NORTH AUGUSTA, SC --- Sam Thompson (6-6, 190, Chicago, IL Whitney Young) provided the highlight reel dunks for the Monday morning session at the Nike Peach Jam with two gravity-defying throwdowns to help spark Mac Irvin Fire to a relatively easy win over Oklahoma City-based Athletes First. Thompson, who continues to list Florida, Oregon State and Ohio State as his top three schools, had a two-handed dunk back in the first half when he flew down the lane to jam back a missed Wayne Blackshear (6-5, 215, Chicago, IL Morgan Park) that was the best dunk of the day until he topped himself with a one-hander on a breakaway in the final three minutes of the game.
Thompson, who made a qualifying 29 on his ACT on the first try --- "I'm gonna take it again ... I know I can do better than that," he said --- says he is going to take his time before making his final decision.
"Last part of October, first part of November before the signing period," Thompson said. "I'm going to make sure I make the right choice."
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Former Florida commitment Austin Rivers (6-4, 190, Winter Park, FL) scored 29 points in Each One Teach One's 85-64 win over Albany City Rocks. Rivers was 5-11 on his three-pointers, 9-20 overall from the field. Post game, Rivers said Florida, Duke and North Carolina have been joined by Kansas and Kentucky.
"Those are the five ... I'll choose one of them," Rivers said, adding that he plans to wait until the college season is under way to make a choice. That means Rivers won't be signing in November but waiting until the spring.
"I want to see how people do, how they play and how their players are doing," Rivers said. "I have to make sure I'm getting the right fit."
Rivers' teammate Trevor Lacey (6-3, 215, Huntsville, AL) scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Each One Teach One. Lacey is thought to be an Alabama lean although Tennessee is making a very strong push.
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A name to keep an eye on for 2012 is Kyle Anderson (6-8, 210, Paterson, NJ Paterson Catholic), whose game reminds everyone of Chandler Parsons. Anderson doesn't do a lot of things great, but he does everything very well. His numbers in New Jersey Playaz 80-49 win over California Supreme were 17 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, two blocked shots and one steal.
All the SEC, ACC and Big East schools are on him.
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Florida commitment Bradley Beal (6-4, 190, St. Louis, MO Chaminade Prep), the MVP of the FIBA World 17-and-Under Championships for the gold medal-winning USA team, will be arriving in Augusta tonight and will be suiting up tomorrow for the St. Louis Eagles, who got a 79-65 win over All-Ohio Red behind 21 points from Ben McLemore (6-5, 200, St. Louis, MO Eskridge) and 20 from Butler commit Roosevelt Jones (6-3, 210, O'Fallon, IL).
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Earlier in the morning, Nerlens Noel (6-10, 210, Everett, MA Tilton School) scored only four points, but he hauled down 14 rebounds and blocked nine shots to lead Boston-based BABC to a 68-60 win over Georgia Stars. Noel has Florida high on his list along with several Big East schools.
Without Tony Parker (6-9, 260, Lithonia, GA Miller Grove) in the middle, the Georgia Stars had no inside presence against Noel's dominating defense. Kedren Johnson (6-4, 215, Lewisburg, TN Marshall County), who has Florida on his short list along with Vanderbilt and Alabama, scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out four assists in defeat. Johnson is expected to choose between Vanderbilt and Alabama in early August.
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Rakeem Christmas (6-9, 225, Philadelphia, PA Academy of the New Church), scored 12 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked five shots in Team Final's loss to Spiece Indy Heat.
Over on the winning side, Nic Moore (5-10, 170, Lake Winona, IN Warsaw) scored 26 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out five assists while taking over the point for Marquise Teague (6-2, 175, Indianapolis, IN Pike) who is on his way to Augusta from Germany where he played on the USA team at the FIBA worlds.
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