Worthington Summer League

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6/14/05

Familiar Faces Set To Compete In Summer League

J.J. Sullinger

By Kyle Lamb
Date: Jun 14, 2005

Looking for some basketball action? Head on down to the Worthington Summer League, which will be tipping off this week. The league will once again feature many OSU basketball players from both past and present teams as well as some other names you may be familiar with. Check out Kyle Lamb's preview of this year's summer league action.

For those that make the annual expedition to Worthington for the McDonald’s Summer League, Thursday is the day to begin muttering the familiar phrase, “I’m loving it.”

This Thursday, June 16th, the McDonald’s Summer League begins play at Thomas Worthington High School at 6:30 PM with games also at 7:45 and 9:00 PM. It will give basketball fans a chance to see several former, current, and future Ohio State basketball players as well as many others.

This year, like always, the league will be set up in two divisions, with the regular season running until July 13th. Then, the playoffs will run from July 14th until July 21st.

In the past, Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien used to assign his players to certain teams. However, we understand that this season, Thad Matta has decided to let the returning players choose their own teams. We understand from league officials that not all current Ohio State players have yet finalized which team they will play for, and obviously not all rosters are yet complete.

Given that fact, we do not yet know which teams Matt Terwilliger, Jamar Butler, or Ivan Harris will be playing on. Last season, Terwilliger and Butler played for DSW Warehouse, which will not be fielding a team this season.

College teams are permitted to have two (2) players under a letter-of-intent on a given summer league team by NCAA rules.

Here are the teams with the notable players in parentheses as of the rosters that have been submitted to the league as recently as June 13th.

Wolves Divsision

Buckeye Corner (Ron Lewis, J.J. Sullinger, Tony Stockman)
Berwick Party House
Andrews Insurance (Matt Sylvester)
Precision Cylinder (Ed McCants)
Chorpenning Good
HER Hunt
Donatos (Rob Summers and possibly Ron Lewis)
Prudential Realtors
New Covenant Church

Cardinals Division

Cordray for Treasurer
City Wide (Kevin Weakley, Bryan Weakley, Jason Weakley, Jeff Gibbs)
HER King (Brian Brown & Carlos Davis)
Safe Auto (Andrew Lavender, NeShaun Coleman, Jermaine Tate, Troy Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Gary Trent)
Columbus Christian Center
College Bound Athletes Connection
Mitchell McKinney (Antonio Watson, Shun Jenkins, Shaun Smith)
Union Savings Bank (Terence Dials, Brayden Bell, Sylvester Mayes, Je’Kel Foster, Scoonie Penn)
Ohio Dominican

We must note that although it’s not a misprint Carmelo Anthony is listed for Safe Auto, we have no reason to believe you should head to Worthington expecting to see him actually playing.

Along those lines, in addition to Terwilliger, Butler, and Harris who all will be playing on one of the 18 teams, there are other names to watch for that have been in the league in the past and could still pop up on a roster at any point (some may already be on a roster that has yet to be submitted). These names are (but not limited to) Michael Redd, George Reese, Ken Johnson, Quentin Brooks, Velimir Radinovic, Brent Darby, Calvin Booth, and Esteban Weaver.

The lineup for Thursday’s opening evening is as follows:

6:30 PM Buckeye Corner vs. Prudential; City Wide vs. Mitchell McKinney; New Covenant vs. ODU
7:45 PM Cordray vs. Union Savings Bank; HER King vs. College Bound; Safe Auto vs. Col. Christian Cen
9:00 PM Precision vs. Chorpenning Good; Berwick vs. Donatos; Andrews Insurance vs. HER Hunt

Bucknuts will have reports and features throughout the season from the McDonald’s Summer League.

PLEASE POST ALL INFO RELATED TO THE SUMMER LEAGUE IN THIS THREAD.

 

[bucknut11]

Safe Auto (Andrew Lavender, NeShaun Coleman, Jermaine Tate, Troy Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Gary Trent)

Is there another Troy Smith?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Safe Auto (Andrew Lavender, NeShaun Coleman, Jermaine Tate, Troy Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Gary Trent)

That cant be the Carmelo Anthony...

 

[Savante]

It is THE Carmelo Anthony and THE Troy Smith, but both likely won't play. Smith was on a roster last year. A long time ago, when Jim Jackson was on the Mavs, Kidd and Mashburn were listed as being on his team but never were. I don't know why they do this but it's an accepted practice.

 

[scarletandgrey]

I think that BFS uhhhh..JWinslow will be attending this.

 

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6/16/05

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Summer League will feature wide-open competition [/font]

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Ohio State University's J.J. Sullinger (0) looks to try and help Buckeye Corner repeat as McDonald's Summer League champions this year. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]By NAT LATHY [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]After nearly a quarter of a century, it's time for another season. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The McDonald's Summer League is ready to start its 24th season of basketball Thursday. Games will be played at Thomas Worthington High School until July 5.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The venue then switches to Worthington Kilbourne July 7, where the league will wind up with its postseason tournament, starting July 14. The championship game is July 21.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Admission is free for all games. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We're looking forward to another successful season," league director Alisha Colyer said. "It's an opportunity to see incoming freshmen at Ohio State, and also Ohio Dominican and Capital." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There are 18 teams in the league again this year, divided up evenly into two divisions -- the Wolves and Cardinal. The top eight teams in each division make the playoffs. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ohio Dominican is one of four new teams, replacing the four who aren't in the league this year. The other three new squads are New Covenant Believers Church, Union Savings Bank and Prudential Residenz Realtors. Ohio Dominican doesn't have a sponsor. Gone from the league are DSW Shoe Warehouse, Mansfield Coalition, EA Sports and A&E Inc. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Back to defend its title is Buckeye Corner, which includes Ohio State University players in senior J.J. Sullinger and junior Ronald Lewis (a Brookhaven graduate and transfer from Bowling Green State University), along with former Buckeye Tony Stockman. OSU players are more spread out over the various rosters than they have been in the past. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Two long-time coaches in the league are back again -- George Howard leads Columbus Christian Center, and Eddie Guice skippers Andrew Insurance. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This is Howard's 17th season in the league, mostly as a head coach (he's been an assistant for a few seasons during the stretch). Howard, who will be an assistant for the Brookhaven girls team, is stepping down after this season. He plans to focus more on the Lady Thunder 13-and-under AAU program he's started up.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"This is going to be it," Howard said. "I'll miss it, but it's time to move on. I'm looking forward to competing."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Howard's roster includes players such as Ohio State junior Ivan Harris and sophomore Jamar Butler, along with former Buckeye Ken Johnson. There's also the addition of Chuck Warren, a Whitehall-Yearling graduate and University of Findlay standout who's played overseas. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Adding Ken in the middle should help," Howard said. "We're going to be strong; we're going to be deep."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Howard sees his ballclub in the mix of contenders.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"There's Mitchell McKinney, Safe Auto, probably Buckeye Corner and Cordray (for Treasurer, a team also known in past seasons as Cordray Orthodontics)," the coach said. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Guice estimates this is his 14th year in the league, and his team includes a player he's quite familiar with -- his son Jermaine Guice, a Westerville South and Butler University graduate. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jermaine Guice, 32, who won't be back from France in time for the start of play Thursday, can start playing for his father's team next week. Guice was Most Valuable Player of the French league this past season, and he just signed a two-year deal to play with the LeMans team, which had the best record in the regular season. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Eddie Guice expects a wide-open league. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We're going to play good defense," the coach said. "On offense, we should be competitive with the talent we have." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Andrew Insurance will include Ohio State players senior Matt Sylvester, sophomore Matt Terwilliger and former Buckeye Brandon Fuss-Cheatham.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Upcoming games at Thomas Worthington[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thursday [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6:30 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Buckeye vs. Prudential[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 City Wide vs. Mitchell[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 New Cov. vs. ODU [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7:45 p.m. [/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Cordray vs. Union [/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 HER vs. College Bound[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 SAFE vs. Col. Christ.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Precision vs. Chorpenn[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Berwick vs. Donatos[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Andrew vs. HER-Hunt[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tuesday[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6:30 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Col. Christ. vs. HER-King[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Mitchell vs. Cordray[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Precision vs. Safe[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7:45 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Her vs. Berwick[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Chorpenn vs. Andrew[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Union vs. ODU[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 College vs. City[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Prudential vs. New Cov.[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Donatos vs. Buckeye[/font]

 

[chille37]

From what I have heard, Mayes played really well last night. I guess he played point in the first half and was serviceable. Then he came out in the second and wowed the crowd from the shooting guard position. Didn't hear much about Bell except that he seemed to not be in the greatest shape. Foster had a great night, and Dials looks to be in better shape. I didn't see any of it, but my friend was there. He is normally a pretty good judge of talent, so take it for what it's worth.

 

[MARVYMARV14]

I was there also and the Mayes kid was every bit as good as advertised and probably a little more if you ask me he is very athletic and has a nice shot from the three If I recall he was something like 4-6 and JeKel was like 6-9 as they were on fire. Mayes is also very fast and if the defender took a peek away from him he was gone for the back door ally oop, as I recall he caught 2 alley-oops and then he missed one where his head damn near touched the rim.
I can tell you that he had his defenders scared to death to guard him and that they were basically giving him the jumper and he was hitting them, I wouldn't be surprised if He scored somewhere in the 20-25 rand that night if he translated this to the Big Ten game Buckeye fans and the rest of the Big Ten will be in for a treat.
One thing I didn't see him do enough of to get a good guage on is penetrate, but a reason for that could be that no one would guard anyone on the USB squad up close thus cluttering the lane, I do remember him driving once though and from what I can tell he has a cat quick first step as he blew right by the person who was initially guarding him but then ran into a buch of defenders after that.
As far as height goes I think he is in between 6'0-6'1 1/2 and has some out of the gym ups.
physique wise I would say he is built more like and Allen Iverson, but others are saying that they are reminded of Dee Brown.

 

[goodguy]

Regarding Ron Lewis. I've been hearing alot about his high scoring ability. For those that are familiar with him, does he shoot the ball just about every time he gets it. To be specific, I'm asking about his days at the Haven or BG not the Worhtington Summer League (NOBODY passes or plays d there). I'm not getting a good feeling about his game, but please somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[chille37]

Ron Lewis and JJ Sullinger combined for 76 points in one game over the weekend! Lewis having 45 of those! Sounds like he can definitely put the ball in the hoop.

 

[Ghost Recon]

Hey what ever happened to Esteban Weaver anyway?

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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6/22/05

Ronald Lewis takes it to the hole....

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]McDonald's Summer League basketball action started Thursday at Thomas Worthington High School. Defending champion Buckeye Corner (1-0) began its campaign where it left off the last one -- in the win column. This time it came with a 71-68 overtime victory over Prudential Residenz Realtors (0-1). [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Buckeye Corner's J.J. Sullinger, an Ohio State University senior and Worthington graduate, is glad just to be playing in the summer again. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It's always a good time," he said. "It's a good way to stay in shape, keep you fine-tuned for the upcoming season. On a more personal note, coming back to your alma mater, the gym at the high school you graduated from, makes it that much more special." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And there's the goal of repeating.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"You always want to defend your championship," Sullinger said. "That's what we're looking to do."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The win over Prudential was a start.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"That was our first time being together in about a year," Sullinger said. "Not only do we have new faces, but we've got some guys we've never played with. We've got to get used to everybody's game and figure out everybody's strengths and weaknesses."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Buckeye Corner's strengths seem to start with Sullinger and Ronald Lewis, an Ohio State junior, who transferred from Bowling Green. The duo combined for 38 points Thursday. Lewis, a Brookhaven graduate, added a dunk in the OT as part of his 21 points.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Lewis had to sit out last season with the Buckeyes, but he's ready for the 2005-06 campaign.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It's going to be a good phase," he said. "It's a big crowd, a big opportunity to show my face and talent."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This is Lewis' first time playing in the Summer League since right before he started with Bowling Green, and that was for just one game. Lewis sat out the recent Ohio State basketball season due to NCAA transfer rules.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I have my family here, so it wasn't really that tough," he said. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Global travels[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Former Ohio State star George Reese, who's played in France, completed his most recent season in Poland. The change of venue suited Reese, who plays for Cordray Orthodontics, just fine. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It was better than I thought it would be," he said. "I was in a small town (Starogard). They really loved basketball in that town.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It was kind of like France. They had restaurants, theaters, stuff like that. It was more Americanized than I thought it would be." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reese played for the team Polpharma in Poland.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"That was their first year in the first division, so they just wanted to make the playoffs," he said. "No team coming up to the first division in its first year is supposed to make the playoffs, and we made the playoffs." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reese poured in 18 points in Cordray's 82-62 win over Union Savings Bank (0-1). [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Shattered[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]City Wide (0-1) fell to Mitchell-McKinney (1-0) 85-74. Still, City Wide's Jeff Gibbs, a former Otterbein College product, broke out of the gate by breaking a backboard on a dunk. Play had to shift to another one of the school's auxiliary gym courts for the rest of the evening. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The league staff said Gibbs didn't hang on the rim, making the sheer force of his jam enough to bring down the basket.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Upcoming Games at Thomas Worthington[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thursday[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6:30 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Berwick vs. New Cov.[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 HER-KING vs. Union[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Precision vs. Donatos[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7:45 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Buckeye vs. Cordray[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 City Wide vs. ODU[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Andrew vs. Prudential[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 SAFE vs. Mitchell[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Chorpenning vs. HER[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Col. Christ. vs. College[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tuesday [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6:30 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Union vs. City Wide[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Prudential vs. Berwick[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Mitchell vs. HER-King[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7:45 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Donatos vs. Andrew[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 College vs. SAFE[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Cordray vs. ODU[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Buckeye vs. New Cov.[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 HER vs. Precision[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Col. Christ. vs. Chorpenn[/font]

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7/15/05

Sullinger in action....

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It's now getting down to crunch time for McDonald's Summer League basketball. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The regular season ends today at Worthington Kilbourne High School. Teams are jockeying for seeding position for the tournament, which starts Thursday at Kilbourne. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A team which seems on the right track for postseason play is Andrew Insurance (7-0). Andrew headed into Tuesday's action trying to nail down the top spot in the Wolves Division. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Andrew kept rolling with a 78-69 win over HER-King (1-6) Thursday at Kilbourne. But even with the win, Andrew coach Eddie Guice would have liked a better performance. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I tried something different," he said. "I had 10 players and decided to start five and let the other five come in and do 10 minutes (each), but it didn't work. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The first five didn't do as well. The second five did better than the first five in the first half."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Guice altered his approach for the second half. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We went to my strength, doing what I had to do," he said. "My strength ended up coming up with the victory." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Andrew stood alone in the unbeaten ranks last week in the Summer League, but the reality didn't provide reason for it to coast. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I still say fifth, sixth and seventh positions in either one of these divisions (Wolves and Cardinal) has a shot of knocking someone off right now," Guice said. "It's very competitive. I'm happy for the league." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But so far, it's worked out well for Andrew.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"There are some very good teams in the league," Guice said. "We've never had a practice. We've got four overseas pros on this team. I said once they were all together, they could win.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"And they've done that so far. My job is to make sure they play good defense, playing together."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The team would like to have Jermaine Guice, Eddie Guice's son, playing a lot of minutes. Jermaine, the Most Valuable Player of the French League this past season, has undergone back therapy. While recovering, he sat out Andrew's first five games. He saw limited action July 5 in a 74-71 win over New Covenant Believers Church (3-4) at Thomas Worthington. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Guice is looking to play more for the postseason.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I've been able to play, but I'm listening to what the doctor says," he said. "I don't want to come back too early."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bad fall[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An uncomfortable moment Thursday for Buckeye Corner and Ohio State University fans in attendance came when J.J. Sullinger fell. He hurt his tailbone, and sat out part of the second half, but he returned to the lineup before the game ended.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Anytime you come down on your tailbone, it's going to be tender for a couple of days," Sullinger said. "I'll be all right. I've just got to keep icing it." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Ohio State senior's fall came in the second half of a 115-107 loss to Chorpenning Good (2-5). Buckeye Corner was also playing without former OSU player Tony Stockman, who had a prior commitment. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We were shorthanded tonight, and it kind of showed," Sullinger said afterward. "We had some big guys, some perimeter guys gone. Sometimes that's the way it goes.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I think we're going to be OK."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sullinger isn't taking any team lightly as his squad tries to repeat as Summer League champion. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"All of these teams are very talented," he said. "Whoever we get, we're going to have to play our 'A' game. Just about anybody can win this league."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With all the focus on OSU's recruiting class coming in for 2006-07, there's still the upcoming season for the Buckeyes -- Sullinger's last.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Those are good recruits," Sullinger said. "They picked Ohio State over some pretty big schools. Anytime something like that happens, it's going to draw attention.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We're not concerned how other people see us. We know what we've got. We know what we're working with.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We're excited about this season, just as we are about future seasons to come." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Upcoming games at Worthington Kilbourne[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TODAY[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6:30 pm.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Cordray vs. College [/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 City Wide vs. Col. Christ.[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 O.D.U. vs. Mitchell[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7:45 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 Berwick vs. Chorpenning[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 New Cov. vs. Donatos[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Buckeye vs. HER-Hunt[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9 p.m.[/font]

• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 1 HER-King vs. SAFE [/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 2 Andrew vs. Precision[/font]
• [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ct. 3 Prudential vs. Union[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]End of regular season[/font]

 

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7/15/05

July 15, 2005
Summer League Playoffs Heat Up In Worthington Jeff Rapp
BuckeyeSports.com Staff Writer
If you are a Buckeye fan and you're craving some competitive and entertaining summer hoops, you'll want to check out the McDonald's Summer League playoffs at Worthington Kilbourne High School next week.

Just don't look around for Matt Sylvester and Matt Terwilliger.

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Associated Press

JJ Sullinger has given OSU backers reason for optimism during the McDonald's Summer League.Sylvester has been mysteriously absent from Andrew Insurance all week. Last night in first-round action, Terwilliger and former Buckeye Brandon Fuss-Cheatham could have used the 6-7 senior as Andrew — the 1-A seed as the leader in the Wolves Division — was bounced by lowly HER-King, 65-64.

HER-King got just the balanced performance it needed as all seven players scored eight or more points — including 10 apiece from Brian Brown and Carlos Davis — while perennial summer league power Andrew struggled without. In the final seconds, Fuss-Cheatham forced up a pull-up jumper that drew only air and the disapproval of coach Eddie Guice.

"Why would you take that shot?" Guice wondered aloud.

Two other teams dominated with Buckeyes, Buckeye Corner and Union Savings Bank, also were tested in the opening round, although Buckeye Corner eventually pulled away for a 99-81 over usually playoff-savvy Cordray for Treasurer.

Behind the quick hands of its guards and the matchup problems created by George Reese, Cordray stayed close in the first half with timely baskets and a commendable group effort to slow down the red-hot Ron Lewis. BC, however, opened things up with its running game in the second half, getting a bushel of transition baskets with Lewis, Tony Stockman and J.J. Sullinger burning up the floor of Court 2.

Sullinger finished with 38 points, Stockman his five threes — several from long range — and had 19 points, and Lewis somehow managed to record 23. He entered play coming off 46- and 36-point performances the previous two nights as the league regular-season wound up. Reese was routinely tough inside and out and had 25 points.

Much of the crowd on hand stuck around and headed to the main gym at Kilbourne for the 9 p.m. finale featuring Union Savings Bank and Berwick Party House. Even without point guard Scoonie Penn, USB boasted a starting five of OSU standouts Terence Dials and Je'Kel Foster, former Buckeye Kevin Martin, and Ohio State newcomers Sylvester Mayes and Brayden Bell. A night earlier Dials and Foster were unstoppable, combining for 56 points.

But what appeared to be a mismatch on paper turned in to a near disaster for USB as Berwick clamped down defensively and received a healthy does of athletic derring-do from forward Mugabe Thomas of Cedarville University.

Thomas drove past Bell at will and caused USB's defense to break down. Martin did a more respectable job on him but it was Foster who had to come to the rescue at the final moments of regulation and in overtime. Union finally opened up some ground in the final minute of OT for a hard-fought 64-56 win as Mayes, a highly athletic 6-1 guard came through with a pull-up jumper and two free throws to open USB's scoring in the extra period.

Mayes led all scorers in the game with 27 points, a performance that included a spectacular one-handed alley-oop jam from a fastbreak lob by Foster. Dials added 16 points and Bell 11, although his game still needs some tightening. Thomas rocked the house with a couple monstrous dunks and had 22 for underdog Berwick.

Penn was not on hand as he was playing for the Milwaukee Bucks' summer team. He's expected to fly back to Columbus Monday night and be available for USB's quarterfinal game with Mitchell-McKinney, arguably the best team in the field. Mitchell-McKinney wiped out Chorpenning Good 81-65.

That tilt begins at approximately 9:15 Tuesday at Kilbourne and will close second-round play.

An OSU-heavy matchup could ensue in the Wednesday semifinals if Union can survive and tangle with Buckeye Corner, but that also assumes BC will still be around.

The defending champs will take on gritty City Wide at 8 p.m. Tuesday night in another tester. City Wide, which nipped Precision Cylinders 87-84 in OT, is known as a hard team to defend because of its precise ball movement, ability to shoot threes and presence around the basket in the form of 6-4 rebounding machine Jeff Gibbs.

Quarterfinal play will open at 5:30 Tuesday as HER-King tackles New Covenant Believers' Church, a 73-66 winner over College Bound in first-round action. That will be followed at 6:45 by the Columbus Christian Center-Safe Auto matchup.

CCC got 17 points and four three-pointers from Buckeye guard Jamar Butler in a 65-60 win over Prudential Residenz Realtors, although teammate Ivan Harris gimped away from the court with a badly sprained left ankle. The 6-8 Harris was held to just six points in the game.

Safe Auto, coach Johnny Clark's veteran crew, was led by Tony Rice's 17 points and Carl Newmann's 16 in its 68-58 elimination of Donatos. Former Buckeye Neshaun Coleman also toils for Safe Auto.

Antonio Davis led Donatos with 29 points and popped six threes.

 

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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Defending champion Buckeye Corner (8-2) began its repeat effort with a 99-81 win over Cordray Orthodontics (4-6) Thursday[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We started hitting threes in the second half," Buckeye Corner's Tony Stockman said. "I think that put it away." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ohio State University senior J.J. Sullinger, a Thomas Worthington grad, scored 38 for Buckeye Corner in the win. Stockman, now a former Buckeye, added 19. Ronald Lewis, an Ohio State junior and Brookhaven grad, chipped in for the victors with 23. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Stockman played for DSW Shoe Warehouse last year. DSW doesn't have a team this season. He's happy with the squad he's playing on this time around. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We've got a nice team with Ron and J.J.," Stockman said. "It's pretty nice to play with everybody." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Stockman played his final season with Ohio State in '04-'05. He plans on playing in France. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"It's exciting," he said. "I'm a little nervous. I've never been overseas before." [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]His final Buckeye season wasn't ideal.[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I wish we would have went to the tournament," Stockman said. "Everything else was good. We had a nice season. We won some games."[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Other winners Thursday were: HER-King, Columbus Christian Center, SAFE Auto, City Wide, Mitchell-McKinney and Union Savings Bank.[/font]

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Ronald Lewis scored 37 points as Buckeye Corner defeated Union Savings Bank 122-115 in four overtimes. Buckeye Corner advances to Thursday's title game. JJ Sullinger added 29 points for Buckeye Corner.

Terrance Dials had 31 points for Union Savings Bank and Sylvester Mayes added 30, Brayden Bell chipped in 16 along with Je’Kel Foster scoring 21.


led by 37 points from Bowling Green transfer Ronald Lewis, defeated Union Savings Bank 122-115 in quadruple overtime to advance to Thursday’s title game

 

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Buckeye-heavy teams vie for WSL title in classic Jeff Rapp
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Sometimes a game is so good and entertaining you never want it to end. Sometimes a game seems like it never will end.

All of that was at work Wednesday night in the main gymnasium of Worthington Kilbourne High School as the two most Ohio State-laden teams in the McDonald's Central Ohio Summer Basketball League -- Buckeye Corner and Union Savings Bank -- met in the playoff semifinals and played an unprecedented four-overtime affair.

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Former Bowling Green star Ron Lewis is a soon-to-be star at Ohio State after his performance in the McDonald's Summer League.Defending champion Buckeye Corner -- which features current Buckeyes J.J. Sullinger and Ron Lewis, recently departed Tony Stockman and Matt Marinchick, and former Pitt standout Donatas Zavackas -- won the marathon 122-115 over Union Savings Bank, which trotted out OSU's Terence Dials and Je'Kel Foster, former star Scoonie Penn, and newcomers Sylvester Mayes and Brayden Bell.

There were 33 three-pointers in the game and enough highlights to fill the reel. Lewis led all scorers with 37 points, Sullinger added 29 and Stockman, who several key shots, popped for 28. Zavackas, meanwhile, checked in with 19.

USB got 33 points from Dials, 31 from Mayes, 21 from Foster, 17 from Bell and 13 from Penn, who had just returned from playing with the Milwaukee Bucks summer pro team.

However, it turned out the heroics came from an unlikely source as 6-10 Marinchick, who was saddled with the assignment of trying to slow down Dials all night, opened the fourth OT with a three-pointer. With 1:36 left, he blocked a three-point attempt by Mayes, drew a foul and made two free throws to up the lead to 117-112.

That accounted for five of his nine points and sent BC back to the title game. The opponent at approximately 8 p.m. tonight will be Safe Auto, which clearly will be the much more rested of the two combatants.

Buckeye Corner didn't secure the victory until after 9:30 p.m. when Lewis skied over everyone for a defensive rebound and Penn was hit with a technical foul for imparting his disgust on a referee.

"I was tired of playing overtimes," Lewis said. "Either it was get the rebound or play another overtime."

When the horn sounded, the fans who hung around to the end stood and offered appreciative applause. They knew they had just seen a summer league classic -- and free of charge.

The players, meanwhile, were mentally and physically exhausted.

"This is the craziest game I've ever played in," Lewis said, "but this is the way it's supposed to be. I mean, we're not supposed to give up. We're both great teams, and there's nothing but love on both sides of the basketball."

Added Stockman, "Me and Jay (Sullinger) before the game, we were like, 'This is a real game.' It's as close as we're going to get in the offseason to a real game, and I think that's how a lot of us approached it. It was a fun game and a real competitive game."

And make no mistake, bragging rights were part of the motivation.

"We all wanted to win because it's going back to Ohio State," said the 6-4 Lewis. "We wanted to win as badly as they did."

Buckeye Corner led 51-41 at halftime but USB fought back methodically. Still, it took virtually the entire second half for USB to make its recovery complete, mostly because of answers by Lewis.

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OSU senior Terence Dials put in a solid effort in defeat, leading Union Savings with 33 points.USB pulled to within a point on consecutive hoops by Dials and had a chance to tie when Sullinger split a pair of free throws with 13.9 left in regulation. The blue-clad Union team came through when Penn found Dials off an inbounds play to knot the score at 89 with 5.8 seconds left. Lewis missed a hanger at the buzzer, something that would motivate him as the game wore on -- and on.

In the first overtime, Bell fouled out and BC took advantage with timely threes by Zavackas and Stockman, who tallied six bombs on the night. In the second OT Stockman again tied the game on a trey with 33 seconds on the clock.

The third OT was even more entertaining as the teams continued to splash deep shots. Stockman hit a pair of jumpers but USB owned a 109-108 lead after Penn fed Dials for a basket and then nailed a top-of-the-key three.

Marinchick hit a 16-foot jumper to give BC a 110-109 lead, and after a Penn miss Lewis added a pair of free throws. But on this night, a three-point lead was never safe.

Mayes misfired on a three but Penn grabbed the long carom, sensed defenders were closing in on him and found Foster, who fired a deep three that splashed the net with 1.3 seconds left.

A league rule states that any game that isn't decided after three overtimes goes to sudden death, as in next basket wins, but league officials allowed another three minutes to be put back on the clock after the coaches agreed to a fourth session while fans were chanting, a la the Bad News Bears, "Let them play!"

As is the case with most events such as this, one team had to lose.

"One of the Buckeye teams is in the final and they played well, but we had so many chances to win it and we blew it," said Penn, the quintessential competitor.

Safe Auto advanced to the final after dispatching New Covenant Believers' Church 64-51 in the first semifinal. Safe Auto fielded a preseason roster that included the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Gary Trent, Drew Lavender and Troy Smith (yes, that one), but none of them actually played this season.

Instead, the team moved through the tournament with balanced scoring and heady play by summer league veterans such as Tony Rice, P.G. Greene, Ron Kenley, Carl Newmann, O.J. Strother and former Buckeye Neshaun Coleman.

Strother had a team-best 17 points in the semifinal win but Rice, who added 16, would figure to be the guy to stop tonight. He's a 6-4 guard who can do it all and knows how to get to the free-throw line. He scored 34 in the team's quarterfinal win Tuesday night