Small Apple Sports

Fan Talk With Jemal Smith by Nathan Frandino Jemal Smith has high hopes for the Rice Raiders in the final minutes of the opening game of the SNY Invitational. Here’s what he had to say.

Jeffland Neverson (#23) jammed one home a minute ago to put Boys & Girls up 11 and bring the crowd to its feet. Neverson has 15 points and 7 rebounds. The score stands 69-53 now and Ruth Lovelace just cleared her bench …

Fan Talk With Tammy Whitfield by Nathan Frandino Tammy Whitfield came out to support Leroy Fludd of the Boys & Girls Kangaroos as they face the Rice Raiders in the first game of the SNY Invitational. Here’s what she had to say about what the Kangaroos need to do to finish out the game.

Down 56-46 with 4:35 left, Rice has been picking it up full-press, but Boys & Girls has done well getting it up the floor. Things are getting frantic …

Boys & Girls made up for scoring only 2 points in the second quarter with a 24-point explosion in the third to lead 45-39. Malik Nichols, Jeffland Neverson and Leroy Fludd are all in double digits to lead the Kangaroos, who used an opportunistic defense (16 forced turnovers through three quarters) to storm back into […]

During the first two quarters, Nathan Frandino shot some raw footage of the crowd and of the Invitational’s first matchup between the Boys & Girls and Rice.

Rice’s Kevin Perez brings the ball up the court as Boys & Girls Malik Nichols defends. Nichols leads the Kangaroos with 7 points at the half, as Rice leads 25-21. I just spent the halftime timeout reading Robert Abruzzese’s touching story on Nichols, whose mother died tragically on New Year’s Eve.

The Brooklyn Express Drum Line from Ocean Hill (photo: Nathan Frandino)

Jermaine Sanders leads the way for Rice with 10 points at the 5:30 mark in the second quarter.