Top Thursday Defensive Performances
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<p>Individual success lead to team victories Thursday. To share your stats/stories, DM <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN">@PrepHoopsTN</a> anytime. </p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Defense</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[player_tooltip player_id="1199591" first="Jarrod" last="Taylor"] (East Nashville)</span></span></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1199591" first="Jarrod" last="Taylor"] (East Nashville) defended Pearl-Cohn’s scorers wonderfully. He blocked a 3-foot shot midway through the third quarter. He did all of this on top of scoring at a predictably high rate.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Raz Armstrong (East Nashville)<br />
</span></span>Pearl-Cohn suffered mightily to score in the paint. The reason...Raz Armstrong challenged everything around the rim. He literally blocked a dunk with his hand squished between the ball and the rim in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rolando Dowell (Lebanon)<br />
</span></span>With seconds left, Lebanon lead Beech by a single point. Beech looked to be primed for a game-winner, but as the Buccaneer guard crossed halfcourt Dowell ripped the ball free. His teammate finished a fastbreak layup as a result. It changed the entire tenor of the final push. Beech was able to get off a final heave, but it was to tie instead of to win. Dowell did something amazing in an enormous moment.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[player_tooltip player_id="1039192" first="Jarred" last="Hall"] (Lebanon)<br />
</span></span>In the final minute, Hall blocked a layup and challenged the next. He was credited with the MVP largely for his offensive prowess, but he made a couple big plays at the other end too.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[player_tooltip player_id="1273551" first="Deondrea" last="Lindsey"] (Knoxville Catholic)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="996904" first="Brian" last="Edwards Jr"]. (Knoxville Catholic)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="1034089" first="Yesan" last="Warren"] (Knoxville Catholic)</span></span></p>
<p>"These guys are warriors," said Coach Michael Hutchens of his guards Pressley Patterson, BJ Edwards, [player_tooltip player_id="992517" first="Blue" last="Cain"], and [player_tooltip player_id="1034089" first="Yesan" last="Warren"]. "We never take them out. I don’t know if they get mad at me. I don’t think they get mad at me. At our practices we are working on full-speed defense. A lot of our guys condition on their own after that too."</p>
<p>Edwards was very steady defensively alongside<strong> [player_tooltip player_id="1034089" first="Yesan" last="Warren"]</strong>. Warren was so physical and moved his legs like a smaller guard. His contributions are subtle but enormous.</p>
<p>Fueling me, our defense turned to offense. I told our guys that we had to keep locking up. </p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: ’’comic sans ms’’, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">[player_tooltip player_id="1262198" first="Michael" last="Pepper"] (Christian Brothers)<br />
</span></span>[player_tooltip player_id="1262198" first="Michael" last="Pepper"] was perhaps the best defensive player all day.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Rebounding</h3>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="996904" first="Brian" last="Edwards Jr"]. (Knoxville Catholic) pulled down 13 rebounds in a semifinal victory over Brentwood Academy.</p>
<p>"We knew going in, that we had to keep the ball off the offensive glass," said Brentwood Academy Head Coach Matt Hoppe. "They did a great job to just pound the glass, pound the glass."</p>
<p>Teammate <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1273551" first="Deondrea" last="Lindsey"]</strong> collected six rebounds.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Region 5-4A All-Tournament Team</span></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1236443" first="Joshua" last="Heard"] (Cookeville)<br />
Cade Martin (Gallatin)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="1008433" first="Eli" last="Rice"] (Beech)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="1011998" first="Kristian" last="Shaw"] (Beech)<br />
Jaylen Abston (Lebanon)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="1177862" first="Yarin" last="Alexander"] (Lebanon)<br />
[player_tooltip player_id="1039192" first="Jarred" last="Hall"] (Lebanon) MVP</p>
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