Overtime Elite had a perfect Saturday defeating Dream City, Bella Vista Prep and Phoenix Prep at the Phhacility in Phoenix.
Lewis Duarte got going on the offensive end scoring 25 points. He had a true shooting percentage of 89 percent in the game.
In the first game of the day, Matt Bewley was active, scoring 21 points and hauling in 14 rebounds. He did his damage on the boards on the offensive end as he had 11 offensive rebounds.
Team Overtime stayed undefeated on the season moving to 8-0 in prep series game and is 10-0 overall on the season.
The next set of games will be another prep series against TSF 3, Dream City Christian and
Team OTE 72 vs. Dream City 53
Team OTE stayed perfect on the weekend handling Dream City going away with the 19-point win.
They absolutely dominated the boards out rebounding Dream City 43-13. They had 24 defensive rebounds and 19 offensive rebounds.
From the jump, Team OTE took the lead and never looked back by dominating the paint. They scored 62 of their 72 points in the paint with 32 of those coming on the fastbreak.
In addition to Bewley’s 21 points, Amen Thompson was in double-figures with 12 points and Tyler Smith put up an OTE career high with 10 points.
Team Elite 79 vs. Bella Vista Prep 61
In the second game of the night, Team Elite shook last night’s loss off quickly as they scored the first 16 points of the game.
Bella Vista Prep tried to get back in the game, but Team Elite locked down on defense to secure the win.
The team spread the scoring out with five players in double-figures. Bryson Warren led the way with 19 points followed by Jalen Lewis with 16 points. Lewis added nine rebounds to his stat line as well.
Bryce Griggs played a big part in spreading the love around as he finished with 11 points and a team leading eight assists.
Team Overtime 70 vs. Phoenix Prep 63
In the final game of the night, the first half was tight as both teams traded runs back and forth. Team Overtime had the small edge at halftime leading 33-30.
Coming out of the break, Team Overtime opened up a double-digit lead with Dominick Barlow taking flight and dunking over a Phoenix Prep player.
Phoenix Prep wouldn’t go away though. They came back and tied things up at 57 with a couple minutes left in the fourth. After trading buckets and being tied at 59, Duarte hit a layup while getting fouled for the three-point play. Next time on defense, Team Overtime got a stop and found Duarte on the break for a slam to go up by five.
From there, Team Overtime made their free throws to put the game on ice and stay undefeated.
Barlow finished with 17 points and six rebounds.