2018 Tournament of Champions: Thursday Superlatives

<p>The 2018 Tournament of Champions got off to a <a href="https://prephoops.com/2018/12/thursday-roundup-2018-tournament-of-champions/"><em>booming </em>start on Thursday</a>. We thought it only right to lend out some superlatives:</p> <p><strong>Best performance off the bench - Shelby Sampleton, Putnam City West</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Shelby Sampleton (2019 PC West G)</span> had the best scoring performance of the day - starter or not - when he dropped <strong>32 points</strong> in 21 minutes against Fort Cobb-Broxton. The 6-foot-2 senior must have had a chip on his shoulder when he shot 6-10 from 3-point land. Altogether, Sampleton shot <strong>59 percent</strong> from the field while going 6-6 from the free throw line.</p> <p><strong>Best rebounding performance - Jacob Germany, Kingston</strong></p> <p>6-foot-11 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jacob Germany (2019 Kingston C)</span> has the clear advantage of height in the board game as he grabbed <strong>18 boards</strong> in the loss to Kingfisher. If Germany could manage to tally that same total for the remainder of the tournament, he would effectively have the all-time third-best rebounding weekend in TOC history at 54.</p> <p><strong>Best performance in a loss - Kellen Hines, Fort Cobb-Broxton</strong></p> <p>Kellen Hines (2019 Ft. Cobb-Broxton PG) finished with <strong>28 points</strong> in the Mustangs' loss to PC West. More impressively, the senior floor general did so while only giving up a <strong>single turnover</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Best game - Kingfisher 68, Kingston 62</strong></p> <p>As many spectators likely expected, the first-round matchup between Kingston and Kingfisher would be the most entertaining game of the day. The only undefeated teams participating in the tournament, 4A No. 1 Kingfisher battled for 32 minutes with 3A No. 1 Kingston. </p> <p><strong>Best underclassman - Bijan Cortes, Kingfisher</strong></p> <p>Kingfisher court general<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Bijan Cortes (2021 PG)</span> finished with <strong>19 points</strong> and <strong>8 rebounds</strong> off <strong>46 percent</strong> shooting from the field and 8-8 free throws against Kingston.</p> <p><strong>Best all-around performance - Keylan Boone, Tulsa Memorial</strong></p> <p>Oklahoma State signee <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Keylan Boone (2019 Tulsa Memorial W)</span> finished the day with <strong>15 points</strong>, <strong>10 rebounds</strong>, <strong>5 assists</strong>, <strong>3 blocks</strong>, and <strong>5 steals</strong> while shooting 5-5 from the free throw line against Hugo.</p> <p><strong>Best name - Rocky Mountain, Fort Cobb-Broxton</strong></p> <p>Rocky Mountain (2021 Ft. Cobb-Broxton W) turned some heads when his name was announced as he checked into the game against PC West. It wasn't hard deciding who earned this superlative.</p> <p><strong>Other performances worth noting:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Trey Green 2019 Kingfisher W</span>  / 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5-5 3-pt, 79% shooting from the field against Kingston.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kalib Boone 2019 Tulsa Memorial F</span> / 12 points, 9 blocks, 8 rebounds, 55% shooting against Hugo.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bryce Thompson 2020 BTW G</span> / 28 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3-6 3-pt shooting against Whitesboro.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">RJ Weeks 2019 Kingston PG</span> / 25 points, 60% shooting, 4 assists against Kingfisher.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ethan Adams 2019 Whitesboro W</span> / 17 points, 0 turnovers against BTW.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Houston Greggs 2019 Hugo F</span> / 15 points against Tulsa Memorial.</p>