2019 New York state high school boys basketball championships

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The 2019 Federation Tournament of Champions took place at the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls on March 22, 23 and 24. Federation championships were awarded in the AA, A and B classifications. [1] Long Island Lutheran in Brookville won the Class AA championship. [2] Andre Curbelo of Long Island Lutheran was named the Class AA tournament's most valuable player. [3] Joseph Girard III of Glens Falls was named the Class B tournament's most valuable player and finished his high school basketball career with a state-record 4,763 points. [4]

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Class AA

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as follows:

Participating teams

AssociationTeamRecordAppearanceLast appearanceHow qualified
CHSAA Christ the King (Middle Village) 19-10112015Defeated Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains), 61-56 [5]
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 23-2312018Only Class AA school in association [6]
NYSPHSAA West Genesee (Camillus) 22-41(first)Defeated Brentwood, 70-57 [7]
PSAL South Shore Campus (Brooklyn) 27-522018Defeated Thomas Jefferson Campus (Brooklyn), 71-70 [8]

Results

Semifinals
March 22
Championship Game
March 23
      
CHSAA Christ the King (Middle Village) 59
NYSPHSAA West Genesee (Camillus) 53
CHSAA Christ the King (Middle Village) 31
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 51
NYSAISAA Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) 77
PSAL South Shore Campus (Brooklyn) 53

Long Island Lutheran finished the season with a 25–2 record.

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament: [9]

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team

  • Jalen Celestine, Long Island Lutheran
  • Moussa Cisse, Christ the King
  • Essam Mostafa, Long Island Lutheran
  • Kadary Richmond, South Shore Campus
  • Lucas Sutherland, West Genesee

Class A

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class A were as follows:

Participating teams

AssociationTeamRecordAppearanceLast appearanceHow qualified
CHSAA Park (Amherst) 25-232018Defeated Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island), 48-47 [10]
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 17-372018Only Class A school in association [11]
NYSPHSAA Poughkeepsie 25-321995Defeated Pittsford Mendon (Pittsford), 69-59 [12]
PSAL Frederick Douglass Academy (NYC) 24-61(first)Defeated New Dorp (Staten Island), 59-51 [13]

Results

Semifinals
March 23
Championship Game
March 24
      
PSAL Frederick Douglass Academy (NYC) 50
NYSPHSAA Poughkeepsie 42
PSAL Frederick Douglass Academy (NYC) 49
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 75
CHSAA Park (Amherst) 56
NYSAISAA Albany Academy 71

Albany Academy finished the season with a 19–3 record.

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament: [14]

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team

  • Andre Jackson, Albany Academy
  • Derek Jeter Mejia, Frederick Douglass Academy
  • Ebuka Nnagbo, Park
  • Davontrey Thomas, Poughkeepsie
  • Mohamed Wague, Frederick Douglass Academy

Class B

Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class B were as follows:

Participating teams

AssociationTeamRecordAppearanceLast appearanceHow qualified
CHSAA Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) 25-121994Defeated Regis (NYC), 45-35 [15]
NYSAISAA Lawrence Woodmere Academy (Woodmere) 22-472018Defeated Dalton (NYC), 51-30 [16]
NYSPHSAA Glens Falls 27-11(first)Defeated Lowville Academy, 75-74 (OT) [17]
PSALSouth Bronx Prep27-31(first)Defeated Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom (Bronx), 54-47 [18]

Results

Semifinals
March 23
Championship Game
March 24
      
PSAL South Bronx Prep 70
NYSPHSAA Glens Falls 77 (OT)
NYSPHSAA Glens Falls 88
CHSAA Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) 79
CHSAA Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda) 48
NYSAISAA Lawrence Woodmere Academy (Woodmere) 46

Glens Falls finished the season with a 29–1 record.

Individual honors

The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament: [19]

Most Valuable Player

All-Tournament Team

  • Jordan Agyemang, South Bronx Prep
  • Trent Girard, Glens Falls
  • Justin Hemphill, Cardinal O'Hara
  • Haakim Siner, Cardinal O'Hara
  • Tyler Saint-Furcy, Lawrence Woodmere Academy

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