2019-20 Buckeye Classic at Portsmouth

[falconfan]

Anyone have schedule for this. I know Minford plays Coal Grove, but not sure when or other games scheduled Thurssday 12-5

[trojandave]

Don't the schedule for the Buckeye Elite, but I do know that Portsmouth will not be playing Greenfield McClain. Seems like there was a miscommunication of some sort, but the end result is that the Trojans and Tigers will not play.

[Dmp40]

Wednesday:

6:00 - Portsmouth Trojans vs Huntington St. Joe

7:30 - Gallipolis vs Piketon

Thursday:

6:00 - Mountain Mission vs Beckley Prep

7:30 - Minford vs Coal Grove

9:00 - Hamilton Heights Christian Academy vs Indiana Elite

Friday:


6:00 - Hamilton Heights Christian Academy vs Mountain Mission

7:30 - Indiana Elite vs Huntington Prep Blue

[Tartanblue]

Thought I seen where Huntington St Joe was playing East Wednesday or was it changed?

[trojan7]

Thought I seen where Huntington St Joe was playing East Wednesday or was it changed?

I also thought so but saw on their twitter site it was changed to Portsmouth playing St. Joe instead. Got confirmation as well.

[Knowitall222]

East cancelled , Portsmouth is a fill in

[Tartanblue]

Thought I seen where Huntington St Joe was playing East Wednesday or was it changed?

I also thought so but saw on their twitter site it was changed to Portsmouth playing St. Joe instead. Got confirmation as well.

Oh ok, I just remembered seeing the first schedule a few months ago. Thank you for the correction.

[bbjunky81]

Any updates?

[danicalifornia]

Any updates?

Huntington St. Joe’s 71
Portsmouth 66

Gallia Academy 54
Piketon 53

[bbjunky81]

Any updates?

Huntington St. Joe’s 71
Portsmouth 66

Gallia Academy 54
Piketon 53

Thank you. Looks like two close games.

[trojandave]

Huntington St.Joe defeated Portsmouth 71-66 at the Buckeye Elite Classic at PHS. The Trojans fell behind 12-0, obviously showing some effects of a tough OT loss to South Point the night before. Still, Portsmouth battled back and cut the Irish lead to 30-26 in the 2nd quarter. HSJ ended the half with a 34-26 lead. At the end of the 3rd quarter, HSJ extended their lead to 59-44, but in the 4th period the Trojan press created quite a few turnovers which helped them get to within 70-66 with about 30 seconds to play. PHS had possession of the ball to make it a one score game, but couldn't capitalize, and HSJ finished the rally with a FT.

HSJ is a really good basketball team, clearly better than a good South Point squad. They have good size in the post (6-6), very good guard play, in particular, #00 (can't remember his name) who is an absolute stud. He would start on any team in the SE district and would probably average 15-20 PPG. He had several behind the back passes for assists, and his dribble penetration was really tough to defend.

Got to give my Trojans a ton of credit for the way they fought back into the game. Matthew Fraulini led PHS with 20 points, but Miles Shipp and Daryionne Bryant had double figures also.

Portsmouth is 1-2, but a competitive 1-2. The Trojans' full court press is absolutely tough. Offensively, they are much better than last year and are averaging 69 PPG through 3 games. Rebounding and turnovers have hurt the Trojans so far, but they have still played scrappy basketball even with those issues.

In the 2nd game, Gallia Academy trailed for virtually the entire game, but won with a 3 pointer with just 2 seconds to play.

[trojandave]

Portsmouth has been a very good 2nd half team scoring wise. Against Piketon, the Trojans scored 41 points. In the South Point game, PHS tallied 44 points. Last night, the Trojans scored 40 points vs. Huntington St.Joe. They have trailed at halftime in all 3 games.

[ManitouDan2]

Who are the best players coming in from these out of town teams ? Any big time recruits ?

[Basketballfan40]

Who are the best players coming in from these out of town teams ? Any big time recruits ?

The highest recruit from Hamilton Heights is Samson Ruzhentsev, a 4-star athlete, who is committed to Florida, and is ranked at #70 in the ESPN top-100. I had a chance to watch them play last night and the entire team was filled with athletes going to different D1 colleges.

[bbjunky81]

Hamilton Heights

Samson Ruzhentsev 6'7" - Committed to Florida

Bayron Matos - 6'9" - Committed to New Mexico

Andrew Williams - 6'7" Junior - will go D1

Dominiq Penn - 6'0" JR - will go D1 (son of Scoonie Penn)

Couple others should make it



Huntington Prep


Jaemyn Brakefield 6'8" SR - Duke

Isaiah Cottrell 6'9" SR - West Virginia

AJ Hoggard 6'3" SR - Michigan State

Zac Loveday 7'0" SR - Baylor

Shane Dezonie 6'4" JR - high major recruit

Duncan Powell 6'8" JR - Arkansas

Brayon Freeman 6'1" JR - high major recruit




Those are just two of the teams I've heard of