FBC Defenders

CONGRATULATIONS to the defenders program as they pulled together to make it to the final 4 in the Pacific Bracket at the 2011 US Invitational at Penn State! In the semi-final game the defenders finally lost one but that is not the real story of the game. They started with only 5 players against the Team Cisco from Quebec City Canada (11 players).  At the half the defenders were down by only 3 pts and Team Cisco realized they were in a dog fight. The start of the second half proved that the defenders were there to win it all but with 10 minutes left (16min half) a player fouled out of the game! Determined to fight until the end, cause that is what defenders do, the FBC Defenders switched to a diamond defense (with only 4 player eligible) and for the next 6mins 30sec the score differential was never more than 5 pts. Can you believe that?! But with 3mins 30sec left in the game fatigue finally overtook the defender and they eventually lost the game by 13pts. On that day the team showed everyone why their head coach refers to all players in his program, he is the founder, as SOLDIERS!!! Yes they lost the battle, but they WON the war! Stay tuned as the player stats will be posted on this website shortly…

Congratulations to Karalyne Brown who announced that she will join the basketball team at Wilmington College! Karalyne a powerful post player for the FBC Defenders (Frederick) team was first seen by the Wilmington staff @ the OGBR Top 64 fall event in Ohio. However the college learned of her presence on the basketball scene through a tip from a school alumni. Who was that alumni you ask? Well it was Cecil Brown, Karalyne’s father who first told the school about his daughter’s potential on the basketball court as well as in track & field events. Coach Frederick took a group of player from the Defenders program out to Ohio in 2009 and 2010 that got rave reviews for their individual performances. She played her high school ball at Franklin High School in Franklin Township New Jersey.

Wilmington is an NCAA DIII school playing in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and won the NCAA National Championship in 2004. Please join the entire FBC Defenders family as we congratulate Karalyne for her achivement!

The FBC Defenders are very proud to announce the selection of Taryana Kelly to the 2011 Allstar team for the Rose Classic Spring Tournament! Taryana played on the FBC Defenders team that won the Pacific Division by dominating the paint on both ends of the floor. Her selection to the allstar team is validation that this 6′2″ post has arrived! The allstar game is scheduled to be played on Sunday June 5th, 3 p.m., at 300 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Congratulations Taryana! We are all so very proud of you!

Congratulations are in order for the FBC Defenders team as it wins the Pacific Division regular season at the Nike Rose Classic Spring 2011 in Brooklyn, NY finishing 5-0! Jasmine Walker a junior guard from North Brunswick High and Janissa Delzo a junior guard from Wardlaw-Hartridge High leads the team at 16 points per game and 8 points per game respectively. Shalette Brown leads the team in rebounds while Taryana Kelly controls the paint and Ashanti Bess leads the team in assist to turnover ratio. The addition of Shaun Stevenson has given the team a true point guard that understands how to get everyone involved while still contributing herself. This has allowed the team to move Ashanti Bess from the 1 to the 2 or 3 position at certain times in a game to take advantage of her quickness on the defensive side and her deep 3pt shooting. But make no mistake, Jasmine Walker has clearly established herself as one of the best players at the Rose Classic this year. She is doing whatever the team needs from scoring to rebounding to defending. Follow each player’s performance on the stats page at http://www.fbcdefenders.com/teams/2011-team-stats-stone/

Congratulations are in order for Jasmine Lytle who announced today to her Family, high school (New Brunswick), Coaches, and community that she will be attending Hampton University this fall as a Division 1 athlete! Lytle is the first female, full scholarship, division 1 basketball player in New Brunswick School History according to the school. As a member of the FBC Defenders AAU program Lytle joins Jacinda Dunbar and Alexis Scott as the third player in program history to go Division 1 program straight out of high school!

Articles on Lytle’s Signing:

Loyalty Mattered Most to Lytle

Lytle Signs with Hampton University

Lady Pirates Pull Off A Coup

NJ.COM On Jasmine Lytle

Defenders Alumni, Alexis Scott, continues to produce great numbers as she closes in on the end of her Sophomore (red shirt) season. Alexis scored 15 points, 2 assists, and 2 blocks as LaSalle loss a heart breaker to St Joseph of PA in Atlantic 10 action.  Scott is shooting 47% from the floor, 43% from 3 point area, 83% from free throw line, with a season average of 13 points 4 rebounds. Full Story

Freshman Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) and junior Jacinda Dunbar (Edison, N.J.) each posted a double-double, but the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team fell to Central Connecticut State, 61-58, in a Northeast Conference match-up on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Bobcats drop to 9-6 in conference play, while the Blue Devils improve to 9-6 in the NEC. Full Story

Junior Shalette Brown (Franklin High School)

BERNARDS — All the mistakes that traditionally hinder the Franklin High School girls basketball team in big games showed up again Saturday afternoon. The missed free throws, turnovers and wasted possessions added up to a loss — just not for the usual suspect. Junior guard Shalette Brown and senior forward Jordan Thomas scored 17 points apiece as 10th-seeded Franklin used a fundamentally sound effort to upset mistake-prone seventh-seeded Pingry 61-49 in the second round of the Somerset County Tournament.

“Everyone has a new attitude,” said Brown, who also pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds. “We know Franklin has a bad reputation, but we want to show that we have a new look. Franklin can close out teams.”  Read entire article at mycentraljerseydotcom

It takes more than one player to win a basketball game, but Jasmine Lytle certainly came close. Despite outscoring the entire Sayreville High School girls basketball team 18-16 in the first half Tuesday night, the New Brunswick High School senior forward needed a boost from a teammate down the stretch.

“She’s a great player, and it’s hard to win games when a girl scores almost as much as your entire team does” Sayreville coach Tara Currie said of Lytle. “She’s an animal who lives off the boards, and we didn’t achieve our goal in limiting her.”  Read More; Jasmine Lytle