Jamison’s team got way behind, and he helped stage a comeback at the end. With less than a minute to go they were ahead by 1 point and their point guard brought the ball across the backcourt line and passed the ball to Jamison who appeared to have been playing a shooting guard. Then he took over the game. He dribbled the ball down in to the corner, and you could hear the coach urging him to get rid of the ball. Instead he dribbled past two defenders back out in front, then reversed himself and dribble back into the corner. Now there was only about 15 seconds left, and his defender deliberately fouled him. He calmly sank two free throws, which put the game out of reach. He had 10 points for the game, 4 out of 4 free throws and 2 3-pointers.
I thought it was odd that Holden’s coach had him playing had him playing center in their zone defense. He was shorter than some of his team-mates and the other team had a kid at least 6 inches taller playing in the middle. Then I saw why he was playing in the middle. He was a fierce and relentless rebounder. At every shot, he planted himself in the middle of the floor just in front of the basket and contested for the ball. He had numerous offensive and defensive rebounds and scored 8 points, all on put-backs from rebounds. His team won 18-15.
Trenton was disappointed in his game. They were playing the best and biggest team in their league, and one with a smart and competitive coach. Trenton was playing something like 2-guard, but didn’t see much of the ball. The opposing team used a full court press and also had his players double team whoever was the dribbler. Trenton’s team could not generate any offense and lost big, scoring only 7 points. Trenton had 3 of these, hitting 3 out of 4 free throws. He was obviously a fast and good dribbler and seemed to be one of the players the other team concentrated their defense upon.
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