Wednesday night at the King of Kings Summer Pro Am, Brandon Triche and Team Motivated took on Josh “The Stick Man” Henderson and the Gunnas in the final game of the regular season. Team Motivated was stacked with Division 1 talent including Brandon Triche and Dajaun Coleman who play for Syracuse University and Alshwan Hymes who plays for Canisius College.
Although the Gunnas were short handed tonight, Walkery Mills kept them in the game during the first quarter by hitting on 4 three point attempts in the first quarter. By the completion of the first quarter Team Motivated had the early lead 30-24 led by Hymes who connected on all 3 of his three point attempts.
At the start of the second quarter Coleman checked in for Team Motivated and Henderson for the Gunnas. Early in the second off a Gunnas miss Nick Rizzo jumped over Melvin Triche for a put back dunk to ignite the crowd. Before the Gunnas could get back on defense Team Motivated inbounded the ball to Brandon Triche who passed to Coleman for the monster two handed jam. This was the theme of the game for the Gunnas. Every time they scored or threatened, Team Motivated came right back down the floor and scored on them.
Throughout the third quarter Team Motivated out hustled the Gunnas to go on a big run. This run boosted their lead to as much as 37 points just in the third quarter alone. Despite being down Mills and Henderson continued to contribute to try and bring their team back.
Team Motivated held a 48 point lead with 4 minutes left in the game. Team Motivated won the game 127 to 81. The top performers included Henderson with 30pts and 8rebs, Mills with 25pts and 14 rebs, Hymes with 22pts and 5ast, and finally Coleman with 25pts and 12 rebs.
In the second game, Upstate Swagger held off Syracuse Elite 64-63 to finish the regular season as the #1 seed heading into the playoffs. The post-season begins Monday, August 6th at Notre Dame High School.
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