Scottie Lewis

[dr bill1]

My son who played at Randy sends me this link. I hope we keep are eyes on this kid. He's a 14 1/2 yr old at 6'6''.

 

[Seton75]

My son who played at Randy sends me this link. I hope we keep are eyes on this kid. He's a 14 1/2 yr old at 6'6''.

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According to nj hoops. The two best frosh in nj are at ranney. Ex MD star Taj holden is coach

 

[Joe_T]

According to nj hoops. The two best frosh in nj are at ranney. Ex MD star Taj holden is coach

What a loaded Red Bank team that was in Holden's senior year:
6'10" Tahj Holden, senior (Maryland)
6'7" Sean Axani, senior (Rutgers)
6'6" Ryan Johnson, senior (St. Peter's)
5'10" 7th-man Taquan Dean, freshman, later of Neptune (Louisville, ultimately 6'5")

Holden, Axani, and Johnson were all 1,000 point scorers for their Red Bank careers.

Yet they had a rather unspectacular senior season considering that talent. Instead of using their height and raw talent to crash the boards and overpower opposing teams, the players seemed to over-think, with Holden too often bringing up the ball and directing traffic. Maybe coaching was always his destiny.

 

[shupat08]

Ranney looks like it will be stacked for quite a while.

And WOW! JoeT... I was young when that Red Bank team was around, I remember Sean Axani at RU when I was younger.. I had no idea how good that team was.

 

[Seton75]

What a loaded Red Bank team that was in Holden's senior year:
6'10" Tahj Holden, senior (Maryland)
6'7" Sean Axani, senior (Rutgers)
6'6" Ryan Johnson, senior (St. Peter's)
5'10" 7th-man Taquan Dean, freshman, later of Neptune (Louisville, ultimately 6'5")

Holden, Axani, and Johnson were all 1,000 point scorers for their Red Bank careers.

Yet they had a rather unspectacular senior season considering that talent. Instead of using their height and raw talent to crash the boards and overpower opposing teams, the players seemed to over-think, with Holden too often bringing up the ball and directing traffic. Maybe coaching was always his destiny.

Yes, that was some team. Did they have Billy Gilligan too? Did they play in the SC finals that season against CBA? I think CBA had that shooter who played for Monmouth. I seem to remember watching the game at a jam packed Brookdale and RB eked out the win.

 

[Joe_T]

Yes, that was some team. Did they have Billy Gilligan too? Did they play in the SC finals that season against CBA? I think CBA had that shooter who played for Monmouth. I seem to remember watching the game at a jam packed Brookdale and RB eked out the win.

Gilligan was Class of 1994, Holden et al. were Class of 1999, so no, they missed being in school together.

Yes, they played CBA in the SC final: According to this Holden player bio:

"[Holden] hit two pressure-packed free throws with 23 seconds remaining in the Shore Conference championship game to lead Red Bank to a 44-43 victory over Christian Brothers Academy."​

 

[Seton75]

Gilligan was Class of 1994, Holden et al. were Class of 1999, so no, they missed being in school together.

Yes, they played CBA in the SC final: According to this Holden player bio:

"[Holden] hit two pressure-packed free throws with 23 seconds remaining in the Shore Conference championship game to lead Red Bank to a 44-43 victory over Christian Brothers Academy."​

Gilligan's team was quite good too, weren't they? They had another 6'5 kid who could fill it up if I remember right, and a couple of other real good players. I was thinking there were two terrific non CBA teams of that era and I couldn't remember which one was the other.

 

[Bud Boomer]

Yes, that was some team. Did they have Billy Gilligan too? Did they play in the SC finals that season against CBA? I think CBA had that shooter who played for Monmouth. I seem to remember watching the game at a jam packed Brookdale and RB eked out the win.

I'm pretty sure Todd Billett led that CBA team. They had a bunch of other good guys too.

 

[Bud Boomer]

Gilligan's team was quite good too, weren't they? They had another 6'5 kid who could fill it up if I remember right, and a couple of other real good players. I was thinking there were two terrific non CBA teams of that era and I couldn't remember which one was the other.

RB had Mark Donnelly and Mustafa Barksdale the year Gilligan was a freshman or sophomore. That team was really good too.

 

[Joe_T]

Gilligan's team was quite good too, weren't they? They had another 6'5 kid who could fill it up if I remember right, and a couple of other real good players. I was thinking there were two terrific non CBA teams of that era and I couldn't remember which one was the other.

Sorry, I didn't really follow RB basketball closely until I met Sean Axani's mother at a party, and remarking on her height (about 6'0"), she told me her freshman son's height (6'4" I think), and about his even taller (6'7") best friend, and both loving basketball.

I couldn't find anything on Google about Gilligan's team. But since your memory was spot on about the SC final ...

 

[Seton75]

RB had Mark Donnelly and Mustafa Barksdale the year Gilligan was a freshman or sophomore. That team was really good too.

Yes, I could picture Donnelly. Real nice HS player. And who can forget Barksdale sitting on the rim when Monmouth won the NEC title to make the NCAAs.