TEAM TAKEOVER PREPARES FOR PEACH JAM - ALL-MET ELITE

TEAM TAKEOVER

 PREPARES FOR

PEACH JAM 

 ALL-MET ELITE

 

MARCUS DERRICKSON

PAUL VI

FAIRFAX VA.

The Elite Youth Basketball League consist of 40 teams across the USA. There are 24 teams that will convene at the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, Georgia this week in search of the coveted Peach Jam championship.

The teams competing for the title are some of the top 17 and under teams in the country. Team Takeover from Washington, D.C. is one of the top teams in the league with a current record of 16-2.
Team play will start on Thursday, July 11th. Takeover plays all their games on court one at the Activities Center.

Takeover will play California Supreme from Los Angeles at 9am. Takeover edged Supreme 67-65 in overtime earlier in the tournament. Dion Wiley  led all scorers with 21 points in that hard fought contest. Tre Campbell chipped in with 13 points and five assists. At 6pm Takeover laces them up against All Red Ohio (Columbus).

Friday play resumes with a noon game against Team Texas Elite (Dallas). Takeover then faces BABC (Boston) at 9pm.

Saturday in the final day of pool play the Takeover will face EiTi (Orlando) at noon.
 

Takeover's leading scorer averaging 14.1 pts. and 2.7 rebounds per game. Phil Booth (6'2", Mt. Saint Joseph) chips in 12.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest. James Palmer (6'4, St. John's) averages eight points per contest while 6'7 Marcus Derrickson tallies six points each time out. Campbell (St. John's and stands 6'1) leads the team in assists with 63 while averaging 6.5 points per game.

Leading the team in rebounding is at 6.6 each game is 6'8 Martin Geben (St. Maria Goretti); he also scores 7.5 points per contest. Quadree Smith (Paul VI), at 6'6 has been strong on the boards.