Oak Hill Warriors go to (24-0) in Les Schwab Classic as N.C. State signee Tyler Lewis hits 1,000 assist-mark for his career

Tyler Lewis, headed to N.C. State in the fall of 2012, dished out his 1,000th career assist last night and he is also over 2,500 in points scored, in time spent at Forsyth Country Day and this year at Oak Hill Academy……

from the Les Schwab Invitational: Semi-Finals
(Oak Hill Academy from Mouth of Wilson, Virginia improves to (24-0) with their semifinal victory….)

Courtesy of Rick Lewis from the Phenom Hoop Report…..

Reach/Check out Rick on Twitter at: @Coach_Rick57

Phenom Quote of the Day: “Team work makes the dream work”

Phenom Hoop Report Philosophy: “Balanced, thorough and detailed evaluations
based upon the 3 P’s philosophy of Performance, Production, and Potential”

In the night’s first semi-final game between Central Catholic and Jesuit,
the game was nip and tuck from start to finish. Jesuit was able to squeeze
out a 52-50 victory over a scrappy Central Catholic team that upset national
powerhouse Riverside Academy by a demanding margin the night before. For
Jesuit, the story line of the game was balance as 10 players got into the
scoring column. Jesuit is a fundamentally sound team that is patience on the
offensive end of the court and has constant movement on offense. They simply
are a “pure” basketball team that knows how to maximize their talent and has
depth at every position on the court. From a purist point of view, Jesuit is
a team that executes to perfection and will flat wear down the opposing team
on the defensive end of the floor. What’s even more impressive is the fact
that not one single player for Jesuit scored in double figures, but SF Sean
Milligan, Max Rich, and Jack Hackman all chipped in 9 points apiece while
PG Khyan Rayner scored 8 point. More importantly, the bench for Jesuit was
big-time as they contributed 24 of the 52 points! For Central Catholic, SG
Danny Brakebush chipped in 13 points while SF Austin Dyer and PF Reid Callan
both scored 10 points apiece. Again, the turnover margin was the difference
in the game as Central Catholic turned the ball over 17 times compared to 12
turnovers for Jesuit. Jesuit is now 8-0 for the season and will face Oak
Hill in the championship game that will be televised on ESPNU Friday night.

In the final game of the evening, Oak Hill came out with an impressive
mindset as they took control of the game early and never looked back. Oak
Hill simply put on an exhibition on both ends of the floor, but it was their
defensive intensity that was clearly the difference. The Warriors exhibited
its early season defensive pressure and played with passion and a purpose.
Oak Hill won convincingly over a very strong Westview team which is lead by
6’11 Landen Lucas who has signed with Kansas. The final score was 80-43!
Leading the way for Oak Hill was SG D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera with 18 points.
One of the best characteristics of a young player is how they perform after
a poor performance the night before and DSR passed the test with flying
colors. On Wednesday night, Smith-Rivera went 1-12 from the floor for a
season low 2 points. As the old saying goes, “you’re only as good/bad as
your last game” and Smith-Rivera put that game in the past. Smith-Rivera
went 7-10 from the floor (1-2 from the 3 point line) and 3-4 from the free
throw line and was able to consistently get into the lane for his patented
midrange jumper. Jordan Adams tossed in 11 points going 5-9 from the floor
(1-3 from the 3 point line) and also corralled 4 rebounds. PG Tyler Lewis
chipped in 9 points going 3-6 from the floor (1-2 from the 3 point line) and
2-2 from the free throw line. More importantly, he dished out a team high 10
assists and now has 1001 career assists along with over 2500 career points.
RJ “Microwave” Curington came off the bench and was clicking on all
cylinders. Curington finished with 15 points going 5-7 from the floor (2-4
from the 3 point line) and 3-3 from the free throw line. Damien Wilson was
efficient coming off the bench with 10 points going a perfect 4-4 from the
floor and 2-2 from the free throw line. AJ Hammons has been battling a virus
and responded to the challenge of playing against Landen Lucas. Hammons
tallied 7 points but collected 9 rebounds. Other Warriors that got into the
scoring column was Jordan Tebbutt with 6 while Ike Iroegbu added 4 points.

For Westview, Landen Lucas chipped in 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He
went 5-12 from the floor and 4-8 from the free throw line. The other bright
spot for Westview was SG Bonhan Stafford with 12 points. He went 4-6 from
the 3 point line.

Simply put, it was a total exhibition of efficiency for Oak Hill. They shot
31-51 from the floor for 61% and went 7-15 from the 3 point line for 47% and
an impressive 11-13 from the free throw line. Oak Hill out-rebounded
Westview 32 to 21 and enjoyed a 16 assist to 8 turnover ratio. Without
question, the Warriors took care of the basketball and shot efficiency and
effectively from the floor. The Warriors bench scored 36 of the 80 points
scored and the overall depth was too much for Jesuit.

Oak Hill will now advance to the Les Schwab Invitational Championship game
that will be televised by ESPNU. The Warriors now move to 24-0 for the
season.