The
Air Force Men’s and Army Women’s basketball teams won gold to wrap up the 2014
Armed Forces Basketball Championship held at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,
Calif., Nov 13.
The
Air Force and Army faced each other in both the Men’s and Women’s Championship
games.
During
the Men’s finals, Air Force defeated Army 86-78 to capture their eight straight
Armed Forces title.
Both
teams played a physical game with over 58 total personal fouls. Air Force 2nd Lieut. Todd Fletcher (Los
Angeles AFB, Calif.) scored 16 points and 6’ 10” 1st Lieut. Taylor Broekius (Los
Angeles AFB, Calif.) tallied 13 total rebounds as Air Force held the lead for
the majority of the game.
“This is the eighth year in a row we
are taking home the victory,” said Ricardo A. Bachelor, coach for the Air Force
Men’s team. “I keep telling my team, ‘It’s in our pedigree, and the secret to
our pedigree lies in hard work and attitude over talent.’”
Despite their loss, Army 1st Lieut.
Jeremy Hence (Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.) and 2nd Lieut. Ella Ellis (Fort
Sill, Okla.) both scored 19 points to keep Army in the game. Army finished
second overall with the silver medal.
Navy defeated the Marine Corps in the
consolation game to take third place.
In Women’s Championship action, Army
dominated the competition going undefeated throughout pool play. Army faced Air
Force in the championship game winning 71-55 to return to the top of the podium
for the first time since 2010.
Army Sgt. Kimberly Smith (Fort Riley,
Kan.) scored 19 points and Spec. Vanessa Lamison (Fort Bliss, Texas) scored 16
as Army Women lead the entire game to claim gold.
Lamison lead Army’s run with 100
points and Spec. Danielle Salley (Fort Bragg, N.C.) grabbed 65 rebounds.
Air Force and Navy both finished pool
play with 3-3 records, but Air Force advanced to the championship game having
outscored Navy in the point differential.
Navy Women defeated Marine Corps in
the consolation game, placing third in the standings.
The
2014 Armed Forces Basketball Championship was held from 7-13 November 2014.
Players from this year’s tournament were selected to represent the U.S. Armed
Forces in international play.
The
U.S. Men’s Armed Forces Basketball team will compete at the SHAPE International
Basketball Tournament in Mons, Belgium from 1-6 December and then will
reassemble to compete at the 2015 Conseil International du Sport Militaire
(CISM) World Military Games in South Korea 2-11 October.
“It was a long week and despite our
struggles, we really came together as a team to pull off the victory,” said
Todd Fletcher, who competed for the Air Force Men’s Team and who was selected
to compete in Belgium. “I’m excited to go to Belgium. It’s going to be fun and
hopefully we can represent by getting another gold medal.”
The
U.S. Women’s Armed Forces Basketball team will compete at the CISM Women’s
Basketball World Championship in Meyenheim, France in June 2015.
For
complete daily scores visit www.armedforcessports.com.
FINAL
STANDINGS
Men
1st –
Air Force
2nd –
Army
3rd –
Navy
4th –
Marine Corps
Women
1st –
Army
2nd –
Air Force
3rd –
Navy
4th –
Marine Corps
MEN'S
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
1LT
Jeremy Hence, Army (JBLM, WA)
2LT
Ella Ellis, Army (Ft Sill, OK)
Sgt
Kenneth Blackwell, Marine Corps (III MEF)
SSgt
Ollie Bradley, Air Force (Anderson AFB, Guam)
SPC
Tyrone Beale, Army (Camp Hovey, Korea)
WOMEN'S
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Cpl
April Brock-McBride, Marine Corps (Camp Lejeune, NC)
GMSM
Courtney Jackson, Navy (USS John C. Stennis)
SPC
Vanessa Lamison, Army (Ft Bliss, TX)
SGT Angela
Tisdale, Army (Ft Campbell, KY)
SPC
Kimberly Smith, Army (Ft Riley, KS)
2014
ARMED FORCES SHAPE BASKETBALL TEAM
2dLt
David Burns, Air Force (Peterson AFB, CO)
SSgt
Kyle Duncan, Air Force (Kadena AB, Japan)
2dLt
Michael Fitzgerald, Air Force (Hurlburt Field, FL)
Sra
Jamal Lawson, Air Force (Aviano AB, Italy)
2dLt
Michael Lyons, Air Force (Peterson AFB, CO)
SSgt
Corey Rucker, Air Force (F.E. Warren AFB, WY)
1stLt
Evan Washington, Air Force (Hill AFB, UT)
PO3
Ronald Rhea, Navy (Naval Hospital Balboa)
PO2
Alfonso Evans, Navy (NAB Little Creek, VA)
Head
Coach: Mr. Lee McGlown, Air Force
Asst
Coach: Mr. Rodnic Ward, Navy
NOTE:
The SHAPE International Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled for
1-6
Dec 14. Army and Marine Corps athletes
will not participate in this
competition
.
2015
ALL ARMED FORCES MEN'S CISM BASKETBALL TEAM
(Team
was selected based on performance and availability)
1LT
Jeremy Hence, Army (JBLM, WA)
2LT
Ella Ellis, Army (Ft Sill, OK)
Sgt
Kenneth Blackwell, Marine Corps (III MEF)
SSgt
Ollie Bradley, Air Force (Anderson AFB, Guam)
SPC
Tyrone Beale, Army (Camp Hovey, Korea)
1stLt
Taylor Broekius, Air Force (Los Angeles AFB)
SrA
Jahmal Lawson, Air Force (Aviano AB, Italy)
LTJG
Romeo Garcia, Navy (NB San Diego, CA)
2dLt
Michael Lyons, Air Force (Peterson AFB, CO)
SGT
Kevin Clark, Army (JBMHH, VA)
2dLt
Todd Fletcher, Air Force (Los Angeles AFB)
1stLt
Evan Washington, Air Force (Hill AFB, UT)
Head
Coach: TSgt Ricardo Bachelor, Air Force (Homestead AFB, FL)
Asst
Coach: Capt Anwar Johnson, Air Force (JB PHH, HI)
NOTE:
The team will participate in the CISM Military World Games 2-11
October
2015 in South, Korea
2015
ALL ARMED FORCES WOMEN'S CISM BASKETBALL TEAM
(Team
was selected based on performance and availability)
Cpl
April Brock-McBride, Marine Corps (Camp Lejeune, NC)
GMSN
Courtney Jackson, Navy (USS John C. Stennis)
SPC
Vanessa Lamison, Army (Ft Bliss, TX)
SGT
Angela Tisdale, Army (Ft Campbell, KY)
SGT
Kimberly Smith, Army (Ft Riley, KS)
BM3
Talena Faison, Navy (USS Ronald Reagan)
LTJG
Angela Myers, Navy (COMPSRON TWO Diego Garcia)
SPC
Danielle Salley, Army (Ft Bragg, NC)
SSgt
Tiffanie Guthrie, Air Force (JB Elmendorf-Richardson, AK)
SrA
Tiara Cook, Air Force (Aviano AB, Italy)
SrA
Cinnamon Kava, Air Force (Travis AFB, CA)
SPC
Kquanise Byrd, Army (Ft Bragg, NC)
Head
Coach: LTC William Johnson, Army (Ft Sill, OK)
Asst
Coach: SSG Coleman Bender, Army (Ft Lee, VA)
NOTE:
The team will participate in a special CISM Women's Tournament in
France
during the May/June timeframe 2015