WE-R1 and Sports U captured the 17U and 16U titles, respectively, at the UAA Finals on Saturday in Cartersville, Ga.
Trevon Duval managed averaged just seven points, eight boards and five assists in the final after averaging 20.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game on the weekend.
Teammate Eric Ayala, who averaged 20.8 points and shot 42 percent from three during the UAA Finals, scored a game-high 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished a pair of assists.
“Everybody is ready to step up,” he told the UAA site. “This is why this is my favorite team because anyone can step up at any given time.”
Duval, the 6-foot-4 Class of 2017 point guard who is still seeking a high school for his final season, said he plans to cut his list to 10 schools around the Under Armour Elite 24 Game on Aug. 20.
In the 16U championship, it was a battle of two New Jersey-based teams as Sports U beat Team Rio, 50-47, behind Naz Reid’s 15 points and 7 rebounds and Jahvon Quinerly’s 14.
Reid was coming off a leg injury last week in Philadelphia and missed the first game at the UAA finals.
“I stayed positive and I knew my teammates had my back,” Reid said.
“He definitely came up big,” Quinerly said. “Fresh off an injury, I didn’t expect him to play that well, but I’m proud of him.”
Along with teammates Louis King, Luther Muhammad and Atiba Taylor, the Sports U “Fab Five” holds group offers from Seton Hall, Rutgers and UConn.
Kentucky coach John Calipari was one of many coaches on hand this weekend to watch the 6-foot-9 Reid, who was coming back from a leg injury last weekend in Philadelphia.
Photo: Kelly Kline/ UA
