Leading Scorer: Jeremy Guzman 19 points
Leading Rebounder: Nathaniel Wyatt 13 rebounds
Monday, January 30, 2012
Wolves get a W over Secondary School Spirit
The Grand Street Campus Wolves whom had come off of a beat down from the Global Studies and International Studies, looked to get a win against the 5-7 Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research on Monday, January 30th, 2012. Returning to the court was Ayoola Ogunwale (the Wolves starting PG) who missed two of the Wolves last games. The Wolves hit the game running taking a quick 15-3 lead to end the first quarter with well distributed scoring between the starters.
Isaiah Sylvan also gave the Wolves some spark; grabbing 6 offensive rebounds and scoring 6 points in the first half. The Spirit began to pick their game up in the second quarter getting many touches in the paint. Secondary School managed to score the same amount of points as GSC in the second quarter despite committing 10 turnovers which eight times turned into points for the Wolves. GSC took a commanding 42-18 lead over the Spirit as they came out raining threes to start the third quarter. Blocks, steals, and charges the Wolves were doing it all on the defensive end not to mention the good amount of ball movement on offense.
Then...things got a little sloppy for the Wolves who turned the ball over consecutive times to start the last quarter. The Spirit went on a little serge which amp ted the crowd but it was nothing but fool’s gold since they were still down by 13. Later things didn't seem to click on the offensive end but with a couple of charges the Wolves got their momentum back partially. Finally, Ayoola Ogunwale broke the lack of scoring cycle by taking it to the rim for two. Jeremy Guzman iced the game by hitting another three putting GSC up 62-40 with a minute to play. "We played defense and executed on offense, our ball movement was a lot better than how it was in the past three games" Coach Sharpe said after the game.The Wolves now 8-5 took care of business on the road (with a final of 64-37) after a long break putting them in great position to win their last season game against the Automotive Pistons(4-8) on Friday, February 3rd, 2012. 
Ayoola Ogunwale scored 14 points and dished out 5 assist; welcome back! The Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research will look to perk their Spirits up against the Harry Van Arsdale Cardinals (6-6) also on the 3rd.
Leading Scorer: Jeremy Guzman 19 points
Leading Rebounder: Nathaniel Wyatt 13 rebounds
Leading Scorer: Jeremy Guzman 19 points
Leading Rebounder: Nathaniel Wyatt 13 rebounds
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Global Studies and International Studies Blow out the Wolves
The Grand Street Campus Wolves(7-4), coming off of a win against Harry Van Arsdale securing their play-off spot, visited the hottest team in the Brooklyn A West Division the Global Studies and International Studies Jaguars(10-1) on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012.
Grand Street was without their starting point guard Ayoola Ogunwale for the second consecutive game of the season. "We need to box out and do a good job defending...Nate and Isaiah" Coach Sharpe said when asked of the key players and keys to the game.
The Wolves started the game with a three-pointer from Lawahn Lewis who had 12 points in the first half. The Jaguars big men including 6ft6 Kyle Giddings and 6ft8 Arkeem Joseph towered over the Wolves giving them an advantage in the paint (the two combined for 33 on the game). As the Jaguars continued to dominate, the Wolves constantly changed players trying to find a group that could make something happen. The Jaguars took control in the second quarter outscoring the Wolves 22-7 and out rebounding them 23-9. Many couldn't help but feeling like this was a blow out in the making with a half time score of 43-20. But wait just one second there, the Wolves weren't about to give up G Jeremy Guzman came out swinging taking command over the Wolves offense while the team caused Jaguars turnovers on the defense. GSC started to gain a rhythm with a spark of energy from Nathaniel Wyatt in the third quarter;the Wolves outscored the Jaguars 22-19.
Just when things started to go right the Wolves made some costly mistakes on offensive which slowed down their tempo.
The Wolves began to find themselves in a deep ditch that they didn't have time to climb out of. Continuous scoring by the Jaguars on the perimeter and in the paint made it hard for the Wolves to even hope for a comeback. Finally the anticipation of being so close but yet so far away ended with a final of 84-62.The Jaguars, cheerleaders, fans, Jaguar Mascot, and all celebrated their 11th win of the season with a blow-out. The Wolves now 7-5 look to snatch a win over the Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research on the road Monday January 30th, 2012. The Jaguars now 11-1 will face the Bushwick Campus Tigers(3-8) also on the 30th.
Leading Scorer: Lawahn Lewis 23 points
Leading Re-Bounder: Nathaniel Wyatt 6 Rebounds
The Wolves started the game with a three-pointer from Lawahn Lewis who had 12 points in the first half. The Jaguars big men including 6ft6 Kyle Giddings and 6ft8 Arkeem Joseph towered over the Wolves giving them an advantage in the paint (the two combined for 33 on the game). As the Jaguars continued to dominate, the Wolves constantly changed players trying to find a group that could make something happen. The Jaguars took control in the second quarter outscoring the Wolves 22-7 and out rebounding them 23-9. Many couldn't help but feeling like this was a blow out in the making with a half time score of 43-20. But wait just one second there, the Wolves weren't about to give up G Jeremy Guzman came out swinging taking command over the Wolves offense while the team caused Jaguars turnovers on the defense. GSC started to gain a rhythm with a spark of energy from Nathaniel Wyatt in the third quarter;the Wolves outscored the Jaguars 22-19.
Just when things started to go right the Wolves made some costly mistakes on offensive which slowed down their tempo.
Leading Scorer: Lawahn Lewis 23 points
Leading Re-Bounder: Nathaniel Wyatt 6 Rebounds
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wolves Clinch Play-off Spot
On Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 the Grand Street Campus Wolves had the opportunity to play in front of their home crowd in a must win game for the Wolves facing the Harry Van Arsdale Cardinals(5-5). GSC won in their last meeting in a low scoring game at Harry Van Arsdale Educational Campus. 
The Wolves started the game hot, picking the Cardinals pocket back to back times resulting in a three pointer and an easy lay-up putting the Wolves up 10-4 with five minutes in the first quarter. The Cardinals quickly caught up tying the game at 14 to end the first. The large crowd roared as the Wolves rained three's hitting five in just the second quarter. GSC's seven point run led them to a score of 38-29 to end the half. The Wolves had a nice balance of scoring with players Jeremy Guzman, Lawahn Lewis, and Joel Banton scoring 10+ points in the first half.
"When need to execute on defense and cause turnovers, we need to cause the other team to play chaotic" Coach Sharpe said when asked what they needed to do to maintain their lead. And that's what they did holding the Cardinals to 32 points with four minutes left in the third while the Wolves continued to dominate behind the arc with much help from Joel Banton who hit four threes in the 3rd and 4th quarter. The Wolves handled the Cardinals in the third quarter leading by 20 points at one point. As GSC continued to rack up points they found themselves fouling consistently, which caused much controversy between the Wolves and officials who put the Cardinals at the line four times in a row which they made 6 of; reducingtheir deficit. "OFFENSIVE FOUL!" despite missing a few shots and sending the Cardinals to the line, the Wolves found away to silence the opposing teams cheering fans by taking a charge; the coaching staff was absolutely ecstatic. Joel Banton iced the game with another 3 pointer with 1:36 seconds left in the game.
The crowd yelled in support of the Wolves bench and also sung "Hey hey hey good bye" with help from the cheerleaders while the Cardinals spent their last trip at the line. While the Wolves and Cardinals
exchanged rather friendly words "good game man" and hugs, the attention quickly grew to what looked like a badly injured Wolves player Jeremy Guzman, but as the Wolves do, he got up and walked his way toward the Cardinal players to shake hands. In previous games Coach Sharpe established the fact that the Wolves needed to close out games better, this is what he had to say concerning this game "We did exactly what we need to do; we stayed focused in the last two quarters and made the other team pay when they made a mistake".
The Wolves definitely showed up and showed out with an impressive win against the Cardinals. The Wolves now 7-4 will face their toughest opponent on the road against the Global Studies and International Studies Jaguars(9-1),who have beaten Grand Street Campus by nine points in mid-December, on January 18th, 2012. The Harry Van Arsdale(5-6) will play the Dr. Susan Mckinney School of Art Kings(0-10) also on the eighteenth.
Leading Scorer: Joel Banton 30 points
Leading Rebounder: Isaiah Sylvan 6 rebounds
Assist Leader: Jeremy Guzman 9 assist
"When need to execute on defense and cause turnovers, we need to cause the other team to play chaotic" Coach Sharpe said when asked what they needed to do to maintain their lead. And that's what they did holding the Cardinals to 32 points with four minutes left in the third while the Wolves continued to dominate behind the arc with much help from Joel Banton who hit four threes in the 3rd and 4th quarter. The Wolves handled the Cardinals in the third quarter leading by 20 points at one point. As GSC continued to rack up points they found themselves fouling consistently, which caused much controversy between the Wolves and officials who put the Cardinals at the line four times in a row which they made 6 of; reducingtheir deficit. "OFFENSIVE FOUL!" despite missing a few shots and sending the Cardinals to the line, the Wolves found away to silence the opposing teams cheering fans by taking a charge; the coaching staff was absolutely ecstatic. Joel Banton iced the game with another 3 pointer with 1:36 seconds left in the game.
The crowd yelled in support of the Wolves bench and also sung "Hey hey hey good bye" with help from the cheerleaders while the Cardinals spent their last trip at the line. While the Wolves and Cardinals
The Wolves definitely showed up and showed out with an impressive win against the Cardinals. The Wolves now 7-4 will face their toughest opponent on the road against the Global Studies and International Studies Jaguars(9-1),who have beaten Grand Street Campus by nine points in mid-December, on January 18th, 2012. The Harry Van Arsdale(5-6) will play the Dr. Susan Mckinney School of Art Kings(0-10) also on the eighteenth.
Leading Scorer: Joel Banton 30 points
Leading Rebounder: Isaiah Sylvan 6 rebounds
Assist Leader: Jeremy Guzman 9 assist
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wolves Demolish the Dr. Susan S. Mckinney Kings
After coming off a tough loss to Benjamin Banneker Academy on Friday, Grand Street needed to find a way to bounce back which was exactly what they did against the Kings at Dr. Susan S. Mckinney School of Art on Monday, January 9th, 2012. To start the game the Wolves took a 9-5 lead over the Kings, causing three turnovers early in the first. 
Coach Claude Sharpe encouraged his team to “box out and make good passes and good shots” in a time out. Joel Banton provided much help for the Wolves catching 5 boards and scoring most of his 14 points in the first half giving them a 47-24 lead at the half.
At half time Coach Sharpe responded saying this when asked what Wolves player he would like to see more from "I would like Nate to show up more"; Nathaniel Wyatt had only 2 points and 2 rebounds in the first half but later that changed. Although Nathaniel didn't necessarily dominate in the point’s category, he did manage to grab 5 rebounds to end the game. The crowd cheered as the Kings came out after the first, going on a slight run but other than that it was pretty...quiet, while many fans minds drifted from the game the Wolves continued to roll on in their scoring and rebounding. The Kings never did catch up by they did out score the Wolves who committed 6 turnovers in the 3rd and 4th quarters, with three within the last 2 minutes of the game. Despite not getting to the line as much as the Kings,
the Wolves flat out destroyed the Kings on their home court with a final of 46-68. Joel Banton, the key factor in the Wolves win scoring 14 points, said he needed to "improve on my defense like boxing out and making hustle plays for the team".
The Wolves now 6-4 will host the Harry Van Arsdale Cardinals who sit right under GSC in the standings at 5-5 on January 11th, 2012. The win-less Dr. Susan S. Mckinney School of Art Kings will face the fiery Global Studies and International Studies(8-1) also on the 11th of January.
Leading Scorer: Kahleem Rosenburg 17 points
Leading Rebounder: Kahleem Rosenburg 8 rebounds
At half time Coach Sharpe responded saying this when asked what Wolves player he would like to see more from "I would like Nate to show up more"; Nathaniel Wyatt had only 2 points and 2 rebounds in the first half but later that changed. Although Nathaniel didn't necessarily dominate in the point’s category, he did manage to grab 5 rebounds to end the game. The crowd cheered as the Kings came out after the first, going on a slight run but other than that it was pretty...quiet, while many fans minds drifted from the game the Wolves continued to roll on in their scoring and rebounding. The Kings never did catch up by they did out score the Wolves who committed 6 turnovers in the 3rd and 4th quarters, with three within the last 2 minutes of the game. Despite not getting to the line as much as the Kings,
The Wolves now 6-4 will host the Harry Van Arsdale Cardinals who sit right under GSC in the standings at 5-5 on January 11th, 2012. The win-less Dr. Susan S. Mckinney School of Art Kings will face the fiery Global Studies and International Studies(8-1) also on the 11th of January.
Leading Scorer: Kahleem Rosenburg 17 points
Leading Rebounder: Kahleem Rosenburg 8 rebounds
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Game Delayed
The Grand Street Campus Wolves took on the Bushwick Academy Tigers on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 to start the New Year. Originally a home game for the Tigers, game changes relocated the game to the Grand Street Campus Gym.
The court wasn't the only change, throughout the game Grand Street Campus' shot clock gave some trouble delaying several parts of the game that was until Grand Street resorted to using the old fashion shot clock. The Tigers came out swinging taking an early 6-13 lead over the Wolves. The Tigers six-footers dominated in the paint. Wolves Head Coach urged his team in a time out to "be patient" and to "secure rebounds". Frustration. Frustrated coach and frustrated players tried to keep their cool in order to take the lead to end the first half. Although the Wolves couldn't make that happen they managed to only be down one point.
And that's five!, leading scorer for the Wolves Jeremy Guzman fouled out in the third quarter leaving the Wolves fighting in the fourth without their key man. Despite losing Jeremy, the Wolves scored their most points in the third quarter giving them a little push going into the fourth. The Wolves hit a 3 pointer followed by a block to start the fourth quarter amp-ted. Steal followed by a lay-up followed by a defensive stop had the crowd screaming at the top of their lungs, it was a now 5 point lead for the Tigers. With two minutes to go, the Wolves picked off the Tigers TWICE and forced yet another turnover with two minutes left in the game. After two made free-throws by Ayoola Ogunwale, bringing the Wolves within one point, the Wolves found themselves at the line again.
Lawahn Lewis could have gave Grand Street the lead but instead tied the game with 13 seconds left. BOO'S, BANGING, and BATTERING the Tigers point guard heard it from the crowd as he stood at the line shooting two. Both in.Straight net with eleven seconds left. The Wolves missed their next shot and time expired. But then the whole Wolves bench screamed in anger "I called a time out man!...he called a time out!" The referees didn't want to hear it, the period was finished and the Wolves had to take the loss to a Bushwick team coming in 2-4.
Manager/Assistant Coach Mersed had this to say after the game "we need to play four quarters we can't just try to play catch-up...the way we played in the end is how we should have been playing the whole game". It seems as though the Wolves game was well...delayed. Hopefully they get their shields up fast as they face a tough opponent the Benjamin Banneker Academy Warriors(5-1) on Friday, January 6th, 2012. Bushwick Academy will play the also 3-4 Automotive Pistons on Friday.
Leading Scorer: Ayoola Ogunawale 15 points
Leading Rebounder: Nathaniel Wyatte 7 rebounds
And that's five!, leading scorer for the Wolves Jeremy Guzman fouled out in the third quarter leaving the Wolves fighting in the fourth without their key man. Despite losing Jeremy, the Wolves scored their most points in the third quarter giving them a little push going into the fourth. The Wolves hit a 3 pointer followed by a block to start the fourth quarter amp-ted. Steal followed by a lay-up followed by a defensive stop had the crowd screaming at the top of their lungs, it was a now 5 point lead for the Tigers. With two minutes to go, the Wolves picked off the Tigers TWICE and forced yet another turnover with two minutes left in the game. After two made free-throws by Ayoola Ogunwale, bringing the Wolves within one point, the Wolves found themselves at the line again.
Manager/Assistant Coach Mersed had this to say after the game "we need to play four quarters we can't just try to play catch-up...the way we played in the end is how we should have been playing the whole game". It seems as though the Wolves game was well...delayed. Hopefully they get their shields up fast as they face a tough opponent the Benjamin Banneker Academy Warriors(5-1) on Friday, January 6th, 2012. Bushwick Academy will play the also 3-4 Automotive Pistons on Friday.
Leading Scorer: Ayoola Ogunawale 15 points
Leading Rebounder: Nathaniel Wyatte 7 rebounds
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