After three sessions of summer league action at Butler, Cross Creek has put together the most impressive resume, topping Josey 41-33 Monday after handling Hephzibah and Butler last week. The Razorbacks were led by 6-4 junior Corey Trotter, who scored 19 points and continued what has been the most productive string of individual performances I've seen so far in June.
As has been the case during all three of Cross Creek's wins, Trotter received help from fellow forward Monroe Atkins, a 6-5 senior who, like Trotter, continued to show he can play on the perimeter as well as in the paint.
Josey was led by Jaydren Maloyd (12 points) and Maurice Williams (11). The Eagles have dropped a pair of games after opening the summer with an encouraging win over Hephzibah. Maloyd (6-5) played his best game of the summer Monday, as did fellow senior Aragus Creech. And Williams has been solid throughout. But Josey still appears to have work to do before the Eagles will be set to soar to the top half of the highly competitive nine team class 2A region, especially with a team like Westside, which also failed to qualify for the state playoffs last season, appearing to be making significant strides.
Speaking of Westside...
After a slow start in Monday's opening summer league game, the Patriots went on a 14-3 first half that was punctuated with a three pointer by junior Felix Booker that gave Westside a 17-10 lead over Evans 30 seconds before halftime.
Westside, led by Booker's 15 points, topped the Knights 36-28. The win was the second consecutive convincing victory against a strong team for the Patriots, who topped Josey 46-25 Wednesday. Featured in Wednesday's recap were Booker, Camrehn Mitchell and J'Quan Collier. Today's video includes three more Patriots who were instrumental in both wins: Quamere Gooch (6-4 Sr.), Greg Smith (6-3 Sr.) and Kyale Mathis.
Evans was led by Christian Chambers, who scored 10 points in the loss.
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