Cheek, Wall Share Co-MVPs in Boost Mobile; Lance Drops 29, Strickland Wins Dunk Contest

It was big night for the locals in the 3rd Annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 event at Harlem’s Rucker Park.

Dominic Cheek of St. Anthony in Jersey City poured in 23 points and John Wall of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God added 10, including a dunk that made SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays, to lead the Blue/Skip to My Lou team to a 135-121 victory over the White/The Goat squad  before a packed house that included Beastie Boy Adam Rauch and Knicks guard Nate Robinson.

Cheek and Wall were named Co-MVPs for the winners, while New York’s Doron Lamb added 25 points for Skip to My Lou. Lamb has transferred to Oak Hill Academy from Bishop Loughlin. Derrick Favors of South Atlanta High, the No. 1 player in the new Scout.com rankings, tallied 16 points and seven rebounds in a winning effort.

Brooklyn’s Lance Stephenson rebounded from a groin injury to score a game-high 29 points for the losers; he also threw a nifty behind the back pass for an assist that made SportsCenter. He was named Co-MVP for his team along with Villanova-bound PG Maalik Wayns, who scored 10, and continued to try to recruit his good friend Cheek to Villanova.

North Carolina commit Dexter Strickland of St. Patrick scored 17 points for The Goat, and also won the inaugural Slam Dunk contest with a one-handed slam (sometimes he seems like he’s flying out there), beating out Cheek, Jeremy Tyler and Jordan Hamilton.

Rice senior guard Durand Scott added 15 points for the losers.

 

Name	High School	Position	Class	Points
Abdul Gaddy	Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma, Wash.)	PG	2009	0
Brandon Knight	Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)	PG	2010	12
Derrick Favors	South Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.)	PF	2009	16
Dexter Strickland	St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.)	PG	2009	17
Dion Waiters	Life Center Academy (Burlington, N.J.)	SG	2010	8
Dominic Cheek	St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.)	SG	2009	23
Doron Lamb	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)	PG	2010	25
Durand Scott	Rice (New York, N.Y.)	SG	2009	15
Erik Murphy	St. Mark’s (Southborough, Mass.)	PF	2009	9
Jared Sullinger	Northland (Columbus, Ohio)	PF	2010	6
Jeremy Tyler	San Diego (San Diego, Calif.)	PF	2010	8
John Wall	Word of God (Raleigh, N.C.)	PG	2009	10
Jordan Hamilton	Dominguez (Compton, Calif.)	SF	2009	13
Josh Smith	Kentwood (Covingon, Wash.)	C	2010	11
Karron Johnson	Mount Zion Academy (Durham, N.C.)	PF	2009	4
Kenny Boynton Jr.	American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)	SG	2009	16
Lance Stephenson	Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	SG	2009	29
LaQuinton Ross	Word of God (Raleigh, N.C.)	SG	2011	9
Maalik Wayns	Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.)	PG	2009	10
Nolan Dennis	Richland (Richland, Texas)	SG	2009	4
Ryan Kelly	Ravenscroft (Raleigh, N.C.)	PF	2009	2
Tony Wroten Jr.	Garfield (Seattle, Wash.)	SG	2011	4
Trae Golden	McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.)	PG	2010	5
Tristan Thompson	St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)	SF	2010	4

 

(Photo courtesy ESPN)