by Alex Schwartz

The 17th annual Rasual Butler All-City Classic took place last night at Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia. The top players in the Philadelphia area took the court for three games, one for each of the high school classes besides the outgoing seniors.

The first contest was the Freshmen Game and the White team defeated the Black team by a score of 94-78 in a matchup of 2014 standouts. The MVP from the victors was 6-foot-5 power forward Jamal Custis of Neumann-Goretti (PA) with 18 points. Eric Anderson was named White’s MVP, as the 6-foot-4 small forward from Haverford (PA) dropped 15 points.

The Defensive Player of the Game award went to the White team’s Conrad Chambers, a 6-foot point guard out of Friends Central (PA). He was the game’s top scorer with 19 points. It was Black’s Malik Smith, a 5-foot-10 point guard from Del Val (PA), who won the Unselfish Player trophy.

Other double-digit scorers for the White team were 6-foot-2 combo guard Ja'Quan Newton and 5-foot-11 point guard Troy Harper. The Neumann-Goretti (PA) teammates had 10 points apiece. For the Black team, 6-foot-1 combo guard Shep Garner and 6-foot-1 combo guard Rashann London, teammates at Roman Catholic (PA), had 14 and 12 respectively. In addition, 6-foot-2 shooting guard Malik Starkes of Olney (PA) added 11.

The second game was easily the best one, with the Black team winning 93-86 in the Sophomore Game featuring 2013 players. The MVP from the winning side was 6-foot-6 small forward Rondae Jefferson of Chester (PA) who had 18 points. For the White team, the MVP was 6-foot-2 shooting guard Rysheed Jordan of Vaux (PA) who also had 18.

The Defensive Player of the Game honor was given to 5-foot-6 point guard Yahmir Greenlee of Boys’ Latin (PA), a member of the White team. Stephen Vasturia, a 6-foot-3 combo guard from St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) on the Black squad, won the Unselfish Player honor. In addition to Jefferson and Jordan, both Black’s 5-foot-10 point guard Britton Lee of Roman Catholic and White’s 6-foot-5 power forward BJ Johnson of Lower Merion (PA) had 18 points.

Three other players finished the game with double figures in the points column. Shafeek Taylor, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Roman Catholic, scored 15 points for Black, while 6-foot-3 combo guard Miles Overton of St. Joseph’s Prep had 14. Finally, 6-foot-8 center Zac Tillman of Shipley School (PA) finished with 11 points for the White squad.

The final game was a blowout from the very beginning, with Black winning by a final score of 91-65 in the Junior Game. The MVP from the winning squad in the 2012 affair went to Amile Jefferson, a 6-foot-7 combo forward from Friends Central, who led all scorers with 19 points. Arron Goodman, a 6-foot-5 combo forward out of Council Rock North (PA), had 18 points en route to being named the White team’s MVP.

Richard Hoskins, a 6-foot-1 shooting guard from Comm Tech (PA), was selected as the Defensive Player of the Game for his play for the Black team. Winning the Unselfish Player award, also from the Black team, was 5-foot-10 point guard Maurice Watson of Boys’ Latin, who dropped 11 points. A pair of players finished with 12 points for the Black squad, in 6-foot-6 combo forward Quentin Davis of Math, Civics & Sciences (PA) and 6-foot-2 shooting guard Jordan Reed of Wissahickon (PA).

Khyree Wooten, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard out of Imhotep Charter (PA), added 11 points for Black, while 6-foot-2 point guard Nafis Walker of Cheltenham (PA) had 10. James Madison-commit Ron Curry, a 6-foot-2 point guard out of Paul VI (NJ), was second in scoring for White with nine points. Malvern Prep (PA) 6-foot-5 small forward Brendan Kilpatrick added 8 points in the defeat.

To read the Recruiting Notes section of this article—it includes updates on Rondae Jefferson '13, Rysheed Jordan '13, Britton Lee '13, and Donovon Jack '13—I wrote for NBE Basketball Report, click Here.