The St. Louis area will be the host to some high-level summer basketball this weekend. National basketball talent evaluator Jerry Mullen will be bringing his high-powered showcase event to Lindenwood University in St. Charles.
The event will begin on Friday, July 10 and end on Sunday afternoon. It is a combination high school and junior college showcase with players coming from around the country.
The Mullen High Profile Tournament is a high school event that will bring together summer basketball clubs from 13 different states in the 15U, 16U and 17U divisions. The teams are coming from Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Colorado.
Local teams scheduled to compete this weekend are the St. Louis Eagles (15U, 16U), Southwest Illinois Jets (15U, 16U, 17U), Missouri Impact (16U, 17U), St. Louis Arch Ryvals (17U), Machine Elite (17U), Southwest Illinois Titans (16U), St. Louis Wolves (16U), St. Louis Blazers (16U) and St. Louis WITTS-Eagles (14U).
In conjunction with the high school tournament, Mullen will also bring close to 200 of the nation’s top junior college players to town for two big showcase events. The JC Showcase will be held on Friday at Pattonville High. The Top 100 JC Camp will be held on Friday and Saturday at Lindenwood. Several players from the St. Louis metro area will be participating in the showcase events.
Competing in the Top 100 Camp at Lindenwood will be Arlando Cook (Madison Prep) of Connor State (OK) College and 6’1″ guard De’Ante McMurray (Alton) of SWIC. Playing in Friday’s JC Showcase are 5’11” guard Rashad Lindsey (McCluer North) of Moberly, 6’6″ Ranell Crossland (Hazelwood Central) of John A. Logan and 6’7″ Devonta Halfacra (Maplewood) of Lewis & Clark.
The Mullen Showcase event usually attracts between 400 and 500 coaches from around the country to St. Louis during this July evaluation period.
For a complete schedule of games and tournament brackets, you can visit the event’s website at www.Mullensports.net.
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