Photo Gallery: Summer Slam Basketball Tournament
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, July 27, 2021
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The Mississippi Magic's Gaylon Turner (4) tries to dribble around OSAG's Travis Brown during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Mississippi Magic'sJalen Winters dribbles the basketball during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Mississippi Magic's Jaqez Jones, left, passes the basketball during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Mississippi Magic's Gaylon Turner, left, looks to pass the basketball during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Mississippi Magic's Gaylon Turner, left, drives into the lane to take a shot during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Mississippi Magic's Stanley Doyle tries to work his way around OSAG's Tyler Lyles (23) during the 14U championship game of the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Vicksburg-based Mississippi Magic pose with the second-place trophy after finishing second in the 14U game division at the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
One Shot At Greatness, an AAU team from Jackson, stands with the 14U championship trophy after winning the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament Sunday at the Jackson Street Gym. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
The Core Mississippi Magic AAU basketball program hosted the Summer Slam Tournament last weekend at the Jackson Street Gym. Approximately a dozen teams competed in three age divisions during the three-day tournament.
In the 14U championship game, Jackson-based One Shot At Greatness beat the Core Mississippi Magic 42-29. Jaden Houseton and Tyler Lyles scored eight points apiece for the winners. Jalen Winters led the Magic with 19 points.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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