Boys senior All-Stars put on a show

Cooley shines in final high school hoops game

Instead, it was individual highlights that stood out, such as Magruder’s Stefan Fields, who scored a game high 27 points for the Green Team, several on thunderous fast-break jams. Listed at 6-feet tall, Fields played much bigger than his size all season as a First-Team All-Gazette forward.

‘‘My family decided to move back; I was really happy,” said Fields, whose family moved to Arizona for his junior year. ‘‘I had a great [senior] year. I couldn’t ask for more.”

On the White Team, Springbrook guard C.J. Garner, the Gazette Player of the Year, showcased dazzling ball-handling ability en route to 14 points. For the Green Team, Einstein guard Dennis Bassich hit three 3-pointers.

But Bethesda-Chevy Chase guard Austin Cooley’s two dunks for the Green Team were the highlights of the night. with One was a first-half steal and breakaway that led to a spectacular double-pump reverse dunk.

‘‘I actually had one just like that in the regional final [against Tuscarora],” Cooley said. ‘‘I was just having fun.”

Late in the game, he made the play of the night, driving in from the wing, hanging in the air and hammering in a dunk over Damascus forward Greg Marshall.

Marshall hit a 3-pointer on the next possession to respond, and the White Team cut a large deficit to two late in the game, but Sherwood’s Xavier Yeoman laid in an easy deuce off a Cooley feed to win the game.

‘‘This is all fun,” said Sherwood head coach Dondrell Whitmore, who coached the Green Team. ‘‘Not much pressure to win.”