The play-off action at the Chicago Pro-Am Summer Basketball Tournament is indeed red hot. The championship game will take place Sunday at Keating Hall on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
The play-off action at the Chicago Pro-Am Summer Basketball Tournament is indeed red hot. The championship game will take place Sunday at Keating Hall on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. The hottest team in the Pro-Am play-offs thus far has been the Eight Foundation led by NBA all-stars Antoine Walker and Shawn Marion. “Each year, our tournament gets bigger and better and more exciting,” said Pro-Am president Bill Jones. “This year’s play-offs have been the best in recent memory of the Pro-Am.” “We expect an exciting title game,” Jones said. In play-off action Sunday, Leak and Sons wiped out a 12-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to defeat JPMX Media, 108-106. Leading the way for Leak and Sons was Tony Bennett, who scored a play-off high 59 points. Will Bynum had 51 for JPMX Media. In another play-off contest Sunday, Antoine Walker pumped in 29 points to lead Eight Foundation to a 103-100 win over Showtime. Otheus Brown had 27 points for the Eight Foundation while Quinnel Brown had 30 and Armond Williams posted 21 for Showtime. Semi-final action will take place Saturday at 6 p.m., with the title game Sunday at 3 p.m. The Pro-Am games is an annual event that teams professional and amateur basketball players together. Chicago’s Pro-Am tournament is one of the biggest in the country. ______ Copyright 2008 Chicago Defender. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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