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