By The Star City Classic held its third and final day of basketball at the Kinetic Sports Complex in Lincoln on Sunday, and the action was as advertised. Here’s a brief roundup of Nebraska Supreme’s games.
Nebraska Supreme 17UAA 67, KC Run GMC 17U 49
Nebraska Supreme got the 67-49 win behind 13 points from Isaac Traudt (Grand Island) and 12 points from Ben Hunzeker (Lincoln Southwest). Ten players from Supreme found the scoring column. Both Sam Hastreiter (Lincoln Pius X) and Jay Dawson (Omaha Central) each chipped in with eight points.
Traudt’s highlight of the game was a monster put-back dunk on top of KC Run GMC’s Luke Junger (Creighton Prep). Dawson scored all eight of his points in the second half, connecting on two 3s and slamming home a contested dunk.
Supreme came out hot from the field and hit six 3-pointers in the opening half that helped it earn a 35-29 lead at halftime.
Video highlights and a few pictures are below:
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- Nebraska Supreme’s Jasen Green (Millard North) looks to pass during a game with KC Run GMC Sunday in Lincoln.
.@NebraskaSupreme 17UAA and 17U KC Run GMC getting close to the opening tip. This will be some good ballS pic.twitter.com/50Y8dy8sfh
— Steve Marik (@Steve_Marik) May 2, 2021
KC Run GMC 15U 63, Nebraska Supreme 15UAA 62
After trailing 31-26 at halftime, Supreme fought back and gained a 59-55 edge late in the game following a strong baseline layup from Landon Pokorski (Gretna), who wound up scoring nine points.
Pokorski, a tough guard, had a strong game as he routinely found the open teammate behind the arc after the defense collapsed. Alex Wilcoxsen (Gretna) scored nine points — all off 3s — while KG Gatwech (Lincoln North Star) and Bhan Buom (Lincoln Southwest) both added nine as well.
KC Run GMC’s Andrew Sprague (Leawood, Kan.) grabbed an offensive rebound and got the putback to fall with a little over a second left in the game to seal the 63-62 win.
Video highlights and a photo gallery are below:
.@NebraskaSupreme 15UAA and 15U KC Run GMC about to start. pic.twitter.com/3YUqcTkiIx
— Steve Marik (@Steve_Marik) May 2, 2021
Bradley Beal Elite 16U 62, Nebraska Supreme 16UAA 43
The talented group from Bradley Beal Elite was too much to handle for the smaller Supreme group.
Amon Whitlow led Supreme with 14 points while TK Barnett (Bellevue West) was right behind him with 13. Barnett showed an outside-shooting presence with three 3s.
River Johnston (North Platte) added nine points while Antallah Sandlin-El (North Star) had five and Wade Voss (Lincoln Southeast) two.
Lincoln Supreme National 1 — 101, Powerhouse NE Red — 27
It was a big, big win for the National 1 team as five players scored in double figures. Zander Beard (Lincoln Northeast) led the way with 23 points while Brady Christiansen (Lincoln Pius X) added 18, Mason Strong (Omaha North) 16, Brett Mahony (Kearney Catholic 13 and Brayden McPhail (Lincoln East) 11.
