Updates on Bradley's Class of 2019 recruits

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Jamir Price had another good game when it mattered..
In the semifinal of the large school bracket in Bloomington (State Farm Classic) Jamir had 13 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asst
to help Rock Island advance to the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
They play Chicago Kenwood (#1 seed) in the final Championship game at 8:45pm Saturday

Here's a nice story on how Antonio Thomas was the hero of Friday's Memphis East victory- https://www.chick-fil-aclassic.com/n...le/show/980543

Memphis East & Antonio Thomas play Saturday vs. The Rock School (FL) at 2:00 p.m. - https://www.chick-fil-aclassic.com/home
The game will be streamed but you have to register - https://www.flohoops.com/live/5389-2...SAAEgK3wPD_BwE
Box scores here - https://www.chick-fil-aclassic.com/2018boxscores

Stephan Gabriel & Veritas play Saturday at 5:45pm vs. Virginia Academy
The game should be streamed live here - but you may need to be logged on to Facebook to view - https://www.facebook.com/NFHSNetworkHoops/

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Antonio Thomas blocking a 6-8 kid right under the hoop - LINK
Memphis East playing Rock Prep right now....

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MEMPHIS EAST pulls out a 59-58 win over The Rock Prep - taking 3rd in the prestigious Chick-fil-A Classic

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Veritas is clobbering Virginia Academy - leading by 17 with 3 minutes to go -
Gabriel was the team scoring leader at the half with 9 but Molinar now has 27
they will be the unofficial, undefeated winner of the Chick-fil-A Classic

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Veritas wins 77-67
Stephan Gabriel with 8-14, 23 points, 5 rebs, 3 steals
Molinar had 33

Gabriel reminds me of Theron Wilson with a slightly bigger upper body - decent 3-point shooter (he was 2-5 today)
and a very good rebounder but likes to play away from the basket...handles the ball fairly well and plays backup PG

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Amazing championship game at the State Farm Classic...
neck & neck all the way then a steal in the final minute by Rock island and they go up 58-55...but in the final 27 seconds Kenwood scored twice to tie and send to OT

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Final!!
Rock Island wins the Championship of the State Farm Classic with a 71-67 OT victory over Kenwood

JaMir Price with a game-high 21 points
BU recruit Seryee Lewis had 20 points, 6 rebounds for Kenwood

...amazing how all of our guys are playing at the highest level and excelling!!

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JaMir Price made the State Farm Classic All Tournament Team

https://twitter.com/sfclassic/status/1079247292350251014

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Update IMO on Stephan Gabriel

I watched the entire video of Stephans & Veritas Preps last game....Here's what I saw:
Stephan was not impressive...Perhaps he just had a bad game but he was not much of a factor at all. He had problems hanging onto the ball and his overall athleticism was disappointing. I hope I am wrong but seeing is believing.
Wizard

[Da Coach]

I have watched several videos of his prep games, both at Hillcrest and Veritas. Let's just say we don't agree on this. This is purely my opinion, so I could be wrong. But I have talked to an individual on our coaching staff who agrees with me on this.

He is essentially still a high school kid playing against some of the best prep school teams in the country loaded with D1-level talent, and he is still a bit raw, and will benefit from coaching and more time to develop. He is not the featured player on his team. There are 2 or 3 of his teammates who get more shots than Stephan. If he played on a normal high school team, he would be the star and would put up much bigger numbers. He has an extremely developed physique already, is a legitimate 6'6" or 6'7", can handle the ball well enough to play point guard, passes well, is a good shooter and rebounds well. He is capable of playing all 5 positions effectively, though he will probably play the 3 at Bradley.
He consistently puts up 10-20 points (he had 23 his last game) against some of the best recruits in the country who are being recruited by the top colleges. He is the kind of player that teams like Bradley and other MVC teams don't usually land.
If he does end up at Bradley, and I expect him to, IMO, he will be the best recruit we've gotten in years, and I expect him to contribute immediately.

https://twitter.com/PrepCircuit/status/1079454802638196736

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Gabriel was also commonly matched up and defending bigger players..and did a good job...
against Legacy - he guarded Rodney Howard and held the guy to just 6 pts.
Howard is a big time Top 150 6-11 recruit headed to the SEC.
he's not a great shooter but his size allows him to get decent shots over smaller defenders

I recall we had similar concern about Elijah Childs since he was not a huge scorer in high school- https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...-tracker/page7

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Rienk Mast ,,,

Rienk Mast played for his club team in the Netherlands over the weekend -
he was 6-11, 16 pts, 9 rebs, and committed only 1 foul, 1 TO
His team is 12-4 and in 3rd place in the top Dutch pro league

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Stephan Gabriel's team plays today & tomorrow - https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgfyVmn...d=e9ytbsw5sl6c

Antonio Thomas plays at 7pm on ESPN2 tonight vs. Rancho Christian California

JaMir Price plays tonight at 7:30pm vs. Rock Island Alleman

Ville Tahvanainen doesn't play until next Thursday

Rienk Mast plays tomorrow

[Da Coach]

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JaMir Price plays tonight at 7:30pm vs. Rock Island Alleman

Rock Island HS leads R.I. Alleman at halftime 34-24. JaMir Price is the game's leading scorer with 14 points, an so far.d he has 3 rebounds

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In the ESPN2 game, Antonio Thomas does a great job running the offense and he's under control all the time - something you can't say about most of the other players..