Saturday, February 16, 2013
Late in fourth quarter against Johnson Thursday night, #3 senior point guard surpassed the 1,224-record set by WVU star Wellington Smith, according to The Star-Ledger.
Ba'Shawn Mickens is on fire. After scoring his 1,000th career point in a game against Hillside in mid-January, the senior point-guard became Summit's all-time leading scorer for the Summit Boys' Varsity Basketball team on Thursday night, surpassing the 1,224-record that was set by West Virginia University star and Summit native Wellington Smith in 2005. According to The Star-Ledger, #3 Mickens scored 20 points during the Hilltoppers' victorious 53-32 performance over A.L. Johnson Thursday night, surpassing Smith's record by just three points near the end of the fourth quarter. "He appreciated his teammates helping him to accomplish this," Summit coach Dave White told The Star-Ledger. "But it was more important that we got the win and the …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The undefeated Hilltoppers improve to 6-0 after 62-52 victory over the Bears Friday night. Players and coaches honored Smith, a legendary Summit basketball player, before tip off.
It was an exciting Friday night at 125 Kent Place Blvd., as the undefeated Summit Boys’ Basketball team honored Wellington Smith, a legendary Hilltopper, and went on to defeat David Brearley. The Hilltoppers outscored the Bears most of the game to pull out the 62-52 win. But head coach David White, while pleased with the victory, said the team could have performed even better than they did. “We played well enough to win. It wasn’t quite what I had hoped for. We had a lot of opportunities to score near the basket we didn’t finish,” said head coach David White. “But there’s no such thing as a bad win so we’re glad to take it. Ba’Shawn [Mickens] was his normal self. [There were] some big shots by Ryan Sweeney and Nasir Andersen. Nasir really …
Friday, January 4, 2013
A ceremony will be held for Smith, one of Summit's legendary players, around 6:50 p.m. The undefeated Hilltoppers will face David Brearley in a home conference game at 7 p.m.
Summit’s very own Wellington Smith will be honored by the Summit Boys’ Basketball Program tonight just before the team’s 7 p.m. game versus David Brearley at Summit High School. A local legend most Hilltoppers know well, Smith led the team to their state Sectional Championships in 2004 and 2005, said Head Coach David White. After graduating in 2005 from Summit High School, Smith attended Blair Academy for a post-graduate year and led its basketball team to a Prep School Championship. The 6’7” forward received a full athletic scholarship to West Virginia University, where he played with the Mountaineers in the NIT Championship and three trips to the NCAA tournament, including the Final Four in his senior season, White said. He had a …
Brian "Skimmer" Jordan
11:45 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Just CONFIRMED! Dwayne had 46 points for Summit vs Watchung Hills in 1978...not 43!...IJS#...GO HILLTOPPERS 4L!!!!! more ›