re: Revisiting the Recruitment of Lester Earl

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And Corey Powell wasn't in the same league as LE

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I know what I experienced playing against them both. We couldn't do shite with Corey, but we contained Lester. All we did was kept a body on Lester the entire time and that kept him off the glass. He couldn't shoot worth a damn so when the coach scouted him that's what he told us to do. We had a center who was big enough to push his arse around and keep him out of the paint.

Now Powell was a different story, he lit our arse up. I think he scored half of their points. I think he had around 28 or so. I vividly remember this game b/c this was one of my better games in high school. I scored 19. Glen Oaks was ranked #1 in the state at the time and Hammond High (the school I played for) was ranked #5. We ended up losing that game 58-53 I believe. Corey Powell made a statement from the tip during that game. Lester won the tip and tapped it to another guard, then Powell ran full speed towards his goal. The other guard threw a half court ally to Powell from the tip. Very wild game and I still can picture it in my head. Almost every last detail.