Cherokee Invitation: S3 Academy Vs Oak City Prep
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This morning’s matchup featured S3 Academy and Oak City Prep out of North Carolina at the Cherokee Invitation and this is how it played out! 1st Quarter After a sloopy scoreless 2:30 minutes of the game Sira Thienou Sira Thienou 6'0" |…
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Continue ReadingThis morning’s matchup featured S3 Academy and Oak City Prep out of North Carolina at the Cherokee Invitation and this is how it played out!
1st Quarter
After a sloopy scoreless 2:30 minutes of the game Sira Thienou Sira Thienou 6'0" | SF S3 Academy | 2024 State VA got things started with a steal and took it all the way for the game’s first bucket. After going a 0 or 7 start Oak City finally got their first Basket with a Sammy Ward steal then lay up. Ball handling started to be a problem for Oak City and S3 started to turn up the pressure and Sira Thienou Sira Thienou 6'0" | SF S3 Academy | 2024 State VA got another steal that turned into two points! Oak City got a bit settled in and got two back to back press breaks for a score by Dareka Goodwin to cut the lead to 1 point. After that right in transition Harissoum Coulibaly Harissoum Coulibaly 5'8" | SG S3 Academy | 2025 State VA hit a three in the corner. And had two big time drive layups which one of them was an and one basket! After the first quarter it was a 13-8 S3 lead!
2nd Quarter
The second quarter got started up with a beautiful pullup jumper by
Patience Johnson
Patience
Johnson
5'6" | PG
S3 Academy | 2026
State
VA
. But in the half court set Dareka Goodwin was still getting buckets in the low post with layups. After an S3 miss Oakcity showed some patience and got a wide open three point basket in the corner by Kaylin Mckoy get within arms reach. S3 went on a little run with a put back by
Jameela James
Jameela
James
6'5" | C
S3 Academy | 2027
State
VA
and a transition lay up by
Harissoum Coulibaly
Harissoum
Coulibaly
5'8" | SG
S3 Academy | 2025
State
VA
. With a lot of free throws in between, S3 took a 28-15 into halftime!3rd Quarter
The third got started with a Kaylin Mckoy layup and then after that it was all S3!
3rd quarter
Patience Johnson Patience Johnson 5'6" | PG S3 Academy | 2026 State VA stopped on a dime for a deep crossover three pointer for S3. Then Harissoum Coulibaly Harissoum Coulibaly 5'8" | SG S3 Academy | 2025 State VA went on her own personal run with a three point basket, three transition layups, one coming off a steal and a nice low post move on the right block. Sira Thienou Sira Thienou 6'0" | SF S3 Academy | 2024 State VA added two baskets in this quarter for S3 as well. Oak city only managed 6 points in the quarter with Leia Rios Leia Rios 5'5" | CG Oak City Prep | 2027 NC getting the only field goal 59-21 S3.
4th Quarter
Not a lot of scoring in the 4th Patience Johnson Patience Johnson 5'6" | PG S3 Academy | 2026 State VA and Olivia Hilliard Olivia Hilliard 5'9" | PG S3 Academy | 2025 State VA hit three point shots in the corner and that was it for S3 with scoring. Sanai Cole Sanai Cole 5'7" | PG Millbrook | Oak City Prep | 2025 State NC and Sammy Ward added field goals in the 4th 64-31S3 with the win!
Takeaways from the game
S3 Academy:
Sira Thienou Sira Thienou 6'0" | SF S3 Academy | 2024 State VA is good as advertised
Patience Johnson
Patience
Johnson
5'6" | PG
S3 Academy | 2026
State
VA
stock will rise by season’s end!
Missing a true low post player.
Oak City:
Young team with potential.
Leia Rios Leia Rios 5'5" | CG Oak City Prep | 2027 NC has a lot of upside
Turnovers hurt them a lot!