HOWARD PULLEY BLACK 17U TOOK ON THE CHICAGO DEMONS

The Howard Pulley Black team took on the Chicago Demons. Howard Pulley started out playing zone defense. The Demons were trying to look inside for the scoring options. The Demons started playing in a zone defense. They wanted to try to shut down the Pulley shooters.

Seantrel Henderson played hard in the first half. He was mostly camped out in the low block where he has shined all weekend long. For an athlete of his size he can really move and get up and down the court. He is a big man because he is also a top football player in the nation. He is listed at 6’ 8” and has a wide body.

Both of these teams looked to push the ball up the court. Pulley did a good job of spreading the ball out on the offensive end. Both of these teams went at each other in the first half.

Jordan Hughes has stepped up and played well in the first half. He is Howard Pulleys quick guard. Throughout the tournament he has not been afraid to go after bigger and stronger guys. He knows the court and is a determined player. He will not back down from any challenge.

The first half both teams were evenly matched. Both teams were able to get after each other and neither of them backed down.

At half time the score was Howard Pulley Black 20 and The Chicago Demons 19.

Pulley stared the second half shooting jump shots. They wanted to see if they could get there three point shots to fall in the second half.

Both teams went at each other in the second half. The game was a hard fought contest the whole game. Pulley continued to play good aggressive defense in the second half. Cedric Martin has done a good job at directing traffic on the court. He has let his teammates know where to go on the floor.

This contest was very close neither team was able to go on a run throughout the game. It was also a low scoring game as well. It would be a defensive battle by both teams.

Howard Pulley looked to burn as much time off the clock as they could in the later part of the game. Howard Pulley was able to come away with the 38-35 victory.

HOWARD PULLEY BLACK 17U TOOK ON THE CHICAGO DEMONS

In the first game of the day on Saturday was the Howard Pulley Black 17U team taking on the Chicago Demons. These teams are really getting up and down the court in the early goings.

Throughout the first half the Demons switched up between zone and man to man defenses. This seemed to throw the Pulley players off but they were able to recover.

Cedric Martin played well in the first half. He was able to step up and make some key shots early in the first half. He also played good defense. He also looked to push the ball up the court. Martin usually found Marcus Williams dashing down the court and he was able to make some unbelievable passes to him and Marcus was able to finish the play with ease.

Seantrel Henderson was mostly camped out on the low block on both ends of the court. On the defensive end he was a huge force as he was grabbing rebounds like crazy. He always looked for his littler guards when he got the rebound.

At the half the score was Howard Pulley Black 17 and The Chicago Demons 17.

As the second half got underway both of these teams played very aggressively. The Chicago Demons started playing in zone to start the half out.

Cedric Martin really came alive in the second half for the Pulley team. He was able to step up and knock down shots and got into the rhythm.

Both of these teams were evenly matched. They really went at each other. This was a close game throughout the whole game. Neither team gave up. Both teams dove on the ground after loose balls. Each team really battled each other. One of the more intense battles that took place on the low block Sentrel Henderson went up and battled with Floyd Cambell for loose balls and rebounds.

In the second half The Chicago Demons came to life. They were able to knock down shots. They were also able to slow the Howard Pulley team down.

Joe Coleman also has played well in this game. He was able to come up and make some nice shots in the early going. He really looked in this game.

The second half went back and forth. Each team tried to outsmart each other. Both teams switched up defenses multiple times.

This game came down to the end and both teams played very hard and aggressive. Pulley applied the full court press late in the game. That approved to be effective as they were able to shut the Demons down late in the game.

Howard Pulley Black was able to come back and hold on to the victory. In a hard fought victory the final score was Howard Pulley Black 42 and the Chicago Demons 35.