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NY ELITE 15U

NY Elite 15 Burn Out Shooting Stars
Jay Mumford

In more Silver Bullet Tournament action on Sunday, the NY Elite 15 unit rolled to 2-0, knocking off Chris Lanci’s Shooting Stars, 44-32.

The Elite’s 4-0 start was quickly answered by the pre-dominantly Queens-based Shooting Stars, who got some firepower from PG Kelly Rodgriguez and her Christ The King teammate, SG Kayla Ceballos. A pretty stutter step keeper on the break from Rodriguez gave the Shooting Stars an 8-6 lead, and their ability to bang the defensive glass and limit the Elite to one and done possessions kept them in the mix. A soft mid-range touch from Ceballos gave her three quick swishes for six points and brought the Shooting Stars within a deuce, 14-12, moments later. But a lull in late first half action spelled a very lengthy field goal drought for the Shooting Stars, as missed shots from near and far stunted their movement on the scoreboard. The Elite didn’t fare much better from the field, but inside buckets from Jaylen Brown and Amani Tatum opened up a 22-13 lead, and a triple at the half time buzzer from Meghan Roxas (Ridgewood HS, NJ) made it a 10 point game, 25-15.

The Shooting Stars exploited the Elite’s second half struggles to put the ball in the hole, and forward Aniela Sosnowski’s inside points cut the deficit back into single digits. Defensively, the Shooting Stars put up a valiant effort, as they kept the Elite passing the ball for extended lengths of time in search of decent shots. Rodriguez scored to make it a six point game, 33-27, but the Shooting Stars couldn’t capitalize on their defense. The Elite out hustled them down the stretch, and turnovers and missed shots from the Shooting Stars came back to haunt them. A Roxas bucket rekindled the Elite’s fire, and by the time Tatum gave them a 12 point lead late in the game, they had outscored the Shooting Stars, 11-5, down the stretch.

Jaylen Brown’s 10 points led NY Elite 15, while Amani Tatum chipped in with 9 points and Meghan Roxas, 7. Kelly Rodriguez led Chris Lanci’s Shooting Stars with 7 points. Kayla Ceballos added 6.

NY Elite 15 got their first win of the tournament on Friday night at the Island Garden, dropping Running Rebels O’Connell, 54-49.