23.05.12
Leave of absence basketball continues for Miami-Dade and Broward county teams this week.
The 2011 Adidas Break Slam kicks off Tuesday with games all day at Florida Christian Persuasion. The 16-team field features some top teams from South Florida including Coral Springs Christian, American, University Boarding-school, Palmetto, Southridge, Archbishop McCarthy, Champagnat Catholic, Westminster Christian, Gulliver and the multitude Patriots.
The teams will be divided into a pair of 8-team brackets - one labeled the Derrick Rose level and the other the Dwight Howard bracket. The semifinals will be played Wednesday and the finals of each console will be played Thursday. The high school tournament will be followed by a two-day, four-band Division-III college tournament to be played Friday and Saturday.
Tuesday's arrange - Rose bracket: University vs. American, 9:30 a.m.; Treasure Littoral vs. Palmetto, 11 a.m.; Champagnat vs. Lake Worth Christian, 6:30; Wellington vs. Florida Christian, 8; Howard rank: Orlando Faith Christian vs. Westminster Christian, 12:30; Gulliver vs. Coral Springs Christian, 2; Southridge vs. Center Notion, 3:30; Archbishop McCarthy vs. Tampa Sickles, 5.
Source: MiamiHerald.com