The Pangos Dream Classic Schedule
3:00pm Loyola (Los Angeles CA) vs. Mayfair (Lakewood CA)
4:45pm Centennial (Compton CA) vs. Carson (Carson CA)
6:30pm Mater Dei (Santa Ana CA) vs. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron OH)
8:15pm Lincoln (Brooklyn NY) vs. Vallejo (Vallejo CA)
Los Angeles Loyola lost in the championship game of the Red Cross-Rotary Roundball Classic to Lilburn (GA) Berkmar 87-79 last weekend. Kansas signee Omar Wilkes led Loyola with 20 points and was named to the All-Tournament team. 6-6 Chris Rucker also made the All-Tournament team. The Cubs have good depth with 6-4 Josh-Flynn Brown, 6-2 Davis Cantor, 6-1 Vincent Oliver and 6-9 sophomore Jordan Wilkes.
Mayfair is led by 6-6 Justin Hawkins, who signed with Utah, 6-1 guard Brian McFadden and 6-6 Chris Childress (Mayfair)
Compton Centennial lost some talented due to transfers, but still returns 6-4 junior Arron Aflalo. They will face Carson, who is led by Maryland signee 6-9 Ekene Ibekwe and 6-5 sophomore Brian Harvey.
Mater Dei was Street & Smith preseason basketball yearbook's #1 high school team. The Monarchs led by 6-3 Wesley Washington, who signed with Minnesota, 6-9 Harrison Schaen (committed to Princeton) and 6-5 D.J. Strawberry (Maryland signee).They also have plenty of depth with 6-6 Marcel Jones, 6-9 Chris Henry (Mater Dei) and 6-0 sophomore point guard Mike Gerrity.
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary is led by LeBron James, who is averaging 26.9 points per game. However, they are not just a one-man team. They also have Akron signees 6-0 Dru Joyce and 6-6 Romeo Travis. Junior guard Cory Jones is a good outside threat.
Brooklyn (NY) Abraham Lincoln is led by top junior point guard 6-0 Sebastian Telfair. He gets support from fellow starters Jamal Dart, Stewart Graddick, Dominic Osei and Antonio Pena. The Railsplitters are 11-1 after winning two games at last week’s slam Dunk to the Beach.
Vallejo is led by 6-3 junior DeMarcus Nelson, who became the earliest commitment in Duke history.