Opening night of the inaugural JamRockerz Classics - Dec 2, 2016
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Opening night of the inaugural JamRockerz Classics saw the visiting Libertyville Vipers come from behind to topple our surging young Under 21 stars in a race to wire. With home court advantage in their favor and up-tempo crowd cheering them on the U21 jumped to a 8 point lead (16-8) at the end of the 1st quarter and by half-time they increased the lead to 10 (38-28). The third quarter saw the U21 widening the gap between themselves and their visitors compliments of some solid defense and offensive execution. At the end they held a commanding 60-43 lead. However, Vipers begun to show their experience and resilience as they slithered their way back into contention, and that they did behind key plays from Morris Roberts, Tomblin Yurio and Zack Pick. They begun to capitalize on the inexperience of the U21 who made mistakes, allowing them to regain control and ultimately winning the game 80-74. Roberts bagged 18 points, Pick added 17 while Yurio scored 16 along with seven assists. The U21 scoring was led Rolando McKenzie with 16 points. He snatched 4 steals along with 4 assists. He received support from D'Andre Forbes who made 13 points. The U21 will be in action again on Saturday at 5PM versus the Business House Association Allstars and at 7PM, Vipers will aim to maintain winning form over the Guyana Jaguars who lost their first encounter against the Jamrockerz in last night's second game. Courtesy of: basketballjamaica.com
JOEL WRIGHT BBC Monthey (SBL) landed 28-year old American (has also Jamaican passport) forward Joel Wright (201-102kg-90, college: Texas State at San Marcos). He played most recently at Crelan Okapi Aalstar in Belgian Euromillions League. In 2014 Wright was drafted by Idaho Stampede (D-League) in fifth round (83rd overall). He attended Texas State at San Marcos and it is his fifth season in pro basketball. Wright has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in... [read more]
JOEL WRIGHT
BBC Monthey (SBL) landed 28-year old American (has also Jamaican passport) forward Joel Wright (201-102kg-90, college: Texas State at San Marcos). He played most recently at Crelan Okapi Aalstar in Belgian Euromillions League. In 2014 Wright was drafted by Idaho Stampede (D-League) in fifth round (83rd overall). He attended Texas State at San Marcos and it is his fifth season in pro basketball. Wright has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. His team made it to the Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Fahed final. Wright received Asia-Basket.com All-Saudi Arabian SBL Honorable Mention award in 2017. He has played also professionally in Philippines (Hotshots), Saudi Arabia (Al Ahli Jeddah) and NBA G League (Northern Arizona Suns, Iowa Wolves and Delaware 87ers).
ADRIAN UTER
Leones de Ponce (BSN) landed 33-year old Jamaican international power forward Adrian Uter (201-102kg-84, college: Hofstra, agency: BeoBasket). It is actually his comeback to Leones as he has played here before. The last time (16-17) he played at ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket in French ProA. He missed last season and had one year break from professional basketball.
In 2006 Uter was drafted by Brooklyn Kings (USBL) in third round (22nd overall).
The former Hofstra Unive... [read more]
ADRIAN UTER
Leones de Ponce (BSN) landed 33-year old Jamaican international power forward Adrian Uter (201-102kg-84, college: Hofstra, agency: BeoBasket). It is actually his comeback to Leones as he has played here before. The last time (16-17) he played at ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Basket in French ProA. He missed last season and had one year break from professional basketball. In 2006 Uter was drafted by Brooklyn Kings (USBL) in third round (22nd overall). The former Hofstra University starts his 13th (hopefully lucky) season in pro basketball. Among other achievements Uter's team made it to the French Leaders Cup final in 2017. He received also Eurobasket.com All-French ProA Bosman/Cotonou Player of the Year award and Eurobasket.com All-French ProA 1st Team award in 2016. Uter was a member of Jamaican Senior National Team back in 2013. He is a very experienced player. And here thanks to pro basketball Uter experienced life in six different countries playing on three different continents. He is familiar with European, Latin American and of course North American leagues. Uter has played previously professionally in Austria (Gmunden Swans), Israel (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Rishon, Lev Hasharon, B.C. Habikaa and Hapoel Eilat), Italy (MIA-RO Cantu), Portugal (Illiabum) and Puerto Rico (Gallitos).
Inner-city Avalanche stuns Titans for first win - 11 days ago
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Inner-City Avalanche snapped their season-long winless run last Saturday after scoring a 47-39 win over Sav-Elite Titans in their Western Basketball Association Elite Basketball League (EBL) first-round game played at the Montego Bay Cricket Club. Inner-City Avalanche lost the first three games of the EBL before finally coming good Saturday against Sav-Elite. Dovial Smith and Fabian Julien both scored 12 points for Avalanche as they led from the start against Sav-Elite, who lost for the f... [read more]
Inner-City Avalanche snapped their season-long winless run last Saturday after scoring a 47-39 win over Sav-Elite Titans in their Western Basketball Association Elite Basketball League (EBL) first-round game played at the Montego Bay Cricket Club. Inner-City Avalanche lost the first three games of the EBL before finally coming good Saturday against Sav-Elite. Dovial Smith and Fabian Julien both scored 12 points for Avalanche as they led from the start against Sav-Elite, who lost for the fourth time this season. Avalanche led by three points, 9-6, as the teams started slowly and were up by just two points, 17-15, at half-time, before both teams upped the scoring tempo in the second half. Avalanche stayed ahead at the end of the third quarter 34-25 as they held off the Westmoreland-based club, with Ryheem Barrett also getting 15 rebounds. Rushane Drummond had a double-double for Sav-Elite - 10 points and 13 rebounds - and Troy Reid-Knight (183-PG, college: Maine) also scored 10 points in a losing effort. Courtesy of: wbajamaica.com
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