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<h2>Hillwood @ Maplewood</h2>
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<p>#2 [player_tooltip player_id='1776234' first='Chris' last='Williams']* (2024)<br>#3 TJ Card (2023)<br>#12 Cheese McClain</p>
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<p>#1 Derek Curtis <br>#2 [player_tooltip player_id='1378602' first='Calvin' last='Goliday']* (2023)<br>#42 Blake Palmer* (2023)</p>
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<p><strong>Cheese McClain</strong> earned his way to the free throw line in the half. </p>
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<p><strong>Monzo Sweeney</strong> entered the game as a 23ish ppg scorer. High strength and toughness in the lane knew no peers. Maplewood did not feed him enough.</p>
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<p><strong>Maplewood Poise</strong></p>
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<p>The hosting Panthers played fast and free. Most impressively, the Panthers did it without turning the basketball over. Credit senior <strong>T.J. Card</strong> and junior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1776234' first='Chris' last='Williams']</strong> with the stable, measured decisions. </p>
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<p>Overall T.J. Card dashed around the floor, constantly creating problems for the visiting Hilltoppers.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1378602' first='Calvin' last='Goliday']</strong>, reigning District MVP, earned his way to the free throw line with multiple slashes. Late in the game Goliday ripped Williams with a poke in the corner, then burst 60' to ultimately nail a soft pull-up. Goliday is an unsigned college prospect. </p>
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<h2><strong>Valor Prep vs. Glencliff</strong></h2>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Glencliff Roster</span></strong><br>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='2220992' first='Terron' last='Stricklin'] -- 10.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg<br>#2 [player_tooltip player_id='1776315' first='D'Azjon' last='Dowell'] -- 10.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 3.2 spg, 4.5 topg<br>#3 Dylan Thompson<br>#4 [player_tooltip player_id='1386326' first='Eric' last='Thomason']<br>#5 [player_tooltip player_id='1129854' first='Damon' last='McBride'] -- 15.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg<br>#10 Tobey Amosa -- 7.3, 5.3 rpg<br>#11 Jason Amill (2025) 6'3"<br>#12 Shamar Lawrence (2023)<br>#23 [player_tooltip player_id='2275497' first='Lazaros' last='Odwar'] (2025)<br>#24 Curtis Wonderly (2025)<br></p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1386326' first='Eric' last='Thomason']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1129854' first='Damon' last='McBride']</strong> brought the basketball up, against very light pressure. Overall, Eric played pretty solid. Damon's reputation the last few seasons is strong. He can and will score in bunches. Very quick first-step.</p>
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<p>Midway through the third quarter, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1776315' first='D'Azjon' last='Dowell']</strong> deflected a press-breaking attempt, collected the loose ball, and cut to the rim, drawing a foul. Dowell popped onto the PrepHoopsTN radar last winter with exceptional length for the off0guard position. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1129854' first='Damon' last='McBride'] slowed a mild fastbreak only briefly, and then dropped off a glorious no-look pass to a wide-open teammate. Two "easy" points.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Trezevant Roster</span></strong><br>#1 Larry Hampton<br>#2 Marvin Warren (2023)<br>#3 [player_tooltip player_id='1213159' first='Tre' last='Davis'] (2023) SF/SG<br>#4 Keyterrin Wilson (2023)<br>#5 Leterrance Branigan (2024)<br>#12 Jayleen Benson (2023)<br>#15 Tristan Haggins (2025)<br>#20 [player_tooltip player_id='2315787' first='Courtney' last='Chaffin'] (2025)<br>Danny Williams<br>#21 Jaylen Perry (2024)<br>#24 Marlow Bean (2026) 5'9"<br>#33 Cameron Holmes (2023) 6'8" 190</p>
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