With a smothering performance on defense and hot shooting on the other end of the court, the Flint Hill Huskies won big in their opening game of the Lake Braddock boys holiday basketball tournament.
The Huskies (6-2) routed the Woodbridge Vikings, 73-43, leading 17-11 at the end of the first quarter and 45-22 at halftime. With the outcome no longer in doubt the Flint Hill starters did not play in the fourth quarter of the high-school game so others could receive time.
Senior center/forward Quinlan Corman led Flint Hill with 14 points, including two three-pointers and three dunks, to go with four rebounds and two steals.
“We need to get Quin touches on offense and if we do that, we do well like we did today,” Flint Hill coach Rico Reed said.
Corman plans to play Division I college basketball at Stony Brook University in New York. He missed the second half of last season with an injury.
Also against Woodbridge, junior point guard Everett Jones had 10 points (two threes), six rebounds and four assists; sophomore forward Ty Harris scored 10 and had three steals; junior forward Kendall Jones scored nine with three rebounds and three steals; junor forward Caleb West scored eight with five rebounds and three steals; and junior guard Kobe Davis scored six. In all, 10 players scored for Flint Hill.
The Huskies shot 53 percent from the floor.
“We have some good pieces to this team and we are improving and still learning each other,” Reed said.
Flint Hill’s two losses were against Bishop Ireton, 73-60, and to Landon, 64-59. The Huskies won their first three games, including two in their tipoff tournament.
Corman was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of that tournament, with Everett Jones and Davis selected to the all-tourney team. Davis has been one of the team’s top scorers. Junior guard Jack Lloyd made four three-pointers in a win over St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes.
At the Peninsula Catholic High School Holiday Classic, Everett Jones was chosen as the MVP after Flint Hill defeated Catholic.
