Basketball Academy

If Baltimore City schools and Basketball Academy officials have their way, the popular event will return to a college campus next year. Because of NCAA regulations banning "nonscholastic" high school basketball events from Division I college campuses, this week's 16 t h Annual Basketball Academy had to be moved from Coppin State to Lake Clifton. Basketball Academy officials, however, believe their event is a scholastic event. "I feel very confident we'll be back on a college campus," said Bob Wade, coordinator of athletics for the Baltimore City Public Schools.

Visiting Loyola lost the lead with less than three minutes to go, and a missed 3-point attempt with two seconds left allowed No. 4 Mount St. Joseph to survive, 46-44, Friday. Kameron Williams led the Gaels (21-4) with 17 points. The Dons (9-11) were ahead 27-20 at the half. No. 6 John Carroll 60, Mount Carmel 52: The host Patriots (20-5) outscored the Cougars 17-5 in the third quarter and hung on to win. Justin Jenifer scored 16 points and Rodney Elliott had 14 for John Carroll, which led 29-18 at the half.

While 6-foot-3 All-Metro center Bri Jones lay on the court with a stinger that briefly left her without feeling on her right side Friday, Aberdeen's chances of holding onto the No. 1 ranking against No. 2 Digital Harbor appeared tenuous. Not to the Eagles. Aberdeen was clinging to a 22-15 lead when Jones walked to the bench with 2:01 left in the second quarter. She sat for much of third quarter, but it didn't matter. The Eagles kicked their game into another gear after the break and started running away with a 67-38 victory at the Basketball Academy Lake Clifton.

Baltimore City girls basketball got the better of its Baltimore County counterparts at Thursday's opening day of the 16 t h Annual Basketball Academy as No. 6 Poly and No. 7 Dunbar scored easy victories. Poly (14-0) used balanced scoring to roll over Randallstown, 69-9, and Dunbar (11-4) got 33 points from All-Metro forward Michelle Wright to match Woodlawn's total in the Poets' 76-33 victory at Lake Clifton, the home for all three days of this year's event. The Engineers scored the first 23 points of their game and put 12 players in the box score, including three in double figures - Keli Alston with 12 points and Blair Harding and Chaun Crockett with 10 each.

Well played and tightly contested throughout, Thursday night's showdown between No. 1 Dunbar and No. 2 Milford Mill only needed one thing in the fourth quarter - a player to make the difference. Milford Mill senior forward Kyle Thomas was the man. Thomas scored eight of his game-high 18 points in the fourth, and also had three huge blocks to keep the Millers close. Fellow senior forward Isaiah Miles helped with two follow baskets in the final two minutes, and senior guard Tyson Smith chipped in a last-second deflection to give the Millers a 55-53 win at the 16th annual Basketball Academy at Lake Clifton.

This week's Basketball Academy event has been moved to Lake Clifton , resulting in some revisions to the schedule. The games will be played in two gyms at the school. Here is the updated schedule.   Basketball Academy schedule (at Lake Clifton) Thursday (Gym No. 1) Digital Harbor boys vs. Patterson Mill, 4 p.m. No. 10 City boys vs. Randallstown, 6 p.m. No. 1 Dunbar boys vs. No. 2 Milford Mill, 8 p.m. (Gym No. 2)

The 16th Annual Basketball Academy has been moved for a second time and will now be played at Lake Clifton High School. All 20 games - featuring boys and girls teams - will still be played Thursday through Saturday, although there are some time changes. Tickets already sold will be honored. The Academy had been originally scheduled for Coppin State University, but new NCAA regulations caused some confusion and resulted in the tournament being moved to Morgan State University on Tuesday.

Game schedule Thursday No. 6 Poly girls vs. Randallstown , 3 p.m. No. 7 Dunbar girls vs. Woodlawn, 4:15 p.m. No. 10 City boys vs. Randallstown, 5:30 p.m. Digital Harbor boys vs. Patterson Mill, 6:45 p.m. No. 1 Dunbar boys vs. No. 2 Milford Mill, 8 p.m. Friday Edgewood boys vs. Randallstown, 3 p.m. No. 1 Aberdeen girls vs. No. 2 Digital Harbor, 4:15 p.m. ...

  The schedule for the 16th Annual Basketball Academy, featuring some of the area's top boys and girls teams, has been announced. The games will be held Jan. 26- Jan. 28 at Coppin State's Physical Education Complex. Tickets are $10 per day and can be purchased in advance at the participating schools. Tickets go on sale an hour before the games at Coppin State. Following is the schedule:   Thursday, January 26, 2012   3 pm  Poly vs. Randallstown (G)