best of summer Brewster v. Hawaii

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Double Pump Best of Summer Tournament
Brewster Heights Packers v. Hawaii Report #2--(July 22, 1998)

The Brewster Heights Packers played Hawaii Raiders yesterday at the Best of Summer . Here's some impressions of the players and what happened:

First the score, Brewster won 74-51, and we were absolutely amazed, because the two Anderson twins, Cord (6'-5" Sr. F) and brother Brad (6''-4" Sr. F) both of Iolani High in Hawaii, played great games, virtually dominating the first half, and in fact Hawaii led at the half by about 10. But then Luke Ridnour (6'-2" Jr. PG) from Blaine got going in earnest, and we have to say, he was impressive.

This was really the first time we got a good look at Brewster, and first looks can be deceptive. Here's the roster:

Luke Ridnour (6'-2" Jr. PG) Blaine
Brice Boesel (6'-0" Sr. PG/G) Brewster
Atnas Maeko (6'-2" Sr. G) Richmond
Johnny Gebbers (6'-2" Sr. G) from Brewster
Brian Host (6'-9" Sr. F/C) from Richmond
Clint Hull (6'-2" Jr. SG) Pateros
Cass LeSage (6'-0" Jr. G) Gonzaga Prep
Justin DeFour (6'-1" Sr. G) Lewis & Clark
Drew Langstraat (6'-6" Sr. F) Lynden
Rick Pridemore (6'-6" Sr. F) Richmond
Mark Brown (6'-6" Sr. F) Brewster
Bren Cummings (6'-7" Sr. F) Pullman

Even though they have some tall guys, this is a team which is absolutely dominated by it's guard play. Ridnour was the most outstanding and easily noticeable. He's built thin, and doesn't seem all that quick at first glance, but he does some things with the ball and getting his teammates involved that are truly remarkable. His passing is excellent, his decision-making is first rate,and he can handle the ball in or out of traffic like the veteran that he's become. Oh, did we say he had a good game? We had him for at least 9 assists, in the second half. He's not particularly overwhelming on defense, and he's got more work to do on that end, but he's very good as a floor general.

Johnny Gebbers is also a nice guard, and shared the point at times early in the game, but he's more of a "pound the ball into the floor" type of player, and needs to work on his decision-making. Nevertheless, he can drive to the hole and put it up from inside pretty well.

Brian Host, the biggest guy out on the floor for Brewster also has the look of a guard on this guard oriented team, and we'd rate him really a 2 in a 4-5 body. Actually he's nothing like a 5, weighs maybe 210-220, and we saw him hit a couple of outside shots that would make Vlade Divac jealous. He doesn' really post up too well, but that didn't seem to matter yesterday because the Hawaii team, which came out smoking, really had no one to counter the size factor of Brewster.

If the Brewster team is a "guard-oriented" team, then what does that make the Hawaii Raiders? Hawaii's biggest player is 6'-6" and a real beanpole. Here's the Hawaii roster:

James Ormono (6'-0" Jr. G)
Matt Del Rosario (6'-0" Fr. G)
Matthew Vivas (6'-5" Sr. F)
Cord Anderson (6'-5" Sr. F)
Maulia Labarre (6'-6" Jr. F/C)
Chad Kapanui (6'-0" Jr. F)
Casey Kushiyama (5'-7" Jr. PG)
Travis McGaughy (5'-11" So. G)
Kyle Bartholomew (6'-4" Sr. G/F)
Joshua Jumawan (5'-10" So. G)
Joe Udell (6'-3" Fr. F)
Van Dorsey (6'-1"?? Jr. G)
Wayne Hunter (6'-6" Sr. F)
Brad Anderson (6'-4" Sr. F)
Sa Tanuvasa (6'-3" Jr. G/F)

Matthew Vivas played pretty well, and got a couple of dunks, but this is mostly a below the rim team, with the two Andersons providing lots of the firepower. They are both capable of running the floor, and on most any other team with some height, they'd be guards, and if they get D-I scholarships, we'd expect to see them either as 1's or 2's in college. The program had Van Dorsey listed at 6'-1", and assuming that it was the same guy wearing jersey no. 24 that we saw yesterday he's got to be 6'-3 or 6'-4" and a very nice college prospect. Actually that is a really big assumption since most of the team jersey numbers were printed wrong. . . not on the jerseys, but in the programs, which were printed sometime in advance of the teams' arrival at the tournament, so we ended up having to actually verify most teams' numbers from the coaches and the scorebooks.

Another very nice player for Hawaii was Trvis McGaughy, who played the point well and also ran at the 2 spot. He's got a nice j in to about 15', and isn't afraid to drive to the hole. But in the end, Hawaii just didn't have either the height or the shooting power to hang with Brewster.

Today (Wednesday), Hawaii plays San Diego Future Stars at 9:00 am on Court 1, while Brewster plays what's left of Pump & Run I (but that's another story) also at 9:00 a.m. this morning on Court 2.