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EUCLID, Ohio — It could person been nan shoes, but Brunswick elder constituent defender Trey Drexler has done this excessively galore times.
Down early Sunday day astatine nan Scholastic Play By Play Classic, nan constituent defender put connected a scoring bonanza successful his Nike Buzz Lightyear shoes by scoring 36 points and starring nan Blue Devils past St. Vincent-St. Mary for a 55-49 triumph astatine Euclid High School’s Harold “Doc” Daugherty Gymnasium.
“Right earlier nan season, I bought 2 pairs,” he said of nan shoes, which person a operation of greenish and purple to lucifer nan Disney character. “They were connected sale, truthful I was like, ‘I want to effort them out.’”
They fresh good against St Vincent-St. Mary, the No. 4-ranked boys hoops squad successful nan cleveland.com Top 25. STVM scored nan first 11 points Sunday to return control. Just not for long.
Drexler, an IU Indianapolis recruit, rallied nan eighth-ranked Blue Devils (9-1) backmost wrong 3 points by nan extremity of nan first quarter. They took a five-point lead into halftime and committed only 1 turnover — which came successful nan last 20 seconds — successful nan 3rd 4th against an often inescapable pressing defense from nan Fighting Irish.
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“They’re going to move you complete and they’re going to rebound nan ball,” Brunswick coach Joe Mackey said. “They’re conscionable highly athletic. They’re agelong and they activity astatine it. When I saw them play this summertime astatine Midwest Live, they were relentless pinch their pressure.”
Yet Brunswick committed only 4 turnovers successful nan first half, past its 1 successful nan 3rd quarter. Mackey credited his constituent guard.
“People talk astir his expertise to score, his pull-up jumper, but I deliberation 1 of nan champion things astir Trey is that you can’t property him,” Mackey said. “He conscionable handles unit truthful easily, whether they bring 1 feline astatine him aliases 2 guys astatine him.”
Drexler scored 32 of Brunswick’s 44 points done 3 quarters. He besides clinched their triumph pinch 4 free throws aft STVM trim nan Blue Devils’ lead to 2 successful nan last minute.
DeCarlo Prince led nan Irish rally, scoring 18 points pinch 11 rebounds. Drexler was Brunswick’s only double-digit scorer, arsenic Sean Barnett added 8 points and 9 rebounds successful nan 3rd of 5 games played Sunday astatine Euclid.
Here is what other happened:
No. 1 Lutheran East 74, No. 12 Euclid 59: The Falcons withstood an early complaint from nan showcase hosts, who sewage a large slam dunk early from 6-foot-7 elder guardant Kye Owens and utilized their pressing defense against Northeast Ohio’s No. 1-ranked team.
Dylan Zeigler knocked down 5 3-pointers and scored 27 points arsenic portion of Lutheran East’s response. The Falcons took power by nan extremity of nan first quarter, arsenic freshman guardant Bryce Irby deed a buzzer-beating 3 successful beforehand of nan Euclid bench. Junior defender Ty Harrison picked up his play successful nan 2nd 4th and vanished pinch 12 points to thief nan Falcons (8-0) propulsion away.
Owens led Euclid (6-4) pinch 24 points and 7 rebounds. D.J. Jenkins, who played for Lutheran East past year, added 14 points.
Lutheran East played only six players for overmuch of nan game. Irby scored 10 points, arsenic did elder guardant Ocho Davis.
No. 5 Garfield Heights 80, Shaker Heights 48: South Carolina enlistee Marcus Johnson scored 26 points successful 3 quarters, and nan Bulldogs (6-4) cruised past their long-time rivals.
Dejuan Fuentes paced Shaker (1-6) pinch 15 points disconnected nan bench, while Jacire Eaddy had nine. Sophomore Dillon Vaden-Slaughter and Kingston Seals each added eight.
In summation to Johnson’s effort, which saw him scope 2,000 profession points successful nan 2nd quarter, Garfield Heights sewage 2 11-point nights from freshman defender Jayvontae Swift and inferior Antonio Jones. Senior guardant Zachariah Belcher added 10 points pinch 9 rebounds.
Glenville 67, No. 6 Hawken 62: Theo Castro’s putback while being fouled successful nan last 11.1 seconds of nan 4th fourth helped Glenville (3-4) clinch its rematch of past season’s Division IV authorities semifinals pinch Hawken successful nan day’s 2nd game.
Castro dished retired 8 assists to spur a rally aft nan Hawks, who mislaid to nan Tarblooders past twelvemonth successful Canton, opened nan 3rd 4th pinch a 16-point run.
Arvell Nelson scored a game-high 21 points Sunday, while Jahi Hobson added 14. Castro and Lorenzo Smith each scored 11 points. Greg Price paced Hawken pinch 16 points, while Da’Ron Hill had 15 points. Sophomore defender Ice Taylor and elder guardant Charlie Mallett each scored 12 points for Hawken (8-2).
Lutheran West 60, Rhodes 58: Down six points to commencement nan 4th quarter, nan Longhorns rallied to threat a three-game losing streak successful gritty style to Sunday’s opener of nan Play By Play Classic.
Aiden Monroe led Lutheran West (5-5) pinch 22 points, while Chase Kuszmaul added 14 points, including nan go-ahead handbasket disconnected an assistance by elder defender Jordan Custis.
Ultimately, Custis clinched Lutheran West’s triumph by hustling down an violative rebound connected a 2nd missed free propulsion by 1 of his teammates successful nan last seconds. Coach Jordan Duke called timeout while Custis had possession connected nan level pinch 0.1 seconds left.
Tristian Story led Rhodes (4-3) pinch 15 points and six rebounds, while Darnell Jones added 13 points and six boards. Point defender Jahavi Dye added 11 points and 5 assists, while Jeremyah Brown came disconnected nan chair to supply 8 rebounds.
Marquis Capers had 7 rebounds and 4 assists for nan Longhorns.
