6/25 Recap Game One

Motivated too high powered for Utica's Finest

Carter Williams, Triche lead Motivated to victory

Team Motivated came out firing on all cylinders monday night. Led by King of Kings veteran and Syracuse University starter Brandon Triche and his teammate at Syracuse Michael Carter-Williams, Team Motivated outplayed Utica's Finest to a 79-51 victory.

Team Motivated dominated from start to finish. Carter-Williams led the all scorers with 22 points. He also had 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Triche recorded a double-double, finishing with ten points, ten rebounds, and four assists.

Utica's Finest was missing Syracuse reserve James Southerland, but still had Syracuse's center Rakeem Christmas. Christmas was decidedly outplayed by incoming Syracuse freshman Dajuan Coleman, whose 6'9''  280 lbs. frame was too much for Christmas to handle.

The lone bright spot for Utica's Finest was the incoming high school sophomore and electrifying playmaker Isaiah Briscoe. Briscoe made some flashy plays both with and without the basketball throughout the game. His ball handling skills were second to none on the floor, including Carter-Williams, who had some words for Briscoe towards the end of the game. Carter-Williams and Briscoe began to jeer at each other, and the end of the fourth quarter turned into a one on one exhibition of skill.

Up next for Team Motivated is 99 problems, a team led by area superstar Josh Wright. The game will be played Thursday July 5th at Notre Dame High School at 6:45 P.M.. Utica's Finest takes on Syracuse elite the same night at 8 P.M.