ARDSLEY, NY - Championship Sunday at the 17u Basketbull Summer Championships was full of drama with big names and big teams making it to the quarterfinals. College coaches were out in full force once again to catch the action, and see a surprise team bring home the trophy. - See more at:
http://nychoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1524989#sthash.OSJ2cFOb.dpuf"CBC opened the 2nd half on a 7-0 run to reopen the gap, but Westchester didn't falter. Dingba, who was saddled in foul trouble in the opening half, was much more assertive inter block and challenged Chukwu around the rim, and won most of the 1 on 1 matchups. As a matter of fact, it seemed like as the Hawks got more confident driving to the rim, the better they played. Westchester took their first easier the game with 6 minutes to go when Dewey hit a beautiful scoop driving in. They went up 55-50 with 2 minutes to go, but CBC fought back, Momah hit in a outback, and that was followed by a Gillespie jumper to bring it to 55-54. A bad turnover by Westchester gave CBC a shot in the closing seconds, but with just 5 fouls and 8 seconds left, the Hawks never allowed CBC a shot as the clock ran out before CBC could get off anything besides a long three at the buzzer, and Westchester made it 2 upsets in the semis grabbing the win.
Dingba didn't have a dunk, but he played a fantastic 2nd half, scoring 12 of his 14 in the 2nd. Mingo added 13 as well. Gillespie led CBC with 19, and Chukwu who had played so good for the most part this weekend struggled to finish with just 2 points."