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Irving Drops 37 on Team Final; Pinkston, New Heights Down Grassroots Canada

Kyrie Irving dropped a game-high 37 points and Kevin BoyleJr. had 26 of his 28 in the second half as the New Jersey Celtics downed Team Final 87-84 in OT in the Gold Pool of the 17U Super Showcase in Orlando Fla.

Irving, a 6-2 point guard being recruited by Duke, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia Tech, Seton Hall, UConn, Notre Dame, Texas A&M and others, was 20-of-20 from the stripe, according to Alex Schwartz of Northstar Basketball, who is doing atremendous job Tweeting from Orlando.
Irving hit two free throws with 13.6 seconds for the game’s final points.
A slew of coaches were on hand for the game, including Bill Self (Kansas), John Calipari (Kentucky), Roy Williams (Carolina), Jay Wright (Villanova), Jim Calhoun (UConn) Jeff Capel (Oklahoma), Jamie Dixon (Pitt), Derek Kellogg (UMass) John Giannini (La Salle), Paul Hewitt (Georgia Tech), Bobby Gonzalez (Seton Hall), Fran Dunphy (Temple), Fred Hill (Rutgers), Seth Greenburg (Virginia Tech) and Tony Bennett (Virginia).
The Celtics were basically a collection of Elizabeth St. Patrick players, minus star sophomore Michael Gilchrist, who played with Team Final.
Boyle made six 3-pointers and hit a 30-footer with 4 seconds to go to send the game into overtime.
Chase Plummer added 12 points and 8 rebounds for the Celtics, who earlier in