Westside's summer league victory over Greenbrier was a total team effort

Westside continued its impressive run through June with a 54-44 win over Greenbrier Monday in the opening game of the fifth session of the Butler summer league. The victory marked the third time in three weeks that the Patriots, who appear to be on the way back to their familiar form after two substandard seasons, have been featured here after a comfortable win against a solid squad. Westside topped Evans (36-28) last week and Josey (45-26) the week before.

Felix Booker led the Patriots in scoring with 16 points, including 4 three pointers. The 6-2 rising junior guard gave Westside its first double-digit lead in the first half with a three pointer at the 10:05 mark that put the Patriots ahead 15-5. Forty-five seconds later, after Andrew Black answered Booker to cut the lead back to 7 points, Booker answered with another bomb to restore the 10 point cushion, which later ballooned to 18 by the time the second half was barely underway.

Felix Booker led Westside with 16 points.

Later, in a repeat of the first half sequence, Booker again nailed threes on back-to-back possessions midway through the second half to give Westside a commanding 47-24 lead that Greenbrier slowly reduced, but never truly threatened, in the remaining 10 minutes of play. Sandwiched between Booker's threes during this sequence was a trifecta by Greenbrier junior Cyrus Wilder, who led all scorers with 20 points.

Westside's balance and teamwork shines through

Westside's scoring load has been shared by a consistent core of players in the three games I've covered this summer. The most likely reason for the balance has been the willingness of those players to share the basketball. As happened in last week's win over Evans, solid defense led to transition offense Monday, and impressive teamwork by Greg Smith, J'Quan Collier, Kyale Mathis, and Quamere Gooch led to easy baskets in Monday's rout. Often those plays began with a blocked shot by the promising 6-5 rising junior Camrhen Briddell, as you can see in this series of clip that shows Westside's balance and teamwork:

Both teams will be in action during Wednesday's session, when Greenbrier takes on rival Evans (4:00), and Westside will face Cross Creek (5:00).

Here are the highlights of both teams from Monday's game: