Updates on Bradley's Class of 2019 recruits

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Antonio Thomas

https://twitter.com/Teamshabazz9/status/1105164152396546048

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Antonio Thomas
https://twitter.com/Teamshabazz9/sta...64152396546048

That is the kind of work ethic that is needed to win multiple Valley crowns.

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Here are the upcoming games for all the BU recruits...

JaMir Price - done for the season- except All-Star games

Rienk Mast - plays another EuroCup game against Oostende on Wednesday March 13- http://www.fiba.basketball/europecup...Filou-Oostende
...it will be televised Wednesday afternoon.at the above link - then their next league game is March 23

Ville Tahvanainen - plays March 17 - https://basketball.eurobasket.com/te...ki/6057?Page=2

Antonio Thomas - playing State quarterfinals Thursday at 11:30am - http://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20180203
Games will be televised but likely there will be a subscription fee - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/champion...tate/tennessee

Stephan Gabriel - playing at NTSI but these guys are terrible at promoting their team - nothing lists their schedule and their web site looks like it was designed in the '80s - https://www.nationaltopsports.com/pa...01-travel-team

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Ja'Mir Price invited to play in Pepsi Iowa-Illinois Senior All-Star Showcase at Augustana, held March 18.
He will also likely get invited to the IBCA All Star Game which is held later in June.

https://qconline.com/sports/high-school/basketball/major-college-recruits-headline-all-star-rosters/article_4c2ea4e0-bbe2-59e5-955d-c68b59342b88.html

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Antonio Thomas and Memphis East are playing their State quarterfinal game right now

After 1st quarter the score is
Memphis East 18 - Cleveland (TN) 9

Here's a nice crisp pass & an assist by Antonio - https://twitter.com/prepxtra/status/1106238018157981697

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Update
Halftime -- Memphis East is up 34-19

Memphis East Mustangs are resting their starters and still maintaining their lead with their reserves -
here's the final basket of the half - just as the halftime horn sounds...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1106241584734134276

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Antonio Thomas (#1) to James Wiseman (kind of off the rim) - https://twitter.com/PMacCoon/status/1106247065707913216
Memphis East up 40-24


update - Memphis East 56 - Cleveland 28 at end of 3rd quarter

Here's another nice highlight - Antonio Thomas with a drive and a basket - https://twitter.com/prepxtra/status/1106248155820109826

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Memphis East coasts into the semifinals with a 77-51 win over Cleveland
Starters rested a lot - James Wiseman had 20 pts/10 rebs but didn't play much after half..


Here's the stats -http://tssaasports.com/event/results.cfm?id=40963
Thomas had 2 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asst in just 17 minutes


Next game is Friday Mar. 15 at 2:45 PM and if they advance the Championship game will be
on Sat. Mar. 16 at 3:30 PM vs. the winner of Whitehaven vs. Bearden

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JaMir Price named AP Honorable Mention All-State - https://twitter.com/SteveTappa_DA/st...92044106993675
and IBCA All State 3rd Team - https://twitter.com/ibcacoaches/stat...47106049863682


Memphis East wins their semi-final game and advances
Memphis East 46 - Brentwood 42
Antonio Thomas had 6 pts, 6 assists
James Wiseman had 22 pts, 7 reb, 8 blocks

http://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20180203

Memphis East heads to the AAA (largest Class) Championship tomorrow at 3:30pm vs. Bearden (Knoxville)

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tough break for Antonio Thomas & Memphis East
they fall in the title game to Bearden 83-68

Antonio will probably play in some All Star games


Ville plays Sunday, JaMir plays in his All Star game Monday

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Rienk Mast and Donar Groningen played a non-league game in the EuroCup challenge yesterday vs. Leiden
and they lost 79-78 - LINK -- Here's the entire game streamed - LINK

Rienk Mast played very well & got a lot of mentions in the coverage
https://translate.google.com/transla...en&prev=search

Here's the box score
Rienk Mast had 9 pts, 7 reb, 1 asst in 19 minutes - remember - this is vs. the top pro players & pro teams in Europe

https://www.fibalivestats.com/u/NEBF/1097595/bs.html

...note that Leiden is one of the top teams in Europe - they are currently 21-2 in the league...



HBA-Marsky is playing right now.. (they are 7 hours ahead of us in the Central Time Zone)
They lead JBA (Jyväskylä Basketball Academy) 47-32 early in the 3rd quarter.
(JBA is 2 spots behind HBA-Marsky in the league standings)

https://www.fibalivestats.com/u/FIN/914474/

...Ville is 4-7, 11 pts, 4 rebs, 1 asst at this point
HBA-Marsky (Helsinki Basketball Academy) is all high schoolers 17-18 years old playing in the pro league.
Here's the roster of a couple of the teams just above them in the standings - LINK - LINK - LINK
note how all of their players are 23, 25, 29 and 33 years old - seasoned pros who have been playing pro ball for many years..
Hopefully this will translate to these guys being ready right away as freshmen next season!
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.update - mid-4th qtr - Ville now has 19 pts, 5 reb, 2 asst

Next week they begin their playoffs


Final update
Final score HBA-Marsky 94 - JBA 74
Ville Tahvanainen played 24 minutes (out of four 10-minute quarters), was 7-14, 19 pts, 6 reb, 2 asst, 1 steal
and they shot 51% as a team -

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in the Iowa-Illinois boys All Star game - (Quad-Cities area kids)
Iowa scores 6 points in the last 22 seconds to win 106-101 over Illinois
no stats available yet - JaMir Price was slated to play
Iowa's Carter Duwa was named MVP - he is an Augustana commit

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Stats for last night's Illinois-Iowa All Star game
- JaMir Price was one of his team's top scorers...
-Deonte Billups 17
-Aiden Shore 14
-Daveon Ellis 12
-JaMir Price 10


Ville Tahvanainen & HBA-Marsky begin their playoffs Thursday at 6:30pm (Helsinki time) which would be 11:30am Central
They start the #5 seed in their playoffs and face TorpanPojat in a 5-game series





Rienk Mast & Donar Groningen also play Thursday then Saturday - they still have 8 games left in their regular season

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HBA-Marsky get a huge win in their first playoff game
Final score 101-66
Ville & the other starters all played less than 20 min - Ville had 15 pts, 4 reb, 2 asst - LINK
They play again Saturday.

Donar Groningen wins 78-60 on Thursday - but no individual stats avail. yet
They also play again Saturday.


edit - UPDATE - stats show Rienk Mast played just 16 minutes and hit his only 3-point attempt for 3 pts

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Hey Tornado, it is early and I am sure a crap shoot but which of our new guys next year do you think brings the most to the table and have immediate impact? We can move this to another thread if you want to keep this as updates only. curious to hear your thoughts.