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The Jordan Brandon Classic, filled with big names and rich tradition, annointed two more future superstars Friday in Washington D.C.
Oklahoma commit Aaliyah Chavez and future Syracuse standout Kiyan Anthony, were voted the two games’ MVPs in high-scoring affairs at CareFirst Arena.
Chavez, High School On SI’s National Player of the Year, scored 24 points and added five assists and five steals leading Team Flight to a 128-108 victory. It helped offset a record 28-point performance by Team USA’s Nyla Brooks, a 6-2 power forward from Bishop Ireton (Alexandria, Va.), who is headed to North Carolina.
Chavez, a 5-foot-11 point guard from Monterey High School (Lubbock Texas), scored nearly 5,000 career points while leading her team to its first state title in 45 years. Friday’s performance cemented her prep legacy in her final all-star game performance.
She and many of the players took part the last two weeks in the McDonald’s All-American Game in Brooklyn (N.Y.) and the Nike Hoop Summit last weekend in Portland (Ore.).
UCLA-bound Sienna Betts, the MVP of the McDonald’s All-American Game, had 22 points on 11 of 14 shooting and six rebounds and USC signee Jazzy Davidson, the MVP of the Nike Hoop Summit, added 19 points, five rebounds and four assists for Team Flight.
UConn commit Kelis Fisher contributed 23 points, Stanford-bound Hailee Swain 18 and Georgia commit Zhen Craft 10 for Team Air, which trailed 39-14 at the end of the first quarter and despite a 34-20 run in the third quarter could never recover. It entered the fourth trailing just 84-78.
Iowa-bound Addie Deal made four of five shots and had five rebounds and three assists for the winners, which shot 50.5% from the field and drilled 11 three-pointers.
