MN Stars Hested, NC Heat 2-0 in Showtime Tournament

#2 posting 7.14.2007
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ADIDAS SHOWTIME
Minnesota Teams 4-0 in Sponsored Division.
MN Stars Hested opened play in Sponsored Bracket C with two wins. They beat Triad Comets 62-43 and then Team Texas Morgan in the quarterfinals 61-53. Also in that bracket, Nebraska Bison CSS lost to Exodus 65-46, but then turned it around in the consolation bracket with a 71-65 win over Alabama Twisters Elite.
In the Sponsored D Bracket NC Heat won twice to advance to the semis. They bumped off Montgomery Heat 56-33 and then Orinda Magic Black 49-46.

Minnesota teams 5-3 in Select division
In the Select A Bracket MN Stars Antl lost to Lessons Learned Black 48-39. MSA came back with a 43-14 win over PC Challenge. The 15U Judds team is 2-0 in the 17U select A bracket. They beat FBC Inland Empire 57-55 and then Houston Hoopstars Elite 42-26.
In the Select B Bracket MN Stars Smith opened with a loss to Emerald City Lady Pioneers 40-34, and they too picked up a win in the consolation round with a 57-19 win over EBO Red.
In the Select C Bracket MN Stars Borowicz won twice to move to the semis. They opened with a 60-43 win over Exodus Gold. In the quarters they beat the Fort Worth Frogs 62-60.
In the Select D Bracket the MN Suns lost the opening round and came back to win in the consolation round. In game one FBC White won 61-29. The Suns beat WS Stealers Smart 64-53.

The Nike Summer Showcase is going on in Chicago. I don't have results. But here is the schedule.

In the Miss Basketball tournament in Kearney, Nebraska some familiar area teams have advanced to the championship bracket, in fact 9 teams from the Dakota Showcase moved on: Allegent Crusaders (Omaha Crusaders last weekend in Hopkins); Dakota Hardwood Threat; ECI West Gold; IBCA Select I; IBCA Select II; Iowa Elite; Kansas City Hustle; Mid-Missouri Hustle; Pinnacle Bank Nebraska; Team Runza. Six other teams fill out the field. No Minnesota teams advanced to the championship bracket. You can see the box scores here.

TOP 10 UNDERCLASSMEN CAMP
Kate Thompson and Rachelle Eckmann each scored 20 plus points in the Top Ten Underclassmen Camp, in their second games.
The Brittany Chambers and Leah Dietel both played well also.
Amber Dvorak is much improved from the first day she came into the Minnesota Stars Camp.

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