John Marshall Justices win Fall League Championship

November 13, 2012 - VirginiaPreps.com

Justice was served on Wednesday nights in the Hampton Roads Fall League at the Boo Williams Sportsplex. The John Marshall Justices from the Central Region made the weekly trek in September and October to take on some of the best competition the Eastern Region has to offer and was the last one standing out of 16 teams, winning 17 of the 18 games they played.

John Marshall defeated Green Run 52-48 in double-overtime of the Fall League Championship. They trailed the entire game until Brian White's basket at the buzzer tied the score and forced overtime. White hit the game-winning basket in the semifinals of the Fall League playoffs to help the Justices edge King's Fork, 61-59.

"It's a big sacrifice that our parents, our players and our coaches made every single week, but at the end of the day, it's worth it," said John Marshall Fall League Coach Michael Blackwell. "We did it as a team, as a unit. Our key thing every single day and every single week is to stay hungry. You never get full off of any game, any quarter and as long as this team stays hungry, we're going to position ourselves to accomplish our goal at the end of the day."

White led the way in the Championship with 18 points and 11 rebounds. To go with White's scoring inside and outside the paint as well as his rebounding, the Justices got stellar guard play throughout, most notably from seniors Dominique Terry and Gee Dean-McBride. Terry provided them with perimeter shooting, while Dean-McBride pushed the ball up the court and got into the teeth of the defense.

Giving the Stallions a lift in the front-court was freshman Sterling Carrington with nine points as he battled a D-1 talent in White (Citadel commit) quite well for someone who has yet to play a game on the varsity level.

Even after the senior trio of White, Dean-McBride and Terry that are the headliners for John Marshall, they have a solid rotation of underclassmen that will play vital roles for them this year and in the future. They include 6-foot-7 sophomore Nate Williams, junior guard Quaman Burton, sophomore guard Taqqi Muhammad and freshman guard Jeremy Sheppard.

 

Matthew Hatfield
VirginiaPreps.com Basketball Analyst

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