Bishop Walsh 57 Bishop Shanahan 45

[cumbfanatic]

Bishop Walsh beat a decent Bishop Shanahan team. BW will play in the championship game tomorrow at 2:30 pm. No shot clock in this tournament, which Coach Prete does not like. BW plays full court man to man.

 

[loco09]

Olivier Nkhouma(sp?) Had a big game, 16 and 9 boards, a few big dunks. Kid will be a steal for a mid major program. VT commit Gultekin had a quiet night not sure he even scored. Callum Baker had a nice game as well. Coach Prete played a lot of guys today with the back to back. Will most likely play State College tomorrow who were 24-2 last year and beat St James 58-41 in this same tournament last year. Should be a good one. On a side note,.not really sure why the shot clock isn't universal by now, every level of the game has it and most states do.

 

[Blueandgold45]

I really dont follow to much of high school basketball in the area, but sounds like Walsh is the real deal this year.

 

[cumbfanatic]

Blueandgold45, they should be one of the better teams in the state of MD this year. They play some National Competition and should be fairly competitive. There is a post in this group called BW, its about their basketball team this year.

 

[cumbfanatic]

BW won the championship 46-31, local players got playing time.

 

[loco09]

Bishop Shanahan beat State College 68-40 in the consolation game. For what it's worth all 3 of the other teams in this tournament won at least 24 games last year.

Not having a shot clock hurts a team like BW who wants to get out in transition but they played really strong defense and haven't allowed over 46 points in a game yet this season. Coach Prete I think has shown he's not overly concerned with blowing people out as he has played most of his bench the last two games and I think we'll see that in the local games as well. Teams like Southern that are efficient and can muddy up the game some will have the best chance of competing

 

[cumbfanatic]

Looks liKe they have a very strong team with size, shooters and quickness. They will keep getting better as they play with each other and get use to the coaching style. I don't think they will intentionally blow teams out and try to win by large margins. The coach made the statement that some of the less advanced players will get a lot of playing time and may play full games against teams.