The Marshals are in Fort Myers, Fla. playing in the City of Palms Classic, a tournament that began in 1973 as a local Christmas tournament and over the years has grown to feature some of the nation’s best players and teams with nearly 1,000 former tournament attendees going on to play Division I ball.
Marshall County is one of 28 teams at the City of Palms Classic, playing in the 16-field Traditional Bracket. Four teams are featured in the Signature Series and eight in the Sunshine Series. The Marshals played host Fort Myers in their first game on Wednesday, falling in overtime 74-71 to the 2018 Florida 7A-District 11 champions who finished with a 23-6 record.
Leading 35-29 at halftime, they saw their lead vanish in the third quarter when Fort Myers out-scored them by 10 points to lead 52-48. The Marshals out-scored Fort Myers by four points in the four quarter to tie the game 65-65 and force overtime. The Green Wave out-scoring the Marshals 9-6 in overtime for the win.
Zion Harmon led all scorers with 36 points and nine assists, Fort Myers was led by Kyle Riemenschneider with 17 points.
Marshall County 15 35 48 65 71/OT
Fort Myers 12 29 52 65 74/OT
Scoring:
Marshall County: Zion Harmon 36, Tyler Powell 14, Tyler Stokes 13, Jay Nimmo 6, Brady Miller 2
Fort Myers: Kyle Riemenschneider 17, Javion McCollum 16, Cayden Baker 16, Jamin Primus 15, Landon Howard 7, Josh Gergley 3
Marshall County: FG 28/61, 3 Pt 15/37, FT 0/1, Reb 20, PF 17, Ast 10, TO 9
Fort Myers: FG 30/64, 3 Pt 6/15, FT 8/14, Reb 43, PF 7, Ast 11, TO 11
Thursday, the Marshals met Roman Catholic High School from Pennsylvania in the Consolation Bracket, last season’s Philadelphia Catholic League Champions and Pennsylvania Class 6A State Quarterfinalist with a 24-5 record. The team features 6-9 sophomore, Jalen Duren, who is ranked #2 in the nation according to ESPN and Rivals.
Roman Catholic lost 69-65 on Wednesday to McEachern High School who is the defending Georgia 7A State Champions and finished with a perfect 32-0 record.
Roman Catholic led 20-12 at the end of the first quarter and was off and running from there, hitting 75 percent of their shots in the third quarter and almost 59 percent for the game to win big over the Marshals, 79-26.
Roman Catholic out-scored the Marshals 29-5 in the third quarter and held them to zero fourth quarter points, led by Duren with 19 points and 18 rebounds. Tyler Stokes and Zion Harmon led the Marshals with nine points a piece.
Marshall County 12 21 26 26
Roman Catholic 20 38 67 79
Scoring:
Marshall County: Tyler Stokes 9, Zion Harmon 9, Tyler Powell 5, Jay Nimmo 3
Roman Catholic: Jalen Duren 19, Justice Williams 16, Lynn Greer III 11, Xzayvier Brown 9, Nasir Lett 6, Christian Kirkland 5, Will Norman 4, Michael Flach 3, Kyle Maska 2, Quadir Brown 2, Angel Otero 2
Marshall County: FG 8/43, 3 Pt 5/20, FT 5/8, Reb 19, PF 12, Ast 6, TO 13
Roman Catholic: FG 31/53, 3 Pt 9/18, FT 8/11, Reb 42, PF 8, Ast 17, TO 4
The Marshals are scheduled to play their next game on Monday at 10:00am against Riverview High School (FL).