Philadelphia Scholastic Basketball, 1999

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All-City

Public League

Playoffs

DIVISION E/FIRST ROUND
Phila. Regional 64, Fels 58
  William Huddleston hit four three en route to 23 points as Regional, 0-10 in league play, registered the upset. Dwayne Baker (16) and Donte Easley (11) also scored in double figues. Nile Patrick (28) topped Fels, which was devastated by academic ineligibility.
Kensington 54, Roxborough 52
  Freshman Tarik Hanton had 17 points and 15 rebounds while Nick Pote added 11 points, eight assists. Kareem Brunson (21) paced Roxborough.
DIVISION E/SECOND ROUND
Masterman 45, Kensington 31
  Masterman enjoyed a 15-0 run in the first half and a 15-1 run to finish the game. Also, Steve Hite had 15 rebounds. Phillip Duckson scored 17 points and Zack Ellis dished seven assists. Nick Pote (four treys, 13) led Kensington.
West 79, Phila. Regional 53
  Mark Wilson shot 8-for-13 en route to 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. David Watson added 10 points, nine rebounds, four assists, four steals. Damien King (13, 16 rebounds) and Jamal Dillard (11 assists) also starred. Dwayne Baker (18) led Regional.
CHALLENGE PLAYOFFs
Masterman 46, Furness 43
  Zack Ellis scored four of his 20 points in an 11-6 fourth quarter. Brian Williams (18) and Omar Warthen (16) fueled Furness.
Mastbaum 59, West 43
  Hasan Jones (22) and Mike Kinsey (10) buried two treys apiece in a 24-10 second quarter. Mark Wilson (10) led West.
ROUND-OF-16
Franklin 62, Olney 38
  The Electrons cruised after winning the second quarter, 18-1. Calvin Johnson and Gary Palmer scored 17 points apiece. Alex “Boo” Thompson (11) paced Olney.
Gratz 62, Mastbaum 48
  Percell Coles grabbed nine rebounds and scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter while Sharod Carroll and Jermaine Robinson tallied 11 points apiece and Shaun McKie mixed five assists with six steals. Mastbaum’s Hasan Jones hit four treys en route to 18 points.
Penn 70, Lamberton 66
  Before a large, noisy, everyone-stands crowd (the bleachers at Memorial Hall were condemned), Hassan Young totaled 22 points and four assists and sank four free throws in the final 40 seconds as Penn, previously 0-4, won a postseason game for the first time in 23 PL seasons. Kris Pittman added 20 points and eight assists and Randy Morman posted 16 points and 12 rebounds. Lamberton, an 18-year PL member, was making its first playoff visit (except for Division E minitournaments). Anwar Halliday led the Blue Devils with 22 points. Kareem Pilgrim added 17 points. His twin, Khalif, had 12.
Frankford 60, Parkway 49
  Phillip Alston, only a junior, shot 11-for-20 from the floor (4-for-9 on threes) while scoring 26 points and raising his career total to 1,014. Gerald “Moosha” Redding chipped in with 12 points and nine rebounds. Anthony Ingram (17) and Jerome Burt (14) led Parkway while Urick Lewis, after rehabbing a major knee injury, blocked six shots in 15 minutes in his first and last appearance of the season. His one field goal came on a dunk.
Straw. Mansion 71, Central 63
  Darryl Jones generated 14 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and five steals while Omar Thomas notched 20 points and 10 boards. Kenyatta Dabney had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Khalid Bray (25) and Will Taylor (17) paced Central.
Southern 56, Edison 50
  Thomas “June” Terry (three treys) and Jahmel Oliver (five assists) scored 12 points apiece while Terry and Torrance Hemingway both grabbed seven rebounds. For Edison, Melvin Eason blended 19 points and 12 rebounds. Angel “Fuey” Gonzalez, who at midseason had become the first Hispanic player in city-leagues history to surpass 1,000 career points, settled for eight points.
Univ. City 63, Northeast 59
  Marcus Rosser had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Rhasheed Peterson scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and Maliek “Squeaky” Sanders dished eight assists. For Northeast, Randy Dukes shot 8-for-19 (4-for-9 on threes) and 5-for-6 for 25 points while raising his career total to 1,019. He’d won the scoring title with a 31.7 average, the ninth-highest in PL history.
Eng. and Science 59, Masterman 41
  John Cox hit all four of his threes in a 22-6 third quarter and finished with 27 points. Odell Carroll claimed 14 rebounds. Steve Hite (14) and Zack Ellis (11) led Masterman.
QUARTERFINALS
Franklin 58, Frankford 57
  In 27 minutes off the bench, Denelle Holly collected 17 points and 14 rebounds and kept the defending champs alive by beating the buzzer with a 7-foot, falling-back push shot from the right side of the lane. The shot was the end result of an inbound play that began with 3.6 seconds left. Inbounder Gary Palmer (19 points, four assists) was attempting to hit Calvin Johnson (17 points, 11 rebounds) with a lob pass in the lower part of the lane. Instead, Jason “Smooth” Dunham deflected the ball to Holly, who was mobbed after hitting the shot. For Frankford, Gerald “Moosha” Redding tied a city-leagues postseason record by draining seven threes (in 12 attempts) en route to 27 points. No one else scored more than seven.
Gratz 53, Southern 43
  Jermaine Robinson scored 17 points, Sharod Carroll mixed 11 points and eight rebounds and Shaun McKie totaled six points, six assists and eight steals as the Bulldogs prevailed. Southern (Wayne Best 14) moved within 45-43 before fading.
Straw. Mansion 75, Univ. City 57
  Omar Thomas (22 points, eight rebounds) and Darryl Jones (21, seven) posted almost identical stats in the frontcourt while Gregory “Fatty” Cunningham was a rock with 11 points and 10 assists. Also, sub Levi Lemar, little-used during the season, sniped 4-for-4 (three treys) for 11 points in 12 minutes. For UC, Maliek “Squeaky” Sanders sprinkled 11 assists mainly to Marcus Rosser (14), Rhasheed Peterson (12) and Raheem Johnson (11).
Eng. and Science 62, Penn 58
  John Cox exploded for 38 points, shooting 12-for-24 (4-for-6 on threes) and 10-for-11. He scored 22 of the Engineers’ first 30 points and 11 in a 17-10 fourth quarter. Darien Chavis added 10 points and six assists. Penn’s Randy Morman contributed 26 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks while backcourters Kris Pittman and Hassan Young had matching stats (14 points, four assists).
SEMIFINALS
Back-to-Back Days at Temple’s Apollo
Franklin 47, Eng. and Science 45
  An inbound play that began with 3 seconds remaining again proved to be magical for the Electrons. This time, Gary Palmer sent a lob to the right part of the top of the lane, where Calvin Johnson caught the ball and immediately shot — without returning to the floor — over the outstretched hand of E&S leaper Alburn Brown. The buzzer-beater swished. Johnson finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Palmer (15 points) and sub Denelle Holly (12, 18 rebounds) helped out and Jason “Smooth” Dunham held Engineers franchise John Cox to nine points and 3-for-9 shooting. Brown had 15 points and nine boards.
Gratz 71, Straw. Mansion 52
  Jermaine Robinson scored 14 of his 25 points in a 29-12 fourth quarter as Gratz turned a close game into a rout. The Bulldogs led by only three, 46-43, with 5:30 remaining, but pulled away by hitting 17 of 22 free throws, including 15 of the first 16. Sharod Carroll posted 11 points and nine rebounds while Shaun McKie dealt seven assists. For Mansion, which shot just 5-for-12 at the line in the fourth quarter, Omar Thomas contributed 20 points and nine rebounds.
FINAL
At St. Joseph's University
Franklin 69, Gratz 63
  Forward Denelle Holly, in 30 minutes off the bench, shot 8-for-11 and 2-for-3 for 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Electrons sent coach Ken Hamilton (456-184 in 28 seasons; most wins in PL history) into retirement with his second consecutive title and fourth overall. In the final three rounds of the playoffs, Holly shot 22-for-29 en route to 53 points and collected 45 rebounds. Jason "Smooth" Dunham (20 points), Calvin Johnson (13), Gary Palmer (10 points, seven rebounds) and Hanif "Julio" Styles (four assists) lent assistance. For Gratz, Jermaine Robinson (16) and Percell Coles (14) led the way.

Standings

Coaches' All-Public

Champs' Rotation

Catholic League

Playoffs

Standings

Coaches' All-Catholic

Champs' Rotation

Inter-Ac League

Haverford School (9-1)
  After experiencing the pain of going 58-142 in the 20 league seasons that followed their last title in 1978, the Fords finally broke through. In Game No. 9, the clincher, Doug Fairfax collected 31 points and four steals, Joe Corbett mixed 19 points and 14 rebounds and hustler Shane Jefferson had five points, four rebounds and two points in a 67-61 win over visiting Gtn. Academy. In the finale, Fairfax hit for 22 points in a 62-60 overtiming of visiting Malvern and came close (28.3) to breaking the record for league average (28.7) set by Penn Charter’s Billy Harris in 1971. Fairfax finished with a school-record 1,577 points, 27 more than ’78 star Mike Edelman. GA and PC deadlocked for second at 7-3.

Standings

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

Champs' Rotation