Eastern Commerce at Motor City Classic in Detroit

The Eastern Commerce Saints senior basketball team travelled to Detroit, Michigan to compete in the prestigious Motor City Roundball Classic at Detroit Country Day High School in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Stars such as Chris Webber and Shane Battier played at Country Day. Eastern will be playing 3 games on December 26-28.

Eastern played it's first game on December 26 vs Detroit Cass Technical High School. Eastern got off to a very quick start going up 13-0 to start the game and finished with a convincing 76-55 victory. Top scorers foe Eastern were Ammanuel Diressa with 21 points, game MVP Jamal Thomas with 19 points and James Sylvester with 17 points.

Eastern's second game was against Detroit Northwestern. Once again Eastern got off to a great start leading 30-8 at halftime. The final score was 56-26. Top scorers were Jamal Thomas with 17 and James Sylvester with 16.

Eastern's won it's third and final game against East Grand Rapids on Wednesday by a final score of 72-36. Tops scorers in the game were Ammanuel Diressa with 24 points and Jamal Thomas with 14 points.

Congratulations go out to all the players and coaches as Eastern won all three of their games by a wide margin. Positive comments came from coaches, fans and referees on Eastern's style of play using 5 guards and an incredibly stifling defense.

I checked the tournament web site and it shows Eastern over East Grand Rapids 72 to 36.Can anyone confirm this score.

I can confoum that. I got it from Detroit newspaper

72 Toronto Eastern Commerce 36 East Grand Rapids
Wednesday, 28 December 2011 19:48
2011 Boys Box Scores
Date: 12/28/2011 @1240 pm Game #: 2 Roundball Classic Attendance:
Visitors: East Grand Rapids Home: Tor. East Com Length of Game:
No. Visitor: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
EAST GRAND RAPIDS M A M A M A O D TOT
1 Matt Alt 2 4 4 2 2 1 2
2 John Kruer 0 0
3 Micheal Peoples 1 0 1 1 1
5 DeAndre Grady 2 5 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 3 2 1
10 Max Cothern 0 0 1 1
11 Deleon Brown 1 3 1 2 0 2
12 Charles Singleton 0 0 1 1 1
20 John Singleton 2 0 0 1
21 Austin Howell 2 5 1 4 2 5 1 2 3 1 2 1 3
22 Marcus Hall 3 6 3 4 9 1 1 2 2 3 2
23 Jahaan Brown 1 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1
24 Pat Cvengros 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 1
32 Aziz Ellis 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 3
33 Grant Bailey 1 2 4 2 0 1 1
44 Brandon Belke 3 5 1 5 1 7 1 2 3 1
TOTALS 0 14 38 4 13 4 14 36 5 17 22 8 19 16 6 2
Pct. 37% 31% 29%
No. Home: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
TOR. EAST COM M A M A M A O D TOT
1 Jason McDonald 1 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 1 1
3 James Sylvester 4 12 1 2 2 9 3 3 6 4 1 1 1
10 Rashawn Browne 1 5 6 6 1 3 9 2 2 1 2
12 Mohamed Camara 2 3 1 2 5 2 2 3 2 1
13 Jamal Thomas 5 11 2 5 12 1 1 2 1 4 1 2
23 Ammanuel Diressa 9 12 3 5 3 6 24 1 4 5 2 2 1 4
24 Eliel Lukusa 0 0
42 Habib Mohamed 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
50 Jamar Martin 4 6 4 8 4 3 7 1 2 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 27 53 12 23 6 17 72 10 17 27 11 13 6 3 11
Pct. 51% 52% 35%
Score By Quarters OT OT Final Pts.
V EAST GRAND RAPIDS 13 9 6 8 36
H TOR. EAST COM 21 11 19 21 72
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56 Toronto Eastern Commerce 26 Detroit Northwestern
Tuesday, 27 December 2011 20:51
2011 Boys Box Scores
Date: 12/27/2010 @4 pm Game #: 4 Roundball Classic Attendance:
Visitors: DET Northwerstern Home: Toronto East Com Length of Game:
No. Visitor: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
DET NORTHWERSTERN M A M A M A O D TOT
3 Carnell Wright 2 0 0 1 4
4 Aaron Sall 0 0 1
5 Dominique Byrd 2 5 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 2
12 Donte Winters 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3
15 Jamie Heard 0 0
21 Ramond Ray fo 6 11 1 2 1 13 4 4 8 1 5 1 2
23 Patrick Rutherford 1 5 3 2 3 3 1 3 4
32 Georme Trenble 0 0
50 Balaal Hollings 2 2 4 2 2
2 Devonte Williams 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
TOTALS 0 13 27 1 2 0 6 27 8 11 19 5 14 16 2 0
Pct. 48% 50% 0%
No. Home: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
TORONTO EAST COM M A M A M A O D TOT
1 Jason McDonald 1 4 2 2 1 1 2
3 James Sylvester 4 9 6 9 2 4 16 1 3 4 3 1 1
10 Rashawn Browne 1 2 1 0 2
12 Mohamed Camara 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 2
13 Jamal Thomas 6 10 1 2 3 6 14 3 2 5 2 1 2
23 Ammanuel Diressa 6 14 1 2 0 8 13 2 2 4 2 2 2 1
42 Habib Mohamed 3 2 0 3 3
50 Jamar Martin 3 4 2 6 1 4 5 1 1 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 22 48 9 17 5 23 56 9 14 23 12 5 3 0 7
Pct. 46% 53% 22%
Score By Quarters OT OT Final Pts.
V DET NORTHWERSTERN 6 2 5 13 26
H TORONTO EAST COM 22 8 19 7 56
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76 Toronto Eastern Commerce (Ont. CA) 57 Detroit Cass Tech
Tuesday, 27 December 2011 16:08
2011 Boys Box Scores
Visitors: Toronto East Comm Home: DET Cass Tech Length of Game:
No. Visitor: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
TORONTO EAST COMM M A M A M A O D TOT
1 Jason McDonald 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1
3 James Sylvester 3 9 11 14 17 4 3 7 2 2 3 1
10 Rashawn Browne 2 6 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1
12 Mohamed Camara 5 6 1 1 2 2 13 1 1 1 3 2 2
13 Jamal Thomas 8 13 1 2 2 6 19 3 3 1 2 2 1
23 Ammanuel Diressa 6 12 6 6 3 6 21 2 2 1 1
24 Eliel Lukusa 0 1 1 1
31 Kevin Hamlet 0 0
35 Justin Jackson 0 0
42 Habib Mohamed 0 0
50 Jamar Martin fo 1 0 1 2 3 5 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
TOTALS 0 25 49 19 25 7 16 76 6 13 19 10 16 9 3 7
Pct. 51% 76% 44%
No. Home: Min. All Field Goals Free Throws 3 pt. Field Goals Pts Rebounds Ast PF TO BS ST
DET CASS TECH M A M A M A O D TOT
32 Hall 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 5 1 2 2
3 Banks 2 8 6 5 5 10 4 2 1
23 Harris 3 7 1 2 7 1 2 3 2
15 Mungo 2 5 3 8 7 1 2 3 2 2 4 1
1 Johnson 4 10 2 2 1 6 11 2 2 5 3 2
31 Cox 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1
21 Steward 5 9 2 2 1 2 13 4 4 1 4 2
33 Farrell 0 0
24 Laster 2 3 4 1 5 6 1 4 3
35 0 1 1 1
5 Watts 2 2 2 2 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 20 46 13 20 2 8 57 11 26 37 10 21 14 5 1
Pct. 43% 65% 25%
Score By Quarters OT OT Final Pts.
V TORONTO EAST COMM 17 18 15 26 76
H DET CASS TECH 10 16 13 16 55
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Original post has been updated. Thanks to Crabber for providing the box scores for the games.

Eastern Basketball wrote:Original post has been updated. Thanks to Crabber for providing the box scores for the games.

You are very welcome. I am, just a fan now who used to work for a rating service. I follow high school sports across the US & Canada.

Thanks Crabber.Hard to follow this tournaments format/looks like Eastern won all 3 games but its not clear if they won a specific division.Anyways great job Eastern!Wonder how Henry Carr did against Pershing the number one team out of Detroit in yesterdays match up.

what is the format? tried to look on the website, and they just have matchups. Do you just play a set number of games? divisions? championship, consolation?

The Motor City Roundball is basically a bunch of different showcase games. Most teams play 3 games each. Teams in Michigan can apparently only play 20 games during there season so that is a big reason I think they choose this format. There is no tournament format at all. At the varsity level they had over 90 teams in the boys and girls divisions.

btownfan wrote:Thanks Crabber.Hard to follow this tournaments format/looks like Eastern won all 3 games but its not clear if they won a specific division.Anyways great job Eastern!Wonder how Henry Carr did against Pershing the number one team out of Detroit in yesterdays match up.

Pershing won that game it is in the Henry Carr In Motor City threat. Not a GTA team but London H. B. Beal was in Detroit Area show case also they were suspposed to play 2 games I only found 1 so far.

H.B. Beal Secondary (Ontario)
(1-0-0)
60
12/29/2011
7:30 p.m.
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
(5-1-0)
52


Loy Norrix boys basketball falls to Canadian team
Kalamazoo Gazette, December 30, 2011 12:20 a.m.

Loy Norrix struggled to score in the fourth quarter and H.B. Beal (Ontario) made free throws down the stretch to seal the win. The Knights' Bishop Robinson scored 27 points and had 13 rebounds, and Valorian Cunningham added 12 rebounds.

Thanks again Crabber.FYI / Beal is out of London Ont.and have been one of the best teams out of that area for the last 5-8 years.They are well coached/play a fast up tempo game and are always very good on defence.Seen them at a few ofssa and other tournaments and are always a pleasure to watch.

Way to go Eastern and Beal!