By Roman O. Garcia Jr.
Behind a two-game sweep over Canarias Basketball Academy’s Black squad, the Miami Prep Tornadoes improved to 27-3 overall on the season. Miami Prep defeated CBA on Friday afternoon at Dade Christian 91-54 behind 27 points and 18 rebounds by Norchad Omier and 16 points each from Petar Krivokapic and Lino Saez.
These performances came with coaches in attendance from FIU, Mercer, Florida National and Austin Peay among others. Omier added six assists in his performance, while Saez contributed seven rebounds and Krivokapic added six rebounds in the win.
On Saturday afternoon, the Tornadoes found themselves in a tighter contest as they defeated CBA 74-73 in overtime as Seven Ferguson hit a three-point basket with three second remaining to give Miami Prep the win in a hard-fought back and forth victory.
The Tornadoes were led by Krivokapic with a game-high 26 points including five three-pointers and Omier contributed 22 points,17 rebounds, four steals and three blocks in the close contest on Saturday. Alejandro Santiago added 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds playing the point, while Saez added 11 rebounds to go along with eight points.
“It was a pleasure to host Canarias Basketball Academy and coach Rob Orellana,” said Miami Prep CEO/Founder Art “Pilin” Alvarez. “They have a great program over there and it was great to see our kids play up to that level of competition for the past two days.”
The victory marked the end of the early part of the schedule for Miami Prep, which saw them win 27 of 30 games including a win over Broward College on the road. The Tornadoes have the most wins of any prep school in state of Florida and will have another 20-30 games after the holidays to showcase their talents to all college coaches. In the crowd on Saturday include a coach from Western Kentucky.
“It has been a great start to the season,” Alvarez added. “It is great to see the kids play and gel so well and play against such tough competition in front of the amount of coaches we had this week.”
Friday’s game: Miami Prep 91, CBA (Black) 54
CBA Black (18-3): Alvarez, 6; Stricker, 9; Pirela, 24; Dishome, 4; Dembela, 11.
Miami Prep (26-3): Ferguson, 11; Serrano, 4; Krivokapic, 16; Santiago, 11; Omier, 27; Odour, 6; Saez, 16.
Halftime: MPS 41-24. Three-pointers: Ferguson, 3; Krivokapic, 2; Santiago, Odour, 2; Pirela, 3; Rebounds: Omier, 18; Assists: Omier, 6; Steals: Omier, 5; Blocks: Omier, 3.
Saturday’s game: Miami Prep 74, CBA (Black) 73 (Overtime)
CBA Black (18-4): Alvarez, 4; Stricker, 13; Guerra, 2; Pirela, 24; Dishome, 17; Soto, 1; Dembele, 12.
Miami Prep (27-3): Ferguson, 8; Krivokapic, 26; Santiago, 10; Omier, 22; Saez, 8.
Halftime: MPS 33-28. End of Regulation: Tied at 66. Three-pointers: Ferguson, 2; Krivokapic, 5; Omier, 2; Stricker; Pirela, 3; Rebounds: Omier, 17; Assists: Santiago, 7; Steals: Omier, 4; Blocks: Omier and Krivokapic, 3.
