Brookwood celebrate the Holidays early with 2 wins

This past weekend marked the end of the season prior to the holiday break and the Brookwood Bullets unwrapped their gifts early with 2 big wins. Going into both games short players, 9 players each game to be exact, the Bullets pulled out two big wins to extend their record to 6-0. With a few players coming down with sickness, the Bullets traveled to both DJ Sports on Saturday and West Island Lakers on Sunday.

Relying on strong play from all 9 players, the Bullets were able to play well together on the defensive end against DJ Sports, only allowing the team to score a total of 50 points. Missing 2 starters in Kamal Spinsby and Daniel Fisher, the Bullets played small ball with only Abdul Kamane being the only big man to play and what a performance by Abdul. He had a double-double, scoring 20 points and 14 rebounds all while battling a sore wrist. Cyrus Senior returned back from a dislocated shoulder to score 15 points in his return, taking full advantage of his speed. Reynard Robinson finished chipped in with 12 points while showing strong leadership in the last qtr, allowing the Bullets to hold on to the victory.

On Sunday, Brookwood matched up against their biggest rival in the Lakers. While some players were looking forward to this game, others were still battling their health and Brookwood was again short players. Returning to this game was starting center Daniel Fisher, who didn’t make a splash on offense, but did prove to be a force on defence. Brookwood controlled the game from start, taking big leads but also allowing Lakers to pull close. Everyone played their parts on Sunday, coming up big was again Cyrus with 15 points and Reynard with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Filling in for Kamal was Marshall Lobo who scored 11 points and Jalen Rose scored 10 points. Elijah Jones played a great game off the bench as he filled in quite a bit for Abdul, who was in foul trouble.

Brookwood goes into the holidays with a 6-0 season record and a 14-2 overall record. They open the New Year, playing January 9^th, 2011 against Longueil in their second home game of the year. With most of their away games played, Brookwood will host 6 of their next 9 games.

Happy Holidays to everyone

Coach K

Brookwood improves record to 4-0

On Sunday, Brookwood Bullets continued their season play by braving the snowy weather to return to St. Bruno to take on the St. Bruno Cougars. Missing a few players due to the weather and injuries, the Bullets had no problems beating the cougars and securing their 4^th win of the young season, improving their record to 4-0.  

Starting off a little slowly, the Bullets didn’t register their first basket till 2 mins into the 1^st qtr but from then on, Brookwood didn’t look back, building a large halftime lead of 36-16. All hands played on this Sunday and helped the Bullets come out with a 73-39 win. Leading the way was Reynard Robinson with 21 points, 14 pts coming in the 2^nd half. Stealing his way to 17 was Kamal Spinsby with 17 points and 4 steals. Chipping in with 15 points was Jalen Rose while Daniel Fisher was close to having a double-double with 9 points and 9 rebounds.

Brookwood finishes the 1^st half of the season before the holiday season with 2 games this coming weekend. First game is on Saturday, December 18, when they travel to DJ Sports for a 2:30pm tip off time. They then finish up against the West Island Lakers on Sunday the 19th at 3:15, where a handful of players look to play against their old team for the first time. Both games should be a great watch.

Brookwood loses more then just the Semi's

This past weekend, The Brookwood Bullets took their game and winning ways to the St. Bruno Tournament and were challenged with the advancement to the Juvenile AA division. Looking forward to the challenge, the boys went in with high confidence knowing they could win it all. The upgrade didn't affect the Bullets for the first two games as they won convincingly and were able to get playing time for the whole team.

In the Friday night game, Brookwood took on E.S. Polybel, from Belœil, Québec, and they more then handled them self against the competition, winning 81-53. Brookwood came out strong on defence, forcing turnovers which lead to quick and easy baskets and a large 1^st quarter lead. That first quarter lead allowed the whole team to get involved and gel together. Jalen Rose continued his strong play of late with a big shooting performance, hitting 3’s and finishing with 22 points and 3 steals. Following right behind Jalen were guards Kamal Spinsby with 13 pts and Reynard Robinson with 12 pts.

With the win Friday night, Brookwood advanced in the bracket to face the home team of St. Bruno Juvenile AA. Brookwood continuing the momentum from the night before quickly established a big lead within minutes and didn’t look back. In another strong start, the starting line-up was able to determine the flow of the game, allowing everyone to get a chance to play and get opportunity to score. Abdul Kamane started with 10 points in the 1^st qtr and finished with 19points and 4 steals. Marshall Lobo came out aggressive and shooting with accuracy to finish with 11 pts. Jalen Rose chipped in with 10 points as the Brookwood Bullets beat St. Bruno by a score of 84-49.

In the Semi-finals, Brookwood took on a much bigger team in J.H. Leclerc from Granby. The boys came out strong in the beginning of the game, establishing a decent lead off their defence. By the end of the 1^st qtr, J.H. Leclerc had gotten back into the game with a more aggressive style which the Brookwood boys weren’t used to seeing. It was a tight fought game for most of the game, J.H. Leclerc took a decent lead and Brookwood continued to battle with the poor shooting by taking advantage of being in bonus. In the end, Brookwood couldn’t get over that hump and lost 68-55. Worse part of the loss was losing starting shooting guard Cyrus Senior to a dislocated shoulder, setting him back a few weeks. Leading the team was Kamal with 11 pts, Cyrus, Reynard and Abdul all with 8 pts.

Brookwood gets back into action at 2pm, this Sunday, December 12^th at St. Bruno.

Coach K