Tourney Results from Florida to Nebraska

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TOURNAMENTS
JUNIOR AAU NATIONALS
NC Heat played #5 seed overall Alabama Southern Starz Thursday and came out with a 75-64 win. It was a tale of two halves, as the cold shooting in Atlanta carried over to the first half in this one as the Heat were down 34-20 at the half. Defensive pressure and much better outside shooting pushed the Heat ahead 42-40 and they never looked back, scoring 55 2nd half points. Alabama primarily used a 2-3 zone the entire game. The Heat played man, match up and some 1-3-1. The major difference was ball movement and defensive intensity. Both were missing in the first half but were very present in the 2nd half. For the game, NC Heat shot nearly 50% from the field but 2nd half shooting was near 60%. The Heat will play 2 games today, at 9am and 1:30 pm. Pool play extends to Saturday and bracket play begins Sunday with the top 32 in the Championship bracket and the bottom 32 in a Consolation bracket.

15U AAU NATIONALS
MN Suns Greg (pool I) is 1-0. They beat Midland Fastbreak out of Michigan 54-49.

MN Suns Ellen (pool D) lost twice. They lost to KGC Pride 46-41, and the Indiana Outlaws 73-56.

MISS BASKETBALL SHOWCASE--KEARNEY
Here are the teams that are from the area that are undefeated in the Miss Basketball tournament in Kearney:
Pinnacle Bank Nebraska 2-0
Northern Lites 2-0
Team Runza 2-0
South Dakota Lightning 2-0
Nebraska Twisterz 1-0
ECI East 1-0
ECI East II 1-0
ECI West 1-0
Lakeville North 1-0
Pinnacle Bank Nebraska II 1-0
NW Iowa Stars 1-0

Leading scorers include (page 14)
Stacia Robertson, Nebraska Twisterz 21
Alison Janecek, Alegent Crusaders 20
Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North 19
Jenna Graves, NW Iowa Stars 18
Sara Wilson, Team Runza 16.5

You can check on the results all day here.

CHICAGO SUMMER SHOWCASE
Here are the schedules for the Summer Showcase in Chicago. Tournament starts Saturday.

GREAT LAKES SHOOTOUT
Here are the schedules for the Great Lakes Shootout going on in Menomonie.

MORE END OF THE TRAIL
After North Tartan 15 defeated Metro Stars 16s they played Cy-Fair, one of the best teams in the country. They have Chiney Ogwumike, who made the U18 USA basketball team and she made a shot with 6 seconds left to defeat NT15s by one point. "It was a great game and my girls played really well," said coach Gerald Coury.

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