All-Star Game Along With Other Activities Scheduled for May 31st at West Orange HS
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ–Earlier this week, GMC Hoops learned that two of St. Joseph’s standouts from this year’s record setting team, and first ever GMC team to win the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions, were selected to play in the 4th annual Mary Kline Classic. On Wednesday, April 9th, Alex Kline, who runs the event, announced the rosters for the underclassmen and senior all-star games. Included on the roster for the senior all-star game are Karl Towns and Wade Baldwin of St. Joseph’s. Both will be playing for the Team Courage or Away Team in the main event of the day.
The event, which raised $27,000 last year for cancer research, will be played this year at West Orange High School on Saturday, May 31st starting at 6:00 PM. The event includes an underclassmen all-star game, a slam dunk, and three point competition, and the senior all-star game. The underclassmen all-star game is scheduled to officially tip off the event at 6:00 PM. After the underclassmen all-star game, the slam dunk and three point competitions will take place. The senior all-star game will begin at 9:00 PM. In addition to playing for Team Courage in the senior all-star game, Wade Baldwin will also participate in the slam dunk competition.
Tickets for the game will go on sale the day of the event at West Orange High School, and the price is just a $10 donation to charity. To read more information on the event, and see all the players competing, read the article and rosters for both the underclassmen and senior all-star games courtesy of the Mary Kline Classic web site. Towns, who played in the event last year, was recently recognized as the National Gatorade Player of the Year, and the Star-Ledger Player of the Year as well as played in the McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago last week. Towns, who will be attending Kentucky in the fall, ended his career at St. Joe’s with 1,670 points. Baldwin was selected by NJ.com as the Middlesex County Player of the Year, and will be attending Vanderbilt next fall. After playing his first two years at Immaculata, completed his career at Joes with 1,727 points.
The duo of Towns and Baldwin combined with two other D1 commits in Marques Townes, who recently announced that he made a verbal commitment to FDU, and Raven Owen, who signed a letter of intent to Canisius on the same day Towns signed with Kentucky and Baldwin signed with Vanderbilt, to give Joes four D1 commits from the same team. See the video and slideshow from the trio of Towns, Baldwin, and Owen signing on November 13th. The four along with sophomore sensation, Breein Tyree combined to become the best starting five in the state this year, and with the likes of reserves Michael Cintron, Marcus Ashamole, Deladem Adadevoh, Connor Klementowicz, Michael Granda, Brandon Goldy, and Bryan Carley to post the best record in school history at 30-2. The Falcons also won their fifth straight GMCT crown, third straight state title, and first ever NJSIAA T of C championship.