RECAP: Big Shots Prep Nationals High School Gold All Stars
Spire Institute & Academy take home the title and become national champs!
Rock Hill, SC - In its fourth year the Big Shots Prep Nationals had incredible talent and hosted several top teams in the nation. Over 105 highschool and post grad teams made this years event the biggest high school event for Big Shots to date. Prep Nationals featured hundreds of available prospects and a number of ranked players in the nation. Teams from over 3 countries, and 15 states traveled to the Rock Hill Sports and Events Center all for one common goal, to be name National Champs.
Spire Institute (OH) -
Spire Institute & Academy came in to Big Shots Prep Nationals and delivered back to back 20 point victories leading up to the title game. Spire had a margin of victory of more than 20 points per game as they held opponents to an average of 47 points. Landon Calabrese averaged 20 ppg and was named MVP of the gold division. Calabrese was super consistent scoring 20 points in all three contests. The 6'7 F Khalid Ousmane also poured in a game high 22 points in the semifinal to help Spire make it to the title game where they won 67-55 over NCGBB Varsity.
MVP:
Spire Intitute Varsity (OH) 24 Landon Calabrese
Check out the First & Second Team All Stars from the weekend:
FIRST TEAM ALL STARS:
HA Prep Academy (NC) 23 Chandler Olokor
LAB University (NC) 1 Juwan Argant
LAB University (NC) 5 JJ Dancy
NC GBB Varsity (NC) 12 Evan Dean
Spire Intitute Varsity (OH) 34 Khalid Ousmane
TCBi Blue (FL) 0 Ryan Speace
V3 Prep Academy (Gold) (CAN) 7 Anthony Morris
SECOND TEAM ALL STARS:
HA Prep Academy (NC) 10 Kaden Williams
NC GBB Varsity (NC) 10 Darius Robinson
NC GBB Varsity (NC) 33 Treyton Jones
S3 Academy Regional (VA) 3 Pavel Berdnikov
Spire Intitute Varsity (OH) 10 Ani Singh
TCBi Blue (FL) 22 Mackie Crenshaw
Top Notch Prep Gellar (CAN) 6 Bryson Hogan
Top Notch Prep Gellar (CAN) 8 Ethan Basic
V3 Prep Academy (Gold) (CAN) 13 Tomas Pound