Reading 72 Daniel Boone 54

The Reading Red Knights captured the Berks County Championship tonight at the Sovereign Center by a score of 72-54 in front of a crowd of almost 5,000. Here are my thoughts on tonight's game:

1. Jermaine Jackson continued his strong tournament play with a career high 27 points and 12 rebounds. He picked a great night to go for a career high. It was evident early he took the bull by the horns and put the others on his back and was not going to be denied. I think he was easily the tournament MVP. For the three games of the tournament he finished with a total of 64 points and 30 rebounds. Props to Jermaine for after the game really going out of his way to acknowledge the fans.
2. Jordan Burdine had a tough night from the field in shooting 1 for 12, but he never let his cold shooting get to him. He still drove to the basket and got to the foul line. Also should be noted he did a decent job of running the point when Macho was in foul trouble.
3. After getting into foul trouble in the first half Macho had a really nice second half with 14 second half points. He did tweak his ankle again tonight, but in the postgame celebration he did seem to be fine. Hopefully, he will get treatment this week and be ready to go on Wednesday.
4. I thought we played really well on the defensive end of the court tonight as Boone only shot 21 for 61 for 34% from the field. Also it did help that Boone was an anemic 1 for 8 from three point range. Credit should go out to Nelson Leon for doing a great job of defending Jeff Sowers to four points and only one field goal.
5. Credit also goes out to Coach Reyes and his whole coaching staff for having the team ready to play and not letting them panic when Boone kept trying to make a run to get back in the game.
6. Daniel Boone should be proud of the way they played tonight. I thought the most impressive thing was that they never changed the way they played and battled. I think they could make some noise in a really tough AAA bracket.
7. The big test for this team is getting over the hangover from tonight's win and getting back to business and focusing on Carlisle. I think it really helps playing against a team who beat us last year so I dont think we will look past Carlisle.
8. You have got to love the irony in a year after we were forced to play a game against a 12 seed Carlisle in their back yard, that this year we will face Carlisle and that they will have to travel 75 miles to play the game while we will travel a whopping three miles to play the game.
9. For those who read my blog on Pennlive if you go to www.redknighthoops.blogspot.com I have incorporated a movie with the pictures I took from the game I hope you all enjoy it.