Alabama, Mississippi All-Stars Set For Friday’s State Clash
CLINTON, MS (ahsaa.com) — Alabama’s boys’ and girls’ all-star basketball teams reported Wednesdayfor Friday night’s 26th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball Games, set for A. E. Wood Coliseum, Mike Jones Court, on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton, MS.
The Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) is hosting this year’s games in partnership with the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA). The games will return to Montgomery in 2017.
The Alabama squads and Mississippi High School All-Star Teams were scheduled to practice for the first time Wednesday afternoon. Both Alabama teams, which met at the AHSAA Office in Montgomery Wednesday morning and traveled by charter bus to Mississippi, were scheduled to practice at Germantown High School, then attend a banquet and press conference at the HealthPlex Performance Center in Madison, MS.
Thursday’s schedule has Alabama’s boys, coached by Huntsville coaches Andy Blackston of Class 3A state champion Madison Academy and Ronnie Stapler of Class 4A state champion Westminster Christian, practicing three times. The Alabama girls’ team, coached by Brant Llewellyn of 3A state champion Lauderdale County and Emanuel Bell of 5A state champion Wenonah, will also practice three times at Germantown. The sessions for both are scheduled from 9 to 11:30 a.m., and again from 3 to 5 p.m., at Germantown High School and from 7:30 to 8 p.m., at A.E. Wood Coliseum for the girls, and from 8 to 8:30 p.m., for the boys.
The two teams will be back at Germantown Friday morning for a 90-minute practice session beginning at 9 a.m. The Alabama squads will close out with a shoot-a-round at Mississippi College from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday afternoon.
The Alabama-Mississippi girls’ all-star game will tip off at 5 p.m., Friday, followed by the boys at 7. The games will be broadcast live over the AHSAA Radio Network and will be available via live-streaming by the FNUTL Network at www.fnutl.com.
The game features the top seniors from Mississippi and Alabama. Alabama leads the girls’ series 13-12 and the boys’ series by a 14-11 margin. Alabama won both games, winning the girls’ game 93-87 at Alabama State University’s Dunn-Oliver Acadome, and the Alabama boys won 101-88.
This year’s contests is the fifth time in the 26-year series that Mississippi College has been the host and the seventh time the games have been played in Mississippi.
Rosters for both states are listed below.
26th ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA ALL-STAR
MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA BASKETBALL CLASSIC
2016 ROSTERS
MISSISSIPPI BOYS TEAM
NO. NAME POS HGT SCHOOL COLLEGE
2 JONATHAN FLOYD PG 5-9 HARRISON CENTRAL undecided
3 TAZE MOORE PG 6-5 SOUTHAVEN CAL. ST. BF
4 BRIETON SYKES G 6-3 CALHOUN CITY EAST MS. CC
10 JONAH SIMPSON PG 5-10 RIDGELAND undecided
11 QUA’DARIUS GREEN F 6-8 McCOMB undecided
12 STACEE ST. JULIAN PG 6-0 ST. MARTIN undecided
15 ANTONIO COWART, JR. PG 6-31/2 McCOMB undecided
23 TYSON CARTER G 6-4 STARKVILLE MISS. STATE
25 TREY SPENCER G 6-4 GRENADA undecided
30 DEMETRICE CLOPTON F 6-8 COLUMBUS JACKSON ST.
32 CARLOS THOMAS F 6-8 McCOMB undecided
33 DEVON BENSON F 6-7 LAUREL JONES JUNIOR COLLEGE
HEAD COACH: HILTON HARRELL, McCOMB
ASSISTANT COACH: CLAY NORTON, CLINTON
ADMINISTRATIVE COACH: ERNIE WATSON, HATTIESBURG
ATHLETIC TRAINER: FRED ROBINSON, MS Sports Medicine
ALABAMA BOYS TEAM
NO. NAME POS HGT SCHOOL COLLEGE
2 MICAH FULLER G 6-1 BESSEMER CITY undecided
3 TRISTON CHAMBERS G 6-3 COLD SPRINGS SAMFORD
5 TAVARIS GEIGER G 6-0 LANETT undecided
10 JAVIEN WILLIAMS G 6-4 WOODLAWN UAB
11 JOHN PETTWAY G 6-2 KEITH SO. ALABAMA
12 JACK KLINE F 6-5 MOUNTAIN BROOK UAH
13 TREY PETTY G 6-3 WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN undecided
14 REGINALD TODD F 6-6 BLOUNT N.MEXICO ST.
15 JUSTIN HOPKINS F 6-4 J. O. JOHNSON SAMFORD
23 KEVIN MORRIS F 6-8 DOTHAN SOUTH ALABAMA
34 SHAMARKUS KENNEDY C 6-7 NORTHRIDGE CHIPOLA CC
50 ALBERT LUKE F 6-6 RAMSAY MONTEVALLO
HEAD COACH: ANDY BLACKSTON, MADISON ACADEMY
ASSISTANT COACH: RONNIE STAPLER, WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
ADMINISTRATIVE COACH: JAMIE LEE, DECATUR CITY SCHOOLS
ADMINISTRATIVE COACH: DAVID GOOD, MOUNTAIN BROOK
ATHLETIC TRAINER: KELLY VINSON, ENCORE
MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA BASKETBALL CLASSIC
2016 ROSTERS
MISSISSIPPI GIRLS TEAM
NO. NAME POS HGT SCHOOL COLLEGE
2 ERNESHA CHATMAN PG 5-6 NATCHEZ undecided
3 SHONTE’ HAILES PG 5-6 QUITMAN SO. MISS
4 SAVANNAH JONES G 6-0 ST. MARTIN SO. ALABAMA
7 STAR WALTON G 5-6 HOLLY SPRINGS undecided
10 TAMIA “TAZ” STINSON G 5-8 HATTIESBURG undecided
11 TORI MALLORY F 5-9 ITAWAMBA AHS undecided
12 NIQUE CHERRY F 6-0 HEIDELBERG undecided
20 TAE’LOUR RICHARDSON F 5-10 HORN LAKE E. KENTUCKY
22 BRITTANY ROSE G 5-11 LANIER undecided
23 AMESHYA WILLIAMS C 6-2 WEST HARRISON undecided
33 DIAMOND SMITH C 6-4 JEFFERSON COUNTY undecided
34 TWILA HILL C 6-2 CALLAWAY PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
HEAD COACH: JASON THOMPSON, H. W. BYERS
ASSISTANT COACH: SHERRI COOLEY, SOUTH JONES
ADMINISTRATIVE COACH: DONNY FULLER, GULFPORT
ATHLETIC TRAINER: STEVEN BUSH, MS Sports Medicine
ALABAMA GIRLS TEAM
NO. NAME POS HGT SCHOOL COLLEGE
3 IVY WALLEN G 5-7 LAUDERDALE CTY NO. ALABAMA
5 EMMA WALLEN G 5-7 LAUDERDALE CTY NO. ALABAMA
11 CIERRA JOHNSON G 5-10 BLOUNT ALABAMA
13 KATELYNN THOMAS C 6-0 SHADES VALLEY UAB
14 TYRA JOHNSON G 5-7 AUSTIN AUBURN
15 JAPONICA JAMES C 5-11 LEFLORE undecided
20 INDIA BLAKELY G 5-7 CHARLES HENDERSON MERCER
21 KATIE ALLEN G 5-10 ALBERTVILLE SAMFORD
31 KAITLYN RODGERS F 6-2 WENONAH OLE MISS
32 RACHAEL CHILDRESS G 5-10 LAWRENCE COUNTY UAB
33 JAILYN MADDOX G 5-10 HOOVER VCU
34 JASMINE WALKER C 6-4 JEFF DAVIS FLORIDA St.
HEAD COACH: BRANT LLEWELLYN, LAUDERDALE COUNTY
ASSISTANT COACH: EMANUEL BELL, WENONAH
ADMINISTRATIVE COACH: TAMMY WEST, COLD SPRINGS
ATHLETIC TRAINER: DESHENA THOMAS, ENCORE
