It was the Geoff Evans show in front of his hometown fans Thursday night at the Sharon Lions Club-W.U. Hoyle Basketball Tournament.
Evans scored a game-high 21 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, to lead his Pittsburgh JOTS squad to an 82-59 victory over Holiday Inn/Wave in the final game of the night.
Ryan Miller added 19 points for the JOTS, which led by just one point at halftime. Matt Carroll and Adam Allenspeck added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Leading Holiday Inn/Wave, which was playing its second game of the day, Brian Keenan scored 16 points and Andy Bush had 10.
In other games it was:
OPEN DIVISION
Holiday Inn/Wave 77 YES Future Stars 66
Craig Austin led the way with 16 points, while Keenan and Hodari Mallory each chipped in 13. Wayne Smith Jr. added 10 points for Holiday Inn/Wave, which was down, 36-30, at the break.
The Future Stars also had a quartet of double-digit scorers, led by Naron Jackson's 19 points, Duquesne University recruit Courtney Wallace's 15, Andy Wormsley's 12 and Kevin Brockman's 11.
Boston ABC 96 Franklin 32
The trio of St. John's University-bound Shannon Crooks (28), Sean Connally (24) and UMass recruit Scott Clark (21) collaborated for 73 points in leading the winners, who claimed the '93 tourney title. Boston ABC led 49-13 at halftime.
Radisson/Wave 96 Mercer County Club 49
Jamal Davis stroked two treys among his game-high 23 points, Kyle Ramjun added 17 markers and Charlie Wills added 10 as a dozen players entered the scoring column for the winners.
Mercer County Basketball Club was led by Greenville's Jeff Lewis' 13 points, while Grove City's Matt Nikoloff and Rob Hill evenly divided an additional 20 points.
UNDERCLASSMEN DIVISION
Kennedy Christian 51 Ramsey Ins. (Sharon) 44
Kennedy Christian broke an 18-all halftime tie, outscoring Ramsey Insurance 33-26 in the second half for the victory to advance to Saturday's championship game.
Carlos Oatis, Ryan McElhinny and John Reimold evenly divided 33 points for Kennedy, while Damon Clayton chipped in 10.
Marty Barnett and Bear Shimrack paced Ramsey's with 15 and 14, respectively.
Slip. Rock 50 Grove City 40
Adam Zajac bucketed a game-high 19 points and Jason Curry chipped in with 11 markers for Slippery Rock, which trailed 25-[JU]20 at intermission. Josh Morgan tallied 16 points in a losing effort for Grove City.
Kennedy Christian will meet Slippery Rock 4:30 p.m. Saturday for the title.
Today's Schedule
Open Division:
12:30 p.m. _ Boston ABC vs. Northwestern Pa. Cougars;
1:45 _ Western Pa. Future Stars vs. Franklin;
3 _ Metro Index vs. Ohio Players;
4:15 _ Ohio All-Stars vs. Mercer County Basketball Club; 5:30 _ Holiday Inn/Wave vs. Northwestern Pa. Cougars;
6:45 _ Pittsburgh JOTS vs. Franklin;
8 _ Boston ABC vs. Western Pa. Future Stars;
9:15 _ Radisson/Wave vs. Ohio Players.
Saturday's Schedule
Noon _ Open Division semifinal; 1:15 _ Open Division semifinal;
3 _ Girls' Underclassmen championship;
4:30 p.m. _ Boys' Underclassmen Championship;
6 _ Open Division Championship;
7:30 _ Girls' MCAC All-Star Game;
9 _ Boys' MCAC All-Star Game.
Open Division
HOLIDAY INN/WAVE _ Austin 3-9-11-16; Fusco 0-2-2-2; Keenan 3-5-6-13; Jones 1-1-2-3; Pasderski 0-0-0-0; Williams 2-0-0-4; Bush 2-1-4-5; Mallory 4-3-4-13; Williams 1-0-0-2; Smith 4-2-2-10; Robinson 1-1-2-3; Spittler 3-0-0-6. 3-pt. goals: Keenan 2, Mallory 2, Austin 1. Totals: 24-25-33-77.
BOSTON ABC _ DePina 4-0-0-8; Booth 3-0-0-6; Crooks 13-1-3-28; Randall 4-1-2-9; Clark 10-0-1-21; Connally 9-0-0-24. 3-pt. goals: Connally 6, Clark 1, Crooks 1. Totals: 43-2-6-96.
FRANKLIN _ Loeffert 2-0-0-4; Lawrence 2-0-0-5; Hager 2-0-0-4; Beach 0-0-0-0; Keith 1-1-3-4; Smathers 3-0-0-6; Smith 2-0-0-4; Williams 2-1-4-5. 3-pt. goals: Keith 1, Lawrence 1. Totals: 14-2-7-32.
BOSTON ABC....49 96 FRANKLIN......13 32
RADISSON/WAVE _ Turner 1-2-2-4; Davis 9-3-4-23; A. Hutson 3-1-1-7; Washington 1-0-0-2; Escoffery 2-0-0-5; Wright 4-0-0-9; G. Hutson 2-0-0-4; Wills 2-6-6-10; Morgan 1-0-2-2; Rumjan 7-1-1-17; Rajall 1-0-0-2; Pegues 2-0-0-4; Ferretti. 3-pt. goals: Davis 2, Rumjan 2, Escoffery 1, Wright 1. Totals: 35-14-16-89.
MERCER COUNTY CLUB _ Dudek 3-0-0-8; Lewis 5-1-1-13; Oberman 4-0-0-8; ,acro 0-0-2-0; Nikoloff 4-0-1-10; Hill 4-1-1-10. 3-pt. goals: Nikoloff 2, Dudek 2, Lewis 1, Hill 1. Totals: 20-2-5-49.
RADISSON/WAVE.........46 89 MERCER COUNTY CLUB....23 49
PITTSBURGH JOTS _ Fuss-Cheatkin 0-0-0-0; B. Allenspack 1-1-3-3; A. Allenspack 3-4-7-10; Carroll 4-4-4-12; Evans 8-3-6-21; McIntosh 3-2-4-8; Miller 5-6-7-19; Land 2-0-0-4; Gloff 0-0-0-0; Jabbin 2-0-2-4; Gonzales 0-1-2-1. 3-pt. goals: Miller 3, Evans 2. Totals: 28-21-35-82
HOLIDAY INN/WAVE _ Bush 4-2-2-10; Carter 0-0-0-0; D. Williams 3-0-0-7; Spittler 2-0-0-5; J. Williams 0-0-0-0; Austin 2-0-0-5; Robinson 1-0-0-3; Smith 2-0-0-4; James 2-0-0-4; Mallory 0-1-3-1; Iusco 2-0-0-4; Pasderski 0-0-0-0; Keenan 6-0-0-16. 3-pt. goals: Keenan 4, Robinson 1, Spittler 1, Austin 1, D. Williams 1. Totals: 24-3-5-59.
GROVE CITY _ Otten 2-0-0-5; Sigmund 0-1-2-1; Williamson 0-0-1-0; Morgan 5-4-4-16; Wilson 4-0-0-9; Townley 1-0-0-2; Krantz 3-1-3-7; Surrena 0-0-2-0; Niehaus 0-0-2-0. Morgan 2, Otten 1, Wilson 1. Totals: 15-6-14-40.
Published Friday, March 28, 1997
