City of Palms Day 1: No. 20 Providence, Allen upends St. John Bosco

Duke commit Grayson Allen scored 31 points and added seven rebounds as No. 20 Providence (Jacksonville, Fla.) defeated previously nationally-ranked St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 75-70 in the premier game of the City of Palms Classic Wednesday.

Allen's teammate Christian Terrell added 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists, offsetting a big performance from Bosco freshman Billy Preston, who had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Preston's team, highly-regarded Daniel Hamilton, contributed 15 points and 10 assists for the Braves, who slipped to 3-3.

Providence (7-1) also had a big games from David Sharpe (16 points) and Wyatt Walker (10 points, six rebounds), while Bosco got 14 points from Vance Jackson and Tyler Dorsey, added 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.

"We had breakdowns," Bosco coach Derrick Taylor told naplenews.com. "When you play big games you can't allow teams to shoot 51 percent."

Allen told the newspaper: "Me scoring 31 here doesn't carry over to tomorrow night's game."

In other first-round play, Milton (Ga.) defeated Bishop Verot (Fort Myers, Fla.) 67-39, Sagemont (Weston, Fla.) knocked off IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 64-50, Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia, Pa.) breezed past Denver East (Denver, Colo.) 90-61 and Greenforest (Decatur, Ga.) upended Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) 61-55.

Other top scorers: Antonio Blakeney (Oak Ridge) 32, Mo Lewis IV (Milton) 25, John Ogwuche (Greenforest) 25, Ricky Doyle (Bishop Verot) 22, Ja'Quan Newton (Neumann) 21, Dwayne Bacon (IMG) 20.

Other top rebounders: Marquel Willis (Oak Ridge) 12, Alex Owens (Oak Ridge) 11.

See schedule of Thursday's games