Quincy Miller of Westchester Country Day to miss rest of the season.
With a field of 10 state champions and a half-dozen likely McDonald's All-Americans, the 16-team City of Palms tournament had perhaps the best field of any holiday tournament in the country. That field included
Christ School (Arden), the North Carolina Class 3A/Private champions, who won their fourth straight state title last year.
Christ School's Marshall Plumlee.
Photo by Jim Redman
The Greenies returned Duke commitment
Marshall Plumlee, BYU signee
Damarcus Harrison and College of Charleston-bound
Trevonte Dixon and finished sixth in the tournament with a 2-2 record.
They opened with a 77-62 win over New York City power Christ the King as all five starters scored in double figures, but the Greenies then fell to Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 59-54 in the quarterfinals. That game was tied with a minute left.
Christ School closed out better in its next game, shooting 60.9 percent in the second half to defeat Whitney Young (Chicago) 73-61 in the consolation bracket. Finally, Christ School lost the fifth-place game to local school Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) 86-77 despite a career-high 20 points from sophomore
Justin Dotson.
QUINCY MILLER TO MISS SEASONWestchester Country Day (High Point) was also at the City of Palms to compete in the four-team "Signature Series" bracket, but it was shorthanded after Baylor signee
Quincy Miller suffered a season-ending knee injury before the tournament. The Wildcats fell 81-36 to St. Mark's (Southborough, Mass.) and 52-44 to Urspring (Ulm, Germany).
Harold Gutmann covers the state of North Carolina for MaxPreps.com. He lives in Durham and can be reached at haroldgutmann@gmail.com.
