Skills Challenge: Westchester Country Day (High Point, N.C.) senior
Deuce Bello has been an internet sensation for his ESPN-caliber highlight reel dunks. However Sunday it was fellow Wildcat Ike Nwamu getting 1991 NBA Slam Dunk champion and current Springfield Armor coach Dee Brown asking for an encore. ... Nwamu defeated Demine Wells (Hargrave Military Academy) and Keaton Miles (
Lincoln-Dallas, Texas) in the finals of the 2011 Spalding Hoophall Classic Skills Challenge with a between the legs right handed slam. ... Bello was unavailable for Sunday’s dunk contest for undisclosed reasons. ... In the first round, Nwamu was one of the lone dunkers to get the Blake Arena crowd on the campus of Springfield College to their feet with two fantastic dunks including his last one where he dangled from the rim on his right arm. ... Nwamu came up short in the finals of the 3-point contest with three made attempts as
Ryan Parks (
Bishop Gorman-Las Vegas, Nev.) won the event with 17 made attempts in the finals over Peter Fairbanks (14), of Webster Groves. ...
Jonathan Riles (
Academy of the New Church-Bryn Athyn, Pa.) and
Johnny Brown (Bishop Gorman) won the Half-Court Hustle contest which consisted players having to make a layup, foul shot and three point attempt after running back to half court after each made basket. Players were broken up into teams of two for the contest.
