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Constitution . . . 2015 PIAA Class A State Champs! On March 20, at
Hershey's Giant Center, Constitution beat Farrell, 85-53, to
capture its third state title in four years (2012 at Class A, 2014
at AA). The Generals received 28 points and 11 rebounds from Ahmad
"J.R." Gilbert, 20 points and eight assists from Kimar Williams, and
14 points and 15 boards from Chad Andrews-Fulton, thus assuring an
easy
victory for coach Rob Moore's squad. |
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Nasir Randolph |
Tamir Green |
Isaiah Bradley |
Youssef Diabate |
Khalif Kroma |
Quadir White |
Hakim Hudson |
Tamir Reed |
Leeron Wills-Worthy |
Tyree Mitchell |
Jerry Andrews-Fulton |
Naeem Feggans |
In Memory of Fran Hamilton |
The title-game boxscore . . .
Constitution 85, Farrell 53 | |||||||||
CONSTITUTION | |||||||||
FG | FT | R | A | P | Pts | 3's | B | S | |
Ahmad Gilbert | 10-18 | 2-4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 6-12 | 2 | 3 |
Kimar Williams | 9-14 | 0-0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 |
Chad Andrews-Fulton | 6-12 | 2-6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 |
Akeem King | 2-4 | 3-5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 |
Haneef Vaughn | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0-1 | 0 | 4 |
Anthony Satchell | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
Nasir Randolph | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 |
Tamir Green | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Isaiah Bradley | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Youssef Diabate | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 |
Khalif Kroma | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Quadir White | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Tamir Reed | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 |
Hakim Hudson | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Andrews-Fulton | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Tyree Mitchell | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Leeron Wills-Worthy | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 32-70 | 10-23 | 54 | 21 | 24 | 85 | 11-22 | 4 | 16 |
Team Rebounds: 0. Turnovers: 18. | |||||||||
FARRELL | |||||||||
FG | FT | R | A | P | Pts | 3's | B | S | |
Marcus McCoy | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Thomas Ripley | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0-4 | 2 | 1 |
Terrance Holloway | 1-4 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 |
Malik Miller | 6-13 | 8-13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 |
Leon Lewis | 2-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 |
Malik Thomas | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 |
Deante' Phillips | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 |
Justin Austin | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
James Hubbard | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 |
Curtis Seay | 2-7 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0-1 | 0 | 4 |
Totals | 15-44 | 18-30 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 5-19 | 3 | 12 |
Team Rebounds: 5. Turnovers: 21. | |||||||||
Constitution | 31 | 8 | 30 | 16 |
-- 85 |
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Seton La Salle | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 |
-- 53 |
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Officials: Gregory Evans, Chris Zehr, Quinn McGuire. |
The Season's Results (24-8) . . .
NON-LEAGUE | RESULT |
6-6 | |
Redondo Beach (CA) | L, 72-64 |
Foothill Christian (CA) | L, 88-60 |
Clark (NV) | W, 59-52 |
Marantha Christian (CA) | W, 83-54 |
Carroll | L, 74-71 |
Cathedral Prep | W, 61-56 |
St. Edward (OH) | L, 70-63 |
St. Anthony (NJ) | L, 57-56 |
Construction (NY) | W, 74-67 |
Wasatch (UT) | L, 93-76 |
Orlando Prep (FL) | W, 72-53 |
Riverside (LA) | W, 100-92 |
LEAGUE | RESULT |
9-1 | |
Del-Val | W, 62-53 |
Phila. Elec. | W, 70-56 |
Imhotep | W, 55-52 |
King | W, 56-51 |
MC&S | W, 85-64 |
Imhotep | W, 50-45 |
King | W, 63-59 |
Phila. Elec. | W, 53-43 |
MC&S | W, 72-65 |
Del-Val | L, 84-74 |
PL PLAYOFFS | RESULT |
4-1 | |
Parkway West | W, 44-41 |
Sankofa | W, 78-49 |
MC&S | W, 66-59 |
Audenried | W, 70-57 |
Imhotep | L, 77-75 |
STATES | RESULT |
5-0 | |
West Shore | W, 72-43 |
Shanks.-Stony. | W, 86-43 |
SJ Neumann | W, 83-45 |
MC&S | W, 87-46 |
Farrell | W, 85-53 |
Season Scoring . . .
No. | Name | Yr | NL | PL | PP | SP | TOT |
5 | Ahmad Gilbert | Sr. | 255 | 144 | 58 | 106 | 563 |
11 | Kimar Williams | Sr. | 188 | 169 | 87 | 74 | 518 |
1 | Chad Andrews-Fulton | Sr. | 92 | 110 | 73 | 78 | 353 |
12 | Haneef Vaughn | Sr. | 113 | 46 | 34 | 46 | 239 |
15 | Anthony Satchell | Jr. | 78 | 70 | 16 | 25 | 189 |
10 | Akeem King | Sr. | 55 | 47 | 14 | 29 | 145 |
4 | Nasir Randolph | Jr. | 33 | 31 | 14 | 26 | 104 |
20 | Youssef Diabate | So | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 40 |
0 | Tamir Green | So | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
25 | Isaiah Bradley | Sr | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
23 | Khalif Kroma | Jr. | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
32 | LeeRon Wills-Worthy | Fr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
3 | Hakim Hudson | Fr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
13 | Quadir White | So | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
22 | Tymir Watson | Sr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Naeem Feggans | Fr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals | 837 | 640 | 333 | 413 | 2,223 | ||
Non-League; Public League; Public Playoffs; State Playoffs |
Selected Photos . . .
Chad Andrews-Fulton chases down a loose ball.
Ahmad "J.R." Gilbert snags a rebound.
Anthony Satchell gets after it on defense.
Ahmad "J.R." Gilbert gets interviewed as coach Rob Moore, his daughter, Cassidy, age
3,
and Chad Andrews-Fulton look on.
Ted's Website Report . . .
MARCH 20
PIAA CLASS A FINAL
Constitution 85, Farrell 52
(At Hershey's Giant Center)
Really, how could this NOT have happened? Constitution last year stormed to
the Class AA title, then returned almost everybody and dropped down one class.
Recipe for dominance, folks! Though this result might have provided at
least a little bit of a surprise. In a state final at any level, you don't
expect one team to score 31 of the first 35 points. But the Generals did that
over the first eight minutes and a leather-lunged student supporter could have
hollered between the quarters, "Bring out the trophy!!" (Instead, he waited
until after the third quarter -- smile). Though of course we're two-thirds of
the way through March, snow was falling outside. Indoors, it looked as if a
hurricane were blowing through the Giant Center. The Generals were basically
perfect in the first quarter, playing count-their-teeth defense and storming
from one end to the other in let's-frolic mode. Who knows? They might have won a
game in the first round of the NCCA Tourney (smile). Leading the way, as he'd
done in the semifinal destruction of Math, Civics and Sciences, was sr. F
Ahmad "J.R." Gilbert, a lefty bound for George Mason. He finished the first
session with 12 points (two treys) and two assists and got plenty of help from
sr. PG Kimar Williams and sr. PF-C Chad Andrews-Fulton (eight
points apiece). The game looked, basically, like a varsity vs. a JV, and it was
tough not to feel some sympathy for the Steelers and their large throng of
supporters. The second quarter was normal and ConHigh (28-4) actually lost it,
16-8. Next up? Avalanche time again! The Generals won the third stanza, 30-14,
and spent much of it repeating their impressive feats of the first quarter.
Gilbert (11 points, three triples) and Williams (nine) paced the power display.
Late in that period, there was an excellent example of brotherhood. Gilbert
missed a trey and jr. G Nasir Randolph snatched the rebound in traffic.
Randolph looked out beyond the arc, saw that J.R. was open and whipped him the
ball. He could have shot it, easily. Instead, he waited as Randolph ventured
beyond the arc and hit him with a pass. Bang! Three for Nasir. Assist for J.R.
The fourth quarter started with a crazy kinda dunk by Andrews-Fulton. As he
tried to slam the ball, it kicked high above the rim. In fact, it hit against
the top of the backboard . . . and then fell straight through the net.
Legendary! The afternoon was finished for all starters with 4:25 remaining. That
last possession featured SIX shots by the Generals and ended with a follow by
Andrews-Fulton, making the count 80-41. Thirty-four seconds later, a timeout was
called and the Generals gathered 'round coach Rob Moore. Blaring over the
sound system was that "Single Ladies" song (or whatever the official name is).
Standing at the back of the group were Gilbert and student manager Isaiah
Patrick. And they were dancing! Gotta love it. In all, Moore dressed 18
players. Only 17 made it into the ballgame, however, because there were not
enough jerseys. Left out was frosh PF Naeem Feggans. This crown was
ConHigh's third in four years. The run of domination began with an A title in
2012. Sr. G Akeem King, Gilbert and Williams all played in that
championship game, combing for seven points. Today, Gilbert shot 10-for-18
overall and 6-for-12 on treys en route to 28 points. He also notched 11
rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks. Williams contributed 20
points (9-for-14, two treys) and eight assists. Andrews-Fulton owned the inside
with 15 rebounds in addition to his 14 points. Sr. G Haneef Vaughn had
seven dimes. Sr. sub F Isaiah "Fan Favorite" Bradley claimed four
rebounds. Principal Tom Davidson estimated that ConHigh was supported by
200 to 250 students; the school has only 350. Congrats, kids! The most touching
moment, by far, occurred as the presentation of medals wound down. Accepting on
behalf of former assistant Fran Hamilton, who died during the offseason,
were his parents, Fran Sr. and Kim. They were swarmed by pretty
much everybody and the tears were flowing, big time. Fran was beloved and it was
so great that his parents were able to bask in such support, especially while
knowing that his dedication had gone so far to help make it happen. RIP, Fran.