Below is the TBT daily recap for July 25, with exciting Quarterfinals action in Wichita & Round of 64 action in Louisville & West Virginia!
WICHITA
(2) Heartfire 76, (1) AfterShocks 53
Tevin Mack led the way with 17 points, and Hearftire ran away from the host AfterShocks to punch its ticket to the semi-finals in Philadelphia with a 76-53 rout of the Wichita State alumni squad. Marcus Hall and Raphiael Putney scored 13 points apiece in the win for Heartfire, which forced 20 AfterShocks turnovers. Tyrus McGee scored 13 points in the losing effort for the AfterShocks who started 1-for-9 from beyond the arc and had their 10-game Koch Arena winning streak snapped.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TEAM HEARTFIRE DEFEATS THE AFTERSHOCKS AT CHARLES KOCH ARENA‼️<br><br>THE FIRST TEAM TO DO THAT SINCE 2019<a href="https://twitter.com/TEAMHEARTFIRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TEAMHEARTFIRE</a> IS ON TO THE TBT SEMIFINALS IN PHILLY!!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/OghuzRrN6s">pic.twitter.com/OghuzRrN6s</a></p>— TBT (@thetournament) <a href="https://twitter.com/thetournament/status/1684032484428709888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>LOUISVILLE
(1) Gutter Cats 77, (8) The Nawf 72
Jarell Eddie hit a three-pointer to hit the target score, and the Gutter Cats survived against The Nawf. Q.J. Peterson put up a game-high 30 points to pace the offense for the Gutter Cats, who never trailed and won despite making just eight of 15 free-throw attempts. Derek St. Hillaire paced the offense for The Nawf, scoring 21 points. Qiydar Davis scored 20 points in the losing effort.
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Darryl Morsell’s jumper hit the target score, and Shell Shock won its TBT debut by defeating Gataverse, 77-74. Xavier Green scored 15 points in the win for the University of Maryland alumni squad, which held Gateverse to just 39% from the field. All eight Shell Shock players who appeared in the game scored at least six points for Shell Shock. Former University of Florida star Corey Brewer led all scorers with 27 points in the losing effort for Gataverse, which lost despite turning the ball over only four times.
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University of Louisville legend Russ Smith made a triumphant return to his college stomping grounds with a 21-point performance in The Ville’s 91-67 opening-round rout of War Ready. Chinanu Onuaku and Nick May added 16 points apiece in the win for the Louisville alumni squad, which won despite making just nine of 34 attempts from beyond the arc. Shaun Willett led the scoring attack for War Ready, tallying 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting for the Auburn University alumni squad. Horace Spencer had 12 points and 10 rebounds in the losing effort for War Ready, which connected on just 19% of its three-point attempts.
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Tevin Glass connected on 10 of 12 field goals and finished with a game-high 21 points, and the Jackson TN underdawgs sent Eberlein Drive home, 88-68. Desonta Bradford added 15 points, and perennial TBT star Jaylen Barford added 13 points and seven rebounds in the win for the Underdawgs, who converted 20 points off 19 Eberlein Drive turnovers. Archie Goodwin led all scorers with 26 points in the losing effort for Eberlein Drive, which lost in the first round for the second straight year.
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(3) Challenge ALS: Florida 95, (6) Dawgtown 66
Brandon Robison’s 20 points led all scorers, and Challenge ALS cruised past Dawgtown, 95-66. TBT veterans Fletcher Magee (17 points) and Chris Warren (14 points) contributed for Challenge ALS, which shot 41% from beyond the arc. Greg Whittington’s 13 points and nine rebounds led five players in double figures for Dawgtown, a Georgetown University squad making its TBT debut.
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Keve Aluma led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting, and Sideline Cancer advanced to Round 2 with an 83-72 win over Ram Nation. Nick McGlynn had 12 points and seven rebounds in the win for Sideline Cancer, which held Ram Nation to just 27% shooting from beyond the arc. Marcus Santos-Silva had a double-double in the losing effort for Ram Nation, which shot just 38% from the field.
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Erik Stevenson’s three-pointer hit the target score and ended a wild Elam Ending to send host Best Virginia to a dramatic 70–68 win over Dubois Dream. Stevenson, who had been injured on a defensive position earlier during the Elam Ending, drilled a trey from the wing, and the West Virginia alumni squad escaped what would have been one of the bigger upsets in recent TBT history. TBT veteran Kevin Jones once again paced the attack for Best Virginia, leading the way in points (22) and rebounds (12). Jones connected on 10 of his 14 field goal attempts. Michael and Marcus Weathers combined to score 46 points in the loss for Dubois Dream, which fell to 0-4 all-time in TBT despite making 13 of 14 free throws.
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Rob Gray led four players in double figures for Herd That, which defeated Zoo Crew, 86-71. Gray went 10-for-14 from the field to lead the Marshall University alumni squad past the former hoopsters from the University of Pittsburgh. Jamel Artis (21 points) and Samuel Young (20 points) led the way for Zoo Crew, which made just 23% of its three-points attempts and never led.
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