High School Boys Basketball

newsday should put out a high school sports edition featuring players and schools on tuesday i think it would be very good for for newsday and the community that newsday serves. Also St.Mary's H.S. is going through a transition with a new coach but they have two of the best players on long island that will have st.mary's competing for the championship (Jerrell Lawrence, and Bryon Freeman)

come to north babylon's game vs. lindenhurst on friday. it should be crazy. On december 28.

How do you come up with your Rankings? I don't understand how a team which keeps getting beat by twenty points every week gets ranked in your top ten. There are other teams who deserve that spot.

Player Information--home town hero

Alex McLean

Class: Senior
Position: F
Height: 6-8
Weight: 235

Previous School: Suffolk CC

Hometown: Bay Shore, N.Y.

2007 (Fall): Averaged 17.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during the Flames’ September Tour of Canada … shot 46 percent for the Tour on 11-of-24 shooting … scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting in a win over Brock (9/1) … scored 15 points, pulled down nine rebounds and dished out five assists in a win over Guelph (9/2).

2007 (Jr.): Started 27 of the Flames’ 31 games ... collected 12 double-doubles on the season … registered 14.5 points per game and pulled down 8.9 rebounds per contest … his 8.9 rebound average was the most by a Flame since Jason Dixon hauled in 9.0 caroms per game in 1995 … scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds at Oklahoma (11/16) ... collected first double-double of the season with 15 points and 15 rebounds against Cincinnati Christian (11/21) ... scored a season-high 26 points on 11-of-13 shooting against Houghton(11/25) ... collected a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Southern Virginia (11/27) ... added a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds against East Carolina (12/2) ... scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Longwood (12/9) ... posted a double-double with 12 points and a Vines Center record 17 rebounds against Lipscomb (12/21) ... collected his fifth double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at BYU (12/28) ... the following night, added his six double-double and his third straight, versus Seton Hall at the BYU Holiday Classic with 13 points and 15 rebounds (12/29) ... scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Radford (1/9) ... collected a double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds at High Point (1/17) ... picked up a double-double three days later with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Coastal Carolina (1/20) ... scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds at Charleston Southern (1/22) … collected double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds, while shooting 9-of-13 from the floor against VMI (1/27) ... collected 10th double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting against High Point (2/3) ... posted a double-double with career-highs in points with 40 and rebounds with 19 at VMI (2/21) ... the 40 points and 19 rebounds were a national high for the day ... collected his 12th double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds at Radford (2/24) ... named Choice Hotels Big South Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 25 … reached double figures in rebounds for the 13th time when he pulled down 13 against VMI in the first round of the Big South Championship (2/27).

Previous School: Spent two years at Suffolk Community College in Long Island, N.Y. … earned all-region and all-conference honors in 2006, as he averaged 18.1 points, 13.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.8 assists per game … as a freshman, he averaged 8.0 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Prep: Graduated from Bay Shore High School … did not play basketball in high school … only 6-2 as a high school senior, McLean played bass, piano and drums in the Bay Shore High School band … a concert bassist who turned down the opportunity to study music at numerous schools on scholarship, including Cal-Berkley and Hofstra, as well as, receiving interest from Julliard, in favor of basketball.

Personal: Son of Perry and Camille McLean … birthday is October 20 … brother Phil McLean ran track at St. John’s University … cousin Garnett Thompson plays professional basketball in China … majoring is sport management.

Everybody in Whitman must be voting today. There is no way Whitman beats LuHigh straight up.In addition take a look at the schedules they play. Match up would be like NC vs. Stony Brook not much of a game

come 2 malverne game southeast regional championship saturday 12 noon