Memphis was the site of the second stop of the Nike EYBL summer season and for Bradley Beal Elite clubs across all age groups, it was a productive trip.
The 17U team built off their performance in Atlanta for Session 1, winning three of four in Memphis.
They opened the tournament with an 83-76 win over LivOn, led by a 26-point game by Devin Cleveland. Jimmy McKinney tallied 16 points, Tyran Frazier added 12 and Davis Cochran had a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double.
They followed that W on Friday with two more wins on Saturday, beating Nightrydas in a 53-52 thriller and Jet Academy 64-53. Chocran once again doubled up against Nightrydas with 11 points and 12 boards. Cleveland was the leading scorer again as well, with 19 points and Jaylan Mitchell chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds.
Against Jet, Cochran has his best game of the weekend with 17 points and 16 rebounds for his third straight double-double, Frazier grabbed 11 boards, and Josiah Harrington scored 15 points. The weekend finale saw the 17s run out of gas in an 85-57 loss to Mokan Elite despite 14 points from Cochran, 11 from Frazier and 10 from Cleveland.
At the 16U level, the only loss of the weekend came in the opener despite 22 points from Brady Pettigrew. Miles Simpson added 15 points and Austin Sears had 12 in the defeat to AB Elite. But the 16U BBE boys bounced back with three consecutive wins to close the weekend.
They topped Indy Heat 71-63 on the strength 23 points from Pettigrew and 21 from Anthony Spratt, who also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Sears added 13 points in that one. That same day, the Elite had their most impressive win, a 96-39 victory over Howard Pulley. Pettigrew led the way with 23 points, Sears had 16 with seven rebounds, Spratt with 13 points and three steals while James Humphreys grabbed 10 rebounds and scored nine points. Andrew Terry also had 10 points in the big win.
In the final game of the tournament, a shorthanded BBE squad won a thriller with Mac Irvin Fire 87-85. Just seven players were available for BBE but five of them scored in double figures led by 18 points from Darrius Hawkins Jr. Spratt and Pettigrew each scored 17, Sears tallied 15 and Humphreys had 13 points and eight rebounds.
The 15U team played an identical slate to the 16s and had the same results, following a loss to AB Elite with three consecutive wins. The 74-65 loss to AB was highlighted by 19 points from EMurion Jackson, and Stacy Sorrell had an all-around game with 10 points, six rebounds and six assists. They followed that with a bounceback 63-52 win over Indy Heat and were led by 22 points and seven rebounds from Majok Mayuan. Jackson added 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
The third game of the weekend was a 71-46 W over Howard Pulley that featured a balanced scoring attack with seven players scoring at least eight points but none more than 10. Sorrell had 10 points, Kaimen Robinson added nine with seven rebounds and Elon Henderson had nine points, six rebounds and three assists. The finale was a 60-57 win over Mac Irvin Fire. benton Freije scored a team0high 17 points and Sorrell added 16 with five rebounds.
