Dynamic duo lead Florida team to title

On the court, Brandon Knight and Kenny Boynton are virtually indistinguishable.

Same corn rows, same ball-handling style, same release.

Heck, one wears No. 1, and one wears No. 11.

BK and KB? Can't be a coincidence.

On Saturday at Foothill High School, the two highly touted guards led Florida's Team Breakdown to the Reebok Summer Championships title with an 81-64 win over North Carolina's D-One Sports.

Avenging Wednesday's 78-71 pool-play loss to D-One, Boynton had 26 points and Knight 24 points. Early in the second half, Team Breakdown was on fire, stretching a 10-point intermission lead to 20 points.

"D-One did an excellent job on Wednesday of coming out fiery hot with a lot of intensity," Team Breakdown coach Brionne Gillion said. "In the clutch of that game, I thought we took a lot of bad shots.

"I told them with this game that we didn't want to make it a personal matchup between Kenny Boynton and John Wall or Brandon Knight and John Wall."

Except, so often it was.

Boynton and Knight didn't so much demand the ball as expect it, almost trading possession for possession. They each hit 10 of 19 shots, each had six rebounds, and Knight had four assists to Boynton's six.

Wall, meanwhile, continued his spectacular tournament -- many scouts regarded him as the week's best player -- with 20 points.

But the play of those surrounding Knight and Boynton sealed it for Team Breakdown. Center Keith Clanton had 12 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, and Pe'Shon Howard had six points and seven rebounds.

"I want to say they have to be role players, even though they are not necessarily," Gillion said. "When they're on the court, they just try to get in where they fit in."

Added Boynton: "All of those guys are MVPs of their state championship teams in Florida, but you have to come to a sacrifice for your team. The losses that we did have, it was mainly because everybody was being selfish.

"The best players are remembered for their wins -- we got together last night and had a meeting and said, 'Nobody remembers you if you lose.' "

• SUPER 64 -- Jason Calliste scored 29 points as Grassroots Canada Elite nosed past Compton (Calif.) Magic 88-79 in double overtime in the championship game of the adidas Super 64 tournament at Rancho.

Compton tied the score at 68 on Roberto Nelson's 3-pointer with nine seconds left in regulation.

"Our kids got down for like half a second," Canada coach Ro Russell said of the end of regulation. "Our captain, Junior Cadougan, spoke up and reminded everyone to just believe in ourselves. We came here to win."

A missed layup by Canada's Alwayne Bigby sent the game to a second overtime.

Cadougan added 22 points for Canada.

"It was tough, but we were going to do it any way we could," Russell said. "We wanted to prove that Canada has some great players, too."

Nelson had 24 points and Joe Burton 23 to lead Compton.

• MAIN EVENT -- Gary Franklin Jr. hit four 3-pointers in the second half to lead California Supreme to a 79-70 win over Houston Hoops in the title game of the Main Event tournament at Spring Valley.

The Supreme twice built a 10-point lead in the second half, but Houston trimmed the lead to 66-64 with less than three minutes to play. Franklin's fourth 3-pointer of the half started a game-clinching 13-3 run.

"I was looking to go other places, but he knocked down some big shots," Supreme coach Gary Franklin Sr. said of his son. "He really got his legs in the second half."

Franklin finished with 22 points.

Keith "Tiny" Gallon, a 6-foot-9-inch, 250-pounder, led Houston with 23 points and 12 rebounds.

Also in the Main Event tournament, the Las Vegas Blue Devils lost 63-59 to Fieldhouse Elite 2010 Orange (Ind.) in the 16-and-under Bronze Division championship.

Contact reporter Bartt Davis at bdavis@ reviewjournal.com or 702-224-5512.