Lake Clifton High School to Host Basketball Academy Games: Event This Weekend: January 26-28

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 26, 2012 - (Baltimore, MD) – The Basketball Academy has been informed that due to recently adapted NCAA bylaws that its games can not be held on the campus of any college institutions. Therefore, the games had to be moved again and will now take place at Lake Clifton High School located at 2801 Saint Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD.

For 16 years the Basketball Academy has provided academics, athletics, cultural enrichment and service learning to area student-athletes. “It was important to us that the students have an opportunity to play. We have done all that we can to make sure that these students are still able to participate in the athletic component of the academy.  If the event was cancelled it could have impacted their seating in the upcoming MPSSAA Regional Basketball playoffs,” said Bob Wade, Co-Chair of the Basketball Academy.

The academic component on Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 will still be held at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School located at 3500 Hillen Road, Baltimore, MD. “We truly hope that the community will still come out and support these student-athletes. We will still maintain the academic integrity of the Basketball Academy,” said Dr. Warren Hayman, Co-Chair of the Academy.

Organizers will ensure that any advanced tickets will be honored.  Therefore, a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

About the Basketball Academy
The Academy is a 501(c) 3 organization that aims to prepare students for the SAT and the college admissions process, while exposing middle and high school players to competitive basketball teams from Baltimore City, Baltimore, Harford and Prince George’s counties. Basketball Academy “graduates” include several NBA and NCAA division 1 players such as Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies), Josh Selby (Memphis Grizzlies), Will Barton (University of Memphis), Roscoe Smith (University of Connecticut), Asia Logan (University of Pittsburgh) and LaShay Taft (Syracuse).

For more information, please visit www.bballacademy.com.



16th Annual Basketball Academy
Game Schedule

Thursday, January 26, 2012
(GYM I)
4:00 pm   Digital Harbor vs. Patterson Mills (B)
6:00 pm   City College vs. Randallstown (B)
8:00 pm   Dunbar vs. Milford Mill (B) presented by

(GYM II)
3:00 pm   Poly vs. Randallstown (G)
5:00 pm   Dunbar vs. Woodlawn (G)  

Friday, January 27, 2012
(GYM I)
3:00 pm   Edgewood vs. Randallstown (B)
5:00 pm   City College vs. New Town (B)
7:00 pm   Lake Clifton vs. Owings Mills (B)
9:00 pm   Patterson vs. Largo (B) presented by

(GYM II)
4:00 pm   Digital Harbor vs. Aberdeen (G)
6:00 pm   Edmondson/Westside vs. Friendly (B)

Saturday, January 28, 2012
(GYM I)
12:00pm Owings Mills vs. Patterson Mill (B)
2:00 pm   Edgewood vs. Edmondson/Westside (B)
4:00 pm   Friendly vs. Dunbar (B) presented by
6:00 pm   Milford Mill vs. Lake Clifton (B)
8:00 pm   Patterson vs. St. Frances (B) presented by

(GYM II)
11:00am  Randallstown vs. Digital Harbor G)
1:00 pm   Aberdeen vs. Dunbar (G)
3:00 pm   New Town vs. Digital Harbor (B)
5:00 pm   Woodlawn vs. Poly (G)


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