Finally!!! The action was crisp and exciting as Week #3 of the Tennessee Prep Hoops Nashville Fall League got underway.
North Carolina 90
Wake Forest 88
Denzel Clark (White's Creek) led four teammates in double digits as North Carolina moved to 3-0 with a tough 90-88 victory over Wake Forest.
Clark led the scoring brigade with 20 points followed by Thomas Richard (CPA) and Jeffrey Carter (Maplewood) both with 19 markers and Austin Gee (Ezell Harding) with 10.
Balanced scoring became a game staple with Wake Forest placing five players in the double digit category led by Will Clayton (Harpeth) with 20 points.
Will Downey (Ensworth) added 18, while Austin Clements (Creek Wood) and Christian Haile (Shelbyville) finished with 16 points.
Asa Duvall (Brentwood Academy) finished with 15 points for Wake Forest.
Florida 72
Clemson 67
Kyle Weldon (Rossview) scored 10 of his 16 points in the second half as Florida moved to 3-0 with a narrow 72-67 victory over an impressive Clemson squad.
Zavion Williams (West Creek) also came to life in the second stanza finishing with 15 points, while Terrence Dixon (LaVergne) and Kyle Carter (LaVergne) added 12 and 11 respectively.
Keenan Froedden (Sycamore) was very impressive in the narrow loss scoring a game high 25 points and dishing double digit assists.
Matt Smith (Liberty Tech) added 13 points, joining him in the scorebook Connor Brandon (Wilson Central) added 11 and Derek Hankins (Cumberland County) finished with 10.
LSU 98
Tennessee 88
Craig "The Professor" Bradshaw (CPA) nailed 20 of his 22 shots from the field and finished with a league high 52 points leading LSU past Tennessee 98-88.
LSU burst out to a huge lead behind the exploits of Bradshaw but a determined Tennessee squad closed the gap to just under double digits on a couple of occasions in the second half.
Billy Hughes (Hunter's Lane) and David Howard (MBA) finished with 26 points apiece for Tennessee. Tyree Nightingale (East Literature) finished with 17 points in the tough loss.
Duke 76
Georgia Tech 73
Collin McMullin (Harpeth) went crazy from deep scoring 26 points and knocking down six three's as Duke drove past Georgia Tech 76-73.
Jaime Lloyd (Harpeth) added 11 points in the win.
Henry Brooks (McGavock) led Tech with 23 points followed closely by Nick Walker (Nashville Christian) and Kiont Jones (Spring Hill) with 16 each.
Kentucky 90
Vanderbilt 80
Robert Veal (Ravenwood) scored 24 points and snatched a dozen boards as Kentucky slipped past Vanderbilt 90-80 in the day's final contest.
Veal led a group of teammates in double digits, including Ross Welch (USN) with 20 points, Daijon Williams (Clarksville) with 17 markers, Michael Carr (Dickson County) with 13 and Josh Erickson (DCA) with 11.
Hunter Culp (Camden Central) led all scorers with 34 points while Jaleel Querry (Maplewood) finished with 22 points.