Number 1 rated recruit, finished with 12 points and four assists, as the USA 18U Women’s team captured a gold medal in the 2016 FIBAS Americas Championships with a 109-62 win over Canada. The USA team took a three-point lead into the second quarter, before…
Tamara Brown, recruit757 Just a few weeks after school let out in Virginia, BWSL 17U girls traveled to São Paulo, Brazil. Xaria Wiggins and Junajah Somerville were two locals that had the opportunity to go overseas, both of which were traveling out of the country for the first time. Wiggins, a rising junior for three-time…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Portland Trail Blazers’ Ed Davis kicked off his free summer basketball camp at Lee Davis High School in Mechanicsville, VA. “It feels great this is my first camp in the city and the reason why I did it is I’m from this area and I grew up here. So I just…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 With its biggest star Lebron James fresh off his third NBA championship and practically entering the prime of his career, Nike announced the return of its prestigious “Nike Basketball Academy” which will host elite high school athletes and college players in Southern California from July 25-27. Nike will transform a local…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Its been a busy week for ODU basketball. The Lady Monarchs and head coach Karen Barefoot hosted a girls elite camp last Saturday. This week, the men will play host to high school athletes with the start of the Monarchs annual team camp beginning Friday. The camp will conclude on Sunday.…