The first day of action for the 7th annual CenTX Hoopsfest wrapped up Saturday evening, and 7 teams went unblemished to move forward into the Semifinals of their respective brackets. Here’s a quick breakdown of how those teams fared:

17U (2-0)

THP Elite 82
SA Premier 57

THP Elite 75
C3 Select 70

The 1-2 guard combo of Max Filderman (Bowie HS) and Myles Fernandez (Buda Johnson HS) carried the Hardwood Prospects. The pair combined to connect on 9 treys and showed a consistent perimeter touch on the day in propelling THP to the semis.

SA Hoops Elite  73
SA Premier Reynosa 44

Twenty eight points was the average margin of victory for SAHE. Finley Montoya led the offense w/20pts & 16pts, respectively in their two wins. Kristian Burgan showed his athleticism and strong frame, finishing above the rim multiple times on the day. Logging double digits in each game, 16pts and 12pts.

SA Hoops Elite 75
ASAK 15U 3SSB 47

Texas Conquerors TXC 77
Next Level Raiders Premier 41

Texas Conqueors TXC 74
Texas Conquerors Elite 50

Led by two home school products both from the Texas Lion, Jonathan Hadnott & Legend Durst led the offensive attack as TXC would win both games in run away fashion. Hadnott dropped 33pts in one win, while Durst lit up the nets for 38pts.

Rhythm Basketball 73
Drive Nation CTX 65

Rhythm Basketball (win by forfeit)
Waco Pride Elite

A balanced attacked, with Corbin Crocker (TMI HS) setting the pace and logging a game high 18pts in their victory over DN CTX. Trevaun Clark and Ozmel Bowen added 15pts a piece, and Maxwell Docktor pitched in 13pts.

16U (2-0)

SA Premier Rodriguez 81
Next Level Raiders Select 67

SA Premier Rodriguez 69
Drive Nation CTX 62

Dominic Boyd had a 33pt outburst in one game, and hit double figures with 14pts in their second win. Dominic Vale (Central Catholic HS) also had a pair of double digit scoring games, hitting for 16pts & 13pts in their wins.

FOA White 70
We Believe Basketball 60

FOA White 62
SA Hoops Elite 36

Guard play was also the key for Team FOA. Jamail Garland (Clemens HS) and Maurice Eddie (Steele HS) both had 23pts & 22pts, respectively in one their wins.

SA Premier Deleon 85
Drive Nation SA 43

SA Premier Deleon 65
THP Elite 40

NISD teammates, Ryan Deleon (O’Connor HS) led the way over DNSA w/23 pts and Lucas Henzi (Brandeis HS) poured in a deuce-decude, 22pts. Connor Garcia (Brandeis HS) took the scoring lead in the win over THP, had a team 19pts.

Texas Hardwork Black 70
ProSkills SA Black  59

Texas Hardwork Black 52
Austin Aces 26

Brandon Hailey was the biggest impact putting together 20 and 18 pts performances. Jayson Ellis finished with 21pts in the victory over Proskills SA Black.  

15U (2-0)

Austin Select 81
Next Level Raiders 43

Austin Select 73
Texas Ballers Select 41

The offensive output came from Jax Sharun. Dialed in from deep, connected on 7 treys in the 2 wins, scoring 22pts and 17pts to lead Austin Select.

RTX Hoops 61
Drive Nation CTX 54

 RTX Hoops 63
His Hoops 40

Blake Brasch (Stony Point HS) put in 20 pts in beating His Hoops, and a balanced scoring attack was spearheaded by Ryan Longoria (Hendrickson HS) who added 13pts in defeating DN CTX.

Proskills SA Black 58
P2B 43

Proskills SA Black 60
Texas Ballers Select 57

Freshmen duo Javaughn Kindred & Quintin Cain (Judson HS)  paced ProSkills SA Black, in front with 16pts and 13pts, respectively. Both showed a nice touch from outside, Kindred would sink 6 combined treys and Cain also connected on three of his own.