The Hoophall Classic will feature a girls basketball showcase for the first time, bringing a handful of the nation's premier teams to the home of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
The inaugural event, featuring 15 games, will be held Jan. 15-16 during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend at Western New England University in Springfield.
Sixteen players who earned MaxPreps All-America honors last season will participate in the event, headlined by MaxPreps National Player of the Year
Kaleena Smith of
Ontario Christian (Ontario, Calif.) and fellow first-team selection
Ivanna Wilson Manyacka of
Bullis (Potomac, Md.).
Five-star Ivanna Wilson Manyacka earned first-team MaxPreps All-America honors last season after averaging 21.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game. (FILE PHOTO: David Custer)
Noon —
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) vs. Crestwood Secondary (Canada)
1:30 p.m. —
Central (Springfield, Mass.) vs.
DePaul Catholic (Wayne, N.J.)3 p.m. —
Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.) vs.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)4:30 p.m. —
Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) vs.
Etiwanda (Calif.)6 p.m. —
DME Academy (Daytona Beach, Fla.) vs.
The St. James Performance Academy (Springfield, Va.)7:30 p.m. —
Grace Christian (Sanford, N.C.) vs.
Bullis (Potomac, Md.)9 p.m. —
Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) vs.
Ontario Christian (Ontario, Calif.)Saturday, Jan. 169 a.m. —
Tilton School (Tilton, N.H.) vs.
Friends' Central (Wynnewood, Pa.)10:30 a.m. —
Sacred Heart Academy (Hamden, Conn.) vs.
Andover (Mass.)Noon — DePaul Catholic (N.J.) vs.
Northwest Catholic (West Hartford, Conn.)1:30 p.m. —
Dexter Southfield (Brookline, Mass.) vs. IMG Academy (Fla.)
3 p.m. — Bishop McNamara (Md.) vs. Etiwanda (Calif.)
4:30 p.m. — Crestwood Secondary (Canada) vs. Bullis School (Md.)
6 p.m. —
Westtown (West Chester, Pa.) vs. DME Academy (Fla.)
8 p.m. — Grace Christian School (N.C.) vs. Ontario Christian (Calif.)
