Basketball: Collinsworth, Utah PNR teammates shine in Vegas
The Utah Pump N Run Red team, which features several of the best high school basketball players in the state, opened play in the adidas Super 64 tournament in Las Vegas on Wednesday with a 73-68 win over the Louisville-based Derek Smith All-Stars.
Showing why he is considered one of the top 100 seniors in the country, Provo High's Kyle Collinsworth took over in the final five minutes to lead the team to the win.
Collinsworth led all scorers with 23 points, despite a slow start due to foul trouble. Waterford's Neal Monson added 10 points and Bingham's Shad Sommerville chipped in 12. Wil Watkins, one of three Olympus players on the team, had eight points, including two huge three-pointers in the second half. His Oly teammate, Nicholas Paulos, added seven points and Bingham's Ben Clifford had eight.
I watched the game and was able to talk to Collinsworth afterwards. More on the state's most-recruited player in a later post.
Suffice to say, about 50 college coaches were in the stands at Rancho High in north Las Vegas to watch him (and others) play.
I saw Southern Utah's Roger Reid and Ron Carling and BYU's John Wardenburg and Tim Lacomb (filling in for head coach Dave Rose, who is expected to hit the recruiting trail on Thursday for the first time since being diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer a month ago).
Lacomb spent some time chatting with Pepperdine coach Marty Wilson. The two worked together at Utah under coach Ray Giacoletti.
Also there tonight was UVU's Dick Hunsaker and Utah's Jim Boylen, who was sitting next to UNLV's Lon Kruger. Collinsworth said he noticed coaches from three schools that have recently expressed some interest in him, but have yet to offer scholarships: Georgetown, UCLA and UConn.
"Seeing those coaches here, it's not a big deal any more," he said. "I'm used to it."
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While the Utah PNR Red 17-and-under team was winning at Rancho High, the Utah PNR 16-and-under team was playing across town. Austin Bankowski, who will be a junior at Woods Cross, made a putback basket with one second left to give the team a 52-50 win over a Minnesota team in double overtime.
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Noticed that Salt Lake City's Dave Hammer, who directs the Salt Lake Metro traveling teams (boys and girls) has been posting some scores on twitter. Hammer's Metro 2012 team defeated Fremont 60-56 today as Zach Wertz led the team with 11 points.
Earlier Wednesday, Tannon Pedersen scored 17 points to help Salt Lake Metro Gold down Seattle Rotary, 67-63.
Showing why he is considered one of the top 100 seniors in the country, Provo High's Kyle Collinsworth took over in the final five minutes to lead the team to the win.
Collinsworth led all scorers with 23 points, despite a slow start due to foul trouble. Waterford's Neal Monson added 10 points and Bingham's Shad Sommerville chipped in 12. Wil Watkins, one of three Olympus players on the team, had eight points, including two huge three-pointers in the second half. His Oly teammate, Nicholas Paulos, added seven points and Bingham's Ben Clifford had eight.
I watched the game and was able to talk to Collinsworth afterwards. More on the state's most-recruited player in a later post.
Suffice to say, about 50 college coaches were in the stands at Rancho High in north Las Vegas to watch him (and others) play.
I saw Southern Utah's Roger Reid and Ron Carling and BYU's John Wardenburg and Tim Lacomb (filling in for head coach Dave Rose, who is expected to hit the recruiting trail on Thursday for the first time since being diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer a month ago).
Lacomb spent some time chatting with Pepperdine coach Marty Wilson. The two worked together at Utah under coach Ray Giacoletti.
Also there tonight was UVU's Dick Hunsaker and Utah's Jim Boylen, who was sitting next to UNLV's Lon Kruger. Collinsworth said he noticed coaches from three schools that have recently expressed some interest in him, but have yet to offer scholarships: Georgetown, UCLA and UConn.
"Seeing those coaches here, it's not a big deal any more," he said. "I'm used to it."
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While the Utah PNR Red 17-and-under team was winning at Rancho High, the Utah PNR 16-and-under team was playing across town. Austin Bankowski, who will be a junior at Woods Cross, made a putback basket with one second left to give the team a 52-50 win over a Minnesota team in double overtime.
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Noticed that Salt Lake City's Dave Hammer, who directs the Salt Lake Metro traveling teams (boys and girls) has been posting some scores on twitter. Hammer's Metro 2012 team defeated Fremont 60-56 today as Zach Wertz led the team with 11 points.
Earlier Wednesday, Tannon Pedersen scored 17 points to help Salt Lake Metro Gold down Seattle Rotary, 67-63.
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