WEST DEPTFORD, NJ – The Dinos Trigonis-fronted Pangos All-Frosh/Soph Camp fall tour came to another conclusion Sunday afternoon at the River Winds Center with its fourth stop that lured many of the very best players from among the sophomore (2020) and freshmen (’21) classes in the east.
The camp, and the Top 30 All-Star game, was highlighted by the presence of two of the best sophomore guards in the east – and beyond – in Posh Alexander and Marcus Dockery, based in the Bronx and Washington, DC, respectively.
The muscular Alexander came into the camp with a bigger national reputation than did Dockery, largely based upon his appearance at this cap a year ago and some trips to Colorado Springs for USA Basketball Junior National Team camps.
They didn’t guard each other a whole lot Sunday afternoon but each played pretty well, as Alexander finished with 15 points, 10 of those in the second half, via power drives and finishes and – despite not being considered an exceptional jump shooter – a couple of 3 in the dark jersey-wearing team’s 88-87 victory over Dockery and his white jersey wearers.
The left-handed Dockery, keeping with his modus operandi in four “camp” games when he knocked in 20-plus 3s, hit two deep, deep 3s to start the contest but dropped in just one more 3 the rest of the way thought picking up some buckets a couple of cuts and slick drives to tally 17 points.
The guards shared the camp’s Most Outstanding Player honors for the week while 6-foot-8 Dyondre Dominguez – who dominated big stretches of the game with jump shots, rip-the-rim finishes and a few nifty passes that led to layups while scoring 14 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots to bag Top 30 All-Star MOP honors.
Freshman point guard Ryan Myers helped pace the white-jersey-wearing crew to an 87-85 win in the Top 60 affairs to edge the field for game MOP honors.
In a few weeks (I’m boarding an airliner in Philadelphia, bound for Europe, in an hour or so and won’t be back in the U.S. of A until Nov. 12.
Something after that I’ll put together my “All-Pangos Frosh/Soph” picks for 2018.
Until then, here is a look at my choices as the 20 best players in the camp, based upon on how they played on Saturday and Sunday:
Class of 2020 (Sophomores)
Posh Alexander 6-0 (Bronx, NY, Our Saviour Lutheran
Eduardo Andre 6-8 (London in Great Britain, but will attend high school in Dallas)
Marcus Dockery 6-1 (Washington, DC, Roosevelt)
Dyondre Dominguez 6-8 (New Hampton, NH, Prep)
Chey Evans 6-7 (Baltimore Dulaney)
Darius Miles 6-6 (Washington, DC, Roosevelt)
Ismael Plet 6-7 (Lynchburg, VA, Episcopal School)
Jake Tavrov 6-8 (Long Island, NY, Oceanside)
Jamal West 6-4 (Baltimore Dunbar)
Taj Thweatt 6-6 (Wildwood, NJ, Wildwood Catholic)
Lance Ware 6-8 (Camden, NJ, Camden)
Jordan Wilmore 7-2 (Baltimore Mt. Zion)
Class of 2021(Freshmen)
Rahsool Diggins 6-1 (Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti)
Ryan Myers 6-1 (Middle Village, NY, Christ the King)
Daniel Nixon 6-6 (Deerfield, MA, Eaglebrook Academy)
Alexis Reyes 6-5 (Pomfret, CT, Rectory School)
Adama Sanogo 6-8 (Centerreach, NY, Our Savior New American)
Jai Smith 6-9 (Syracuse, NY, Bishop Louden)
Drissa Traore 6-6 (New York Success Academy)
Tayquan Woodley 6-6 (Philadelphia Neumann-Goretti)
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