Tennessee’s Grant Williams named SEC Player of the Year, Collin Sexton and Kevin Knox Co-Freshmen of the Year
By JACOB POLACHECK Tennessee sophomore forward Grant Williams
By JACOB POLACHECK Tennessee sophomore forward Grant Williams
By DENNIS CHAMBERS
GLENDALE, Ariz. — From Greenville, S.C. to New York City to Glendale, Chris Silva has logged a lot of miles over the last few weeks. Hopping from city to city as South Carolina advances throughout the NCAA Tournament has been quite the experience for the sophomore big man.
But don’t think Silva has forgotten about his ties back to Roselle, N.J., and don’t think they’ve forgotten about him, either.
“It’s been crazy,” Silva said about the Roselle Catholic support. “Everyone calling me, texting me and telling me from home that they’re proud of me. So, it’s been awesome.”
NEW YORK — During Roselle Catholic’s drive to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions title in 2015, one of Isaiah Briscoe’s favorite plays was to throw the ball off the backboard for Chris Silva to dunk.
Roselle Catholic coach Dave Boff remembers that Briscoe loved the play so much, they did it in the sectional final that year.
“In the history of New Jersey basketball, I don’t know if anyone has ever completed more off-the-backboard, alley-oop dunks than Chris and Isaiah did that year,” Boff said. “I think they did 10 or 11 that year. They were so comfortable with Isaiah throwing the ball off the backboard to Chris as the trailer, they actually did it in the sectional final in a tie game with two minutes left to go that gave us the lead [against Trenton Catholic]. We were coming back from 22 points down and the basket that gave us the lead which we never gave back was a two-on-one fastbreak where Isaiah threw it off the backboard for Chris for a dunk.”
