Prime Time Shootout Preview
Every year, the Prime Time Shootout at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, N.J, is lives up to its name. This year is no different. Rivals.com will be on hand for the event this weekend to see the star-studded event on Saturday and Sunday.
Oak Hill-St. Benedict's match-up highlights the field
Two of the top teams in America square off on Saturday night at 9 p.m. when Oak Hill Academy travels north to play for Jersey's finest team, St. Benedict's.
Steve Smith's Oak Hill team boasts one of the finest rosters in the nation. Highlighting the way is
Tywon Lawson (UNC),
Michael Beasley (Charlotte),
Nolan Smith (Duke),
Landon Milbourne (Maryland),
Anthony Wright (Michigan) and
Albert Jackson (Georgia).
Danny Hurley's St. Benedict's team has one of the top unsigned senior duos in the nation in five-star forward
Lance Thomas and
Eugene Harvey , one of the top uncommitted point guards in the country. Also on the roster is stud sophomore
Samardo Samuels , a 6-foot-8 manchild and David Culliban, a future Marquette guard.
Top teams and top players
Abington Friends (Abington, Pa.) -
Jason Love (Xavier),
Andrew Jones (Penn State)
Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) –
Devin Ebanks Bishop O'Connell (Washington, D.C.) –
Rockwell Moody (St. Joe's)
Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) –
Larry Davis (NC State), Malik Boothe
Episcopal Academy> (Merion, Pa.) –
Gerald Henderson (Duke),
Wayne Ellington (UNC)
Germantown Academy (Philadelphia, Pa.) –
Andrew Ott (Villanova)
Haddonfield, N.J. -
Brian Zoubek (Duke)
Montverde (Fla.) Academy -
L.D. Williams (Wake Forest),
Joseph Katuka ,
Solomon Alabi Mt. Vernon, N.Y. -
Jon Mitchell (Florida),
Mike Coburn Niagara Falls (N.Y.) -
Johnny Flynn (Syracuse),
Tyrell Lynch Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) -
Tywon Lawson (UNC),
Michael Beasley (Charlotte),
Nolan Smith (Duke),
Landon Milbourne (Maryland),
Anthony Wright (Michigan),
Albert Jackson (Georgia)
Rice (Manhattan, New York) –
Curtis Kelly (UConn),
Edgar Sosa (Louisville),
Elijah Whitehead Rufus King (Milwaukee, Wisc.) –
Mitchell Carter (South Carolina),
Korie Lucious ,
Troy Cotton (Wisc.-Milwaukee)
Our Savior New American -
Daye Kaba (Boston College),
Teeng Akol ,
Timothy Ambrose St. Patrick's (Elizabeth, N.J.) –
Corey Fisher (Villanova),
Jeff Robinson ,
Ruben Guillandeaux (LaSalle)
St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) –
Marcus Johnson (Dayton)
Saturday – February 11, 2006 @ Sovereign Bank Arena
11:00 am – St. Augustine (Richland, N.J.) vs. Abington Friends (Abington, Pa.)
12:30 pm – Trenton Central (Trenton, N.J.) vs. American Christian (Aston, Pa.)
2:00 pm – DeLaSalle (California) vs. Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
3:30 pm - Haddonfield, N.J. vs. Solon, Ohio
5:00 pm – Lincoln (Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs. Montverde, Fla.
7:00 pm - Episcopal Academy (Merion, Pa.) vs. St. Patrick's (Elizabeth, N.J.)
9:00 pm - Oak Hill Academy(Mouth of Wilson, Va.) vs. St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.)
Sunday - February12, 2006 @ Sovereign Bank Arena
9:30 am – Middle Twp.(Cape May Court House, N.J.) vs. Rancocas Valley (Mt. Holly, N.J.)
11:00 am - Trenton Catholic Academy vs. Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
12:30 pm - Christ The King (Queens, N.Y.) vs Bishop O'Connell (Va.)
2:00 pm - Rice (NYC) vs. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)
3:30 pm - Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) vs. Paterson Catholic (Paterson, N.J.)
5:00 pm - Our Savior New American vs. Rufus King (Milwaukee, Wis.)
6:30 pm - Niagara Falls, N.Y. vs. Vashon, Mo.
8:00 pm - Lawrenceville, N.J. vs. Germantown Academy (Ft. Washington, Pa.)