Kentucky now recruiting Gathers. (Update page 2)

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Hillsboro, Oregon has hosted the Les Schwab Invitational for many years. The tournament is held at Liberty High School, Dec. 26-30.

The LSI event has seen a lot of players come through their doors who have furthered their careers in either college, NBA, or overseas. Our friends over at Prime Time PDX have a list of players who made their elite list. The list can be found here. Elite List

The field of team consists of 13 teams from Oregon and 3 teams from around the country.

Oregon

Benson Techmen
Central Catholic Rams
Corvallis Spartans
David Douglas Scots
Dayton Pirates
Jefferson Democrats
Jesuit Crusaders
Lake Oswego Lakers
Lincoln Cardinals
North Salem Vikings
Southridge Skyhawks
Westview Wildcats
Wilsonville Wildcats

National

Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA)
Yates High School (Houston, TX)
Riverside Academy (New Orleans, LA)

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First Half

2012 Ricardo Gathers is star player on the court. The big man is a top 1oo athlete by many scouting services.
Riverside is making their first LSI appearance.
Riverside gets the crowd going with an opening dunk.
The more athletic team is Riverside but Southridge is proving they can hang with them.
Southridge matches up with Riverside real well.
Riverside is struggling to get anything going on offense. Southridge is up 7 with 3 mins left in the first qtr.
Riverside is without Tulane commit Louis Dabney. Dabney tore his ACL at the beginning of the season.
Riverside has took the lead with 1 min left in the first quarter, 19-18.
The Southridge starting 5 can match up against Riverside but their bench is having troubles.
End of first quarter Riveridge up a couple points, 22-20.
Riverside is up 7. It isn’t pretty but they are getting it done.
Ricardo Gathers with only 4 points with 4 mins left in the first half.
Gathers with a monster dunk.
Riverside up 10 with 2 min left in the first half.
Defense is the key to Riverside’s early lead. The length of the team is giving Southridge fits.
First Half Stats
Points – Donald Thomas (13), Zelvin Smith (9), Ricardo Gathers (8), Reza Aleaziz (11)
Rebounds – Riverside (17) Southridge (13)
Assists – Riverside (5) Southridge (9)
Turnovers – Riverside (8) Southridge (12)
Steals – Riverside (1) Southridge (4)
Blocks – Riverside (1) Southridge (1)
Second Half
John Lewis hits a 3 to start off the second half for Riverside.
Gathers hits a 3 and gets back on defense to pin the ball off the backboard with a monster block.
Ricardo Gathers is putting on a show. A ridiculous alley oop over 2 players in transition.
Southridge has lost their mojo.
Ricardo Gathers birthday is today. Not a bad birthday so far.
Riverside is up 20 with 4 mins left in the 3rd quarter.
Gathers had 4 points in the first half and now has 21 with 2 mins left in the 3rd qtr.
Southridge is having trouble rebounding. The teams looks tired.
Riverside with a 24 point lead at the end of the third. 64-40.
Gathers scored 18 points in the third qtr.
The lead is still at double digts. Riverside up 21 with 4 mins left to go in the game.
Riverside has some young talent in 8th graders Khalea Turner and Malik Crowfield.
Final Stats
Points – Ricardo Gathers (26), Zelvin Smith (14), Donald Thomas (17), Reza Aleaziz (12), Caleb Herzberg (12)
Rebounds – Riverside (41) Southridge (26)
Assists – Riverside (14) Southridge (18)
Steals – Riverside (14) Southridge (8)
Blocks – Riverside (4) Southridge (4)
Player of the game
Ricardo Gathers with 22 points in the second half, finishing the game with 26 points and 9 boards.

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