NEWARK, Ca. – A showdown between two of the best teams in the country will serve as the impressive climax to the seven-game, 8th annual Prep2Prep Tip-Off Classic Saturday at Newark Memorial High Saturday.
An 8:30 p.m. tip-off is set for Game 7, a clash between Las Vegas Bishop Gorman and Oakland Bishop O’Dowd.
It could prove to be one of the most dynamic games during the 2014-15 season, regionally and nationally.
Bishop Gorman, led by probable 2015 McDonald’s All-Americans in the post duo of 6-foot-10 Stephen Zimmerman and 6-9 Chase Jeter, was 30-3 last season after winning the program’s third consecutive Nevada state championship.
O’Dowd, which has its own likely McDonald’s All-American in 6-9 Ivan Rabb, as well as Boise State-bound point guard Paris Austin, was 28-5 last season following its 71-61 loss to Santa Ana Mater Dei during the California state Open Division championship game last March in Sacramento.
Jeter signed a national letter of intent with Duke earlier this month. Zimmerman and Rabb aren’t expected to make college decisions until the spring.
This will be the only opportunity for Bishop Gorman and Bishop O’Dowd – possibly the two best teams in the west – to play this season.
The Gaels and Dragons played in the semifinals of the National Division of the Tarkanian Classic last December, with Bishop O’Dowd prevailing at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, 68-54.
Also part of the event’s field are four other programs (Alameda St. Joseph’s-Notre Dame; Hayward Moreau Catholic; San Anselmo Drake; and Folsom) that represented Northern California in California State title games last March.
Each of the seven games will be live-streamed and can be watched at http://prep2prep.com/tv/.
Admission, good for all of the games, may only be purchased at the gymnasium Saturday. Adults are $12, students with ID $9 and children 5 and younger $6.
The complete schedule: 11 a.m., Berkeley vs. Alameda St. Joseph’s-Notre Dame; 12:30 p.m., Danville San Ramon Valley vs. Rancho Cordova; 2:15, Hayward Moreau Catholic vs. San Anselmo Drake; 3:45, Pleasant Hill College Park vs. Stockton St. Mary’s; 5:30, Modesto Christian vs. Fresno Bullard; 7, Newark Memorial vs. Folsom; 8:30, Oakland Bishop O’Dowd vs. Las Vegas Bishop Gorman.
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