Brookwood Suffers 1st loss of the year in Express Final!!

This past weekend, the Brookwood boys took on the challenges of a last minute tournament in Saint Laurent. After a team withdrew from the Express Tournament, Brookwood was invited to replace them and Brookwood didn't disappoint. With only half of the team representing themselves in the first game Saturday morning, the team came out with an 84-66 victory over high school team Felix-Leclerc. Leading the team in scoring was Kamal Spinsby with 30 points, 9 of which came from three 3 pointers. Following right behind Kamal, was Reynard Robinson shooting his way to 24 points. Abdul Kamane cleaned up all the boards and scored 14 points in the win.

In the second game of Saturday, Brookwood Bullets took on the midget team from Jean XXIII. With more of the team there for the later game, the boys handled the game from start to finish, demolishing the Jean XXIII squad 105-34. Pressing his way to some easy lay-ups was Reynard who scored 28 points. Following right behind him was Kamal who had 22 points and Jalen Rose who had 16 points. Combined Kamal and Jalen had 16 steals. In an all around game, both Cyrus Senior, 12 points, 6 assists and 7 steals and Abdul Kamane 8 points, 9 steals and 5 blocks helped provide some much needed defensive effort.

Sunday morning marked the 3rd game of the weekend and the semi-finals for both Brookwood and The Sun Youth Hornets. Starting out strong, Brookwood took their offensive game towards the Hornets and were up big early, heading to halftime with a 48-31 lead. Starting out the 2nd half slowly, Brookwoods lead diminished to single digits. Coming through in the end with a score of 71-65, Reynard led his team with 19 points and real leadership in the finishing moments of the game. Kamal, who struggled with his short range shot, finished with 17 points and 3 steals and his fellow guard Jalen, finished with 15 points and 5 steals.

Going into the finals, Brookwood was facing another MBL opponent in the Dawson Blues. Another obstacle to overcome was the fact that Brookwood was going into the finals without their 2 starting big men, who where playing in the finals for their high school. Matching up very well with Dawson, Brookwood came out struggling with their shots not falling and missing key opportunities when they were presented. While a late run by Brookwood got the score to striking distance, fatigue and miscommunication was the downfall as Brookwood fell to Dawson 77-62. Leading the team was Kamal with 19 points & 7 steals while Jalen broke out of his shell this weekend, scoring 18 points with 4 assists and 5 steals. Chipping in was Cyrus with 9 points, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Brookwood looks to get back into the winning column this weekend, Sunday November 21, with a rematch against Sun Youth. Game is at Riverdale high school with a start time of 3:15. This is Brookwood's first home game of the year and hope to see a lot of support there cheering us on.

COACH K