2007 WALTER WONG HOLIDAY BASKETBALL CLASSIC
7th Place Game: Cubs 65 – Dolphins 43
Sedro Wooley of Washington claimed seventh place behind Ethan Brown’s 18 points.
Brown scored 16 points in the first half to give the Cubs a 15-point lead at halftime. Brown averaged 15 points per game in the tournament. The Cubs improved to 2-6 on the season.
The Dolphins Brad Foster led all scorers with a game high 33 points and added
18 rebounds along with four steals and three assists. Foster tallied 12 points and 7 rebounds in the first half. Foster averaged 19.7 points and 17 rebounds per game in the tournament.
SEDRO WOOLLEY (WA) 17 20 18 10 — 65
ACADEMY OF THE PACIFIC (HI) 7 15 8 13 -43
SEDRO WOOLLEY: Nolan Schweigert 3, Ethan Brown 18, Taylor Pedroza 7, Anthony Kolvick 0, Levi Stewart 10, David Janicki 9, Cory Colwell 6, Justin Leber 0, Isaac Brown 6, Kellen Engberg 6. TOTALS 26 9-11 65.
AOP: Jordan Ching 5, Evan Paresa 0, Brad Foster 33, Josh Chaffin 2, Lopaka Davis 0, Nick Seberg 1, Daniel Stanfield 2. TOTALS 17 9-12 43.
3PT FG: SEDRO WOOLEY 4 (Ethan Brown 1, Levi Stewart 2, David Janicki 1) AOP 0
Consolation Championship: Centurions 51 – Crusaders 30
The Centurions from California won the consolation title and improved to 9-6 on the season.
Cypress used a 14-0 run to close out the first quarter and take control of the game.
Twelve different players scored for Cypress.
The ILH Division II Crusaders were led by Brandon Mckee with 12 points.
CYPRESS (CA) 14 6 14 17 — 51
SAINT LOUIS II (HI) 5 7 10 8 — 30
CYPRESS: Andrw Sakakura 6, Kyle Reyes 2, Shane Rothman 3, Cory Igawa 2, Justin Igawa 5, Michael Stone 0, Casey Purtle 8, Devon Nitta 2, Justin Delinger 6, Jordan Castaneda 5, Max Reza 0, Joseph Lee 2, Austin Loeb 4, Le Quan Carpenter 6. TOTALS 13 22-36 51.
SAINT LOUIS II: Danny Higa 5, Joseph O’Conner 3, Joey Bryant 4, Christian Balthazar-Chang 5, Josh Saio 0, Chris Kamaka 0, Brandon McKee 12, Chris Cook 0, Danny Perry 0, Marcus Gonzalez 1, Steven Donohue 0. TOTALS 9 11-21 30.
3PT FG: CYPRESS 3 (Andrew Sakakura 2, Shane Rothman 1), SAINT LOUIS 1 (Danny Higa 1)
3rd Place Game: Spartans 77 – Antlers 63
Cimmaron Memorial of Nevada rebounded from its ten-point loss in the semi-
final to Martin Luther King of California to capture third place in the
Walter Wong Holiday Basketball Classic.
The Antlers of Deer Creek Oklahoma (4-3) started fast and held an early six-
point lead behind Tyler Ferguson’s nine first quarter points.
The Spartans (10-6) used an 11-0 run to take the lead at 23-17 with 6:12
remaining in the second quarter.
The Antlers regained the lead on a three-point field goal by Baylor Thomas
with 7:27 in the third quarter to take a 33-32 lead.
There would be three lead changes over the next three minutes.
The Spartans closed the quarter on a 14-5 run to take a 50-42 lead. They
would score the first five points of the fourth quarter to increase its lead
to 55-42. The Spartans would lead by as many as 16 points in the fourth
quarter.
Tyler Tuliau led the Spartans with 20 points. Dale Puckett also contributed
15 points and Brayden Quackenbush added 12 points.
The tournament’s top scorer, Mike Cutright of Cimmaron Memorial, scored 19
points (13 points in the first half) and finished with a total of 78 points
in the tournament (scored 20 points in game one, 39 points in game two) for
an average of 26.0 points per game.
The Antlers had four players in double figures and were led by Josh Phillips
with 15 points.
CIMMARON MEMORIAL(NV) 14 18 18 27 — 77
DEER CREEK (OK) 17 13 12 21 — 63
CIMMARON MEMORIAL: Brayden Quackenbush 12, Dale Puckett 15, Mike Cutright
19, Dillon Brummett 2, Marc Massaro 4, Akeem Ogaldez 5, Tyler Tuliau 20,
Jordan Collins 0, Nate Weldon 0. TOTALS 25 20-27 77.
DEER CREEK: Baylor Thomas 11, Josh Phillips 15, Chase Almen 4, Adam Byrd 3,
Paul Hobbs 0, Kyle Ferguson 11, Jordan Lundeen 13, Zach Trujillo 4, Richard
Kerner 2, Josh Sudol 0. TOTALS 22 13-17 63.
3PT FG: CIMMARON MEMORIAL 7 (Brayden Quakenbush 2, Mike Cutright 4, Tyler
Tuliau 1) DEER CREEK 6 (Baylor Thomas 2, Josh Phillips 2, Kyle Ferguson 1,
Jordan Lundeen 1)
Championship: Wolves 69 – Crusaders 48
California’s 10th ranked Martin Luther King closed the first half on a 21-5
run to take a 16-point lead at half-time and eventually claim the 2007 Walter
Wong Holiday Basketball Classic Championship.
The Crusaders (5-3) had won nine consecutive games in the tournament dating
back to 2005 and were seeking their third consecutive tournament title.
The Walter Wong Holiday Basketball Classic MVP, Kawhi Leonard led the Wolves
with 26 points (18 points in the first half). Leonard, a 6’7” guard connected
on his first three shots to give the Wolves (13-1) an 8-0 lead with 5:58
remaining in the first quarter. Leonard connected on five 3-point field goals
in the game.
The Crusaders responded with an 11-2 run to take an 11-10 lead with 1:44 left
in the first quarter.
Jeremiah Campbell’s offensive rebound and basket regained the lead for the
Wolves at 12-11.
Moses Samia’s fastbreak lay-up at the buzzer gave the Crusaders a 13-12 lead
at the end of the first quarter.
Eysan Toole’s two free throws gave the Wolves a 14-13 lead at the 7:49 mark.
Dean Viena tied it at 16-16 with a six-foot baseline jumper with 6:38
remaining.
Leading by 16 points at halftime – Leonard connected on his first two shots
of the second half to increase the Wolves lead to 45-25 with 5:47 left in the
third quarter. The Wolves would eventually lead by as many as 26 points.
MARTIN LUTHER KING (CA) 12 25 17 15 — 69
SAINT LOUIS I (HI) 13 8 12 15 — 48
MARTIN LUTHER KING: Steven Mallory 0, George Fields 1, Marcus Lea 0, Taylor
Cunningham 0, Jeremiah Campbell 8, Chris Hatzl 0, Xavier Muldrow 6, Kawhi
Leonard 26, Trevor Peters 0, Julius Anderson 2, Eysan Toole 2, Eric Wise 19,
Kyle Perry 5. TOTALS 24 15-20 69.
SAINT LOUIS I: Lucas Gonsalves 6, Micah McClinton 8, Corey Lau 0, Dean Viena
7, Kyle Gonzaga 1, Cole Shidaki 10, Marcus Umu 3, Michael Tuiloma 7, Jamison
Miller 4, Moses Samia 2. TOTALS 17 12-20 48.
3PT FG: MARTIN LUTHER KING 6 (Xavier Muldrow 1, Kawhi Leonard 5) SAINT LOUIS
I 2 (Cole Shidaki 1, Michael Tuiloma 1)
ALL-CLASSIC SQUAD
MVP – Kawhi Leonard – Martin Luther King (California)
Eric Wise – Martin Luther King (California)
Micah McClinton – Saint Louis (Hawaii)
Cole Shidaki – Saint Louis (Hawaii)
Mike Cutright – Cimmaron Memorial (Nevada)
Josh Phillips – Deer Creek (Oklahoma)
Brad Foster – Academy of the Pacific (Hawaii)
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