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Wed, Dec 22, 2021 @ Iolani

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St. Paul VI

49

Sierra Canyon

52

Final	1	2	3	4
St. Paul VI	13	10	15	11	49
Sierra Canyon	8	14	17	13	52

• Points
• Rebounds
• Assists

R. Lloyd 20 pts  3 3pm  5/6 FTs

D. McDaniel 17 pts  3 3pm  0/0 FTs

K. Wright 9 tot  9 def

D. Harris-Smith 6 tot  2 off  4 def

R. Lloyd 3 ast

D. McDaniel 3 ast

A hard-fought game was marred by postgame antics.

Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, California) held off St. Paul VI (Chantilly, Virginia), 52-49 to win the 2021 Iolani Classic title. The Trailblazers win the tournament title for the first time since 2015.

"We came a long way in the four or five day period. We didn't start off playing well but the guys came together and found a way to win. I'm super excited, because we get all of our team back next week. We'll be fully-loaded and it's important to us," Sierra Canyon coach Andre Chevalier said.

Taunting from some Trailblazer players after the buzzer incensed St. Paul VI coach Glenn Farello, his staff and players. Farrello and Chevalier had some heated words and security and police had to step in to prevent it from escalating further.

Chevalier came over to apologize to Farello personally for what occurred.

"Sometimes a young team does not know how to win. We don't celebrate on the floor. We celebrate after we get into the locker room. When we are in the middle of the rectangle, we go to war. But as soon as the clock hit zero, it's camaraderie amongst the players. Afterwards lets shake hands out of respect and keep it moving. We have to be better at that so it's a learning process," Chevalier said.

Mike Price scored 10 points off the bench and gave the Trailblazers a 41-38 lead off a jumper.

Dug McDaniel, a University of Michigan commit, scored a team-high 17 points and scored his only field goal off the dribble-drive early in the fourth quarter.

"They're good. They're in one of the toughest leagues in the country so they're always going to go to war and they're going to have great players they have a great coach as well," Chevalier said, complimenting the Panthers.

Sierra Canyon went up by as much as six, 49-43 after Bronny James split a pair of free throws but DeShawn Harris-Smith went up-and-under and Darren Harris added a layup to bring the Panthers within two.

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"DeShawn does everything on all three levels. He's a force and the heart and soul of this team," Farello said.

Lloyd hit a 3-pointer from the right wing to extend the lead back to five, but Justin Boggs had a putback for St. Paul VI's final field goal of the night.

James missed the first of a one-and-one free throw attempt and the Trailblazers turned it over with 23.2 seconds remaining. McDaniel passed it to a curling Harris, but his 3-point attempt fell short and out of bounds.

Price was fouled after the inbound pass, but could not convert the free throw to give the Panthers another chance. McDaniel pulled up for 3 but was short and Garrett Sundra grabbed the rebound and kicked it out to McDaniel but his running attempt to tie the game rimmed out.

"We missed a lot of shots in the fourth and to their credit, they hit their shots. It's going to happen in a game like this. It was championship effort both ways," Farello said.

"Can we just a rebound?' That's what my mind was saying. Rebound the ball so we can end the game. That was a hard-fought win and they deserved everything they got in that last opportunity and they fought for it," Chevalier said.

The Panthers went to a zone defense for much of the game to throw off the Trailblazers. Sierra Canyon went to a zone and mixed it up to a man defense in the second half.

St. Paul VI shot 17 of 50 from the field while Sierra Canyon shot of 18 of 38.

"It was game-specific and applying pressure," Farrello said of limiting Sierra Canyon's athletes.

"That's what we're trying to hang our hat on. All year we've been trying to define ourselves and what kind of team are we. I think we're starting to show that over the four quarters that we're a tough defensive team," Chevalier said.

Ramel Lloyd, a University of Nebraska commit, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He poured in 20 points, was 3 for 5 from the perimeter and had three assists in the win.

The Panthers got back-to-back 3's from McDaniel who had 12 of the team's 13 points in the first quarter and led, 13-6 going into the second.

"He got it rolling after playing football. We just got him back and he's getting his legs under him so it's the first time we see him play," Farello said of McDaniel.

Lloyd tied the game at 13, but that was short-lived as Harris answered with a triple of his own. McDaniel hit another 3 but Lloyd inbounded a lob to Kijani Wright who threw it down to trail, 19-17.

James accounted for four-straight points to give the Trailblazers a 22-21 lead, until Harris-Smith had a putback to give the Panthers a 23-22 lead going into intermission.

"I'm proud of how hard we battled. We're a young team competing," Farrello said.

Harris drained a long 3-pointer and Harris-Smith made two free throws to put St. Paul VI up five. Price got hot and hit a 3-pointer from the left wing and corner to reclaim the lead and forced a 30 second timeout from the Panthers.

"That's what we're trying to hang our hat on. All year we've been trying to define ourselves and what kind of team are we. I think we're starting to show that over the four quarters that we're a tough defensive team," Chevalier said.

Out of the timeout, Brendan Robinson hit a triple from the right corner, but Lloyd answered with a 3 from the left corner to give the Trailblazers a one point lead, 39-38, going into the fourth quarter.

"No matter what we're doing offensively, we hold people to low scores. That's going to give us a chance to win especially when we get our scorers back and that will be fun," Chevalier said.

Harris had 13 points and was 3-for-6 from 3 and Harris-Smith finished with 12 points and six boards for St. Paul VI.

James and Dylan Metoyer each added nine and eight points respectively for Sierra Canyon.