Dematha basketball

DeMatha basketball wins 14th in a row; jersey patches honor Coach Wootten

January 30, 2020

By CHRIS MCMANES — Games like this are why the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference is regarded as the nation’s premier high school basketball conference. In a matchup of the area’s top two teams, No. 1 DeMatha slipped past Paul VI, 62-60, in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the [read more]

DeMatha, coping with Morgan Wootten’s death, plays tonight against Wootten’s son’s team

January 24, 2020

POSTPONED The Varsity boys basketball game vs. DeMatha has been postponed due to an unplanned water shut off at Bishop O’Connell today. The coaches will work together to find a new date. ORIGINAL ARTICLE By CHRIS McMANES — Mike Jones had a tough day Wednesday. Tonight might be even tougher. [read more]

The stars are aligning for No. 1 DeMatha; Stags win 10th in a row

January 17, 2020

By CHRIS McMANES — Hunter Dickinson and Earl Timberlake are not only DeMatha’s top players. As McDonald’s All-American nominees, they are among the finest basketball players in the nation. On Monday Jan. 13 at Gonzaga, they showed why. Timberlake produced 16 points and 11 rebounds, while [read more]

No. 1 DeMatha takes all basketball games seriously, marquee matchup or not

January 13, 2020

By CHRIS McMANES — Two days after top-ranked DeMatha won at No. 2 St. John’s in a premier Washington Catholic Athletic Conference game, it returned home to face Bishop McNamara. Although not a marquee matchup, the Stags say they take every game seriously. “I think it’s pretty easy to stay [read more]

DeMatha supports graduate’s community outreach

November 27, 2019

By CHRIS McMANES — Hundreds of Prince George’s County residents will be enjoying Thanksgiving dinner this year thanks to former DeMatha basketball star Jerami Grant. His Saturday Nov. 23 “Thanksgiving Grant-ed” event at Peppermill Community Center in Landover, Md., was the third one his [read more]

DeMatha looks forward to season-ending tournaments after loss in WCAC semifinals

March 1, 2019

By CHRIS McMANES — Two of the top players in the nation met in the waning seconds of a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference semifinal Sunday night. Casey Morsell left the floor in jubilation. Justin Moore departed in disappointment. Morsell’s block of Moore’s driving jumper sealed No. 8 [read more]

Senior Justin Moore leads DeMatha to No. 1 basketball ranking

February 17, 2019

By CHRIS McMANES — No. 1 DeMatha had just let an 18-point lead slip into a four-point deficit over second-ranked Paul VI. The Stags needed someone to spark them or they were going to lose their second-straight game. Senior Justin Moore, as he has done many times throughout his illustrious career [read more]

DeMatha basketball No. 1 in area, No. 3 in nation, continues brutal schedule

January 16, 2019

By CHRIS McMANES — Lesson learned. On Dec. 8, in a home game against IMG Academy, currently the fourth-ranked team in the nation, DeMatha lost an early 12-point lead and gave up a late 7-0 run in an eventual 75-68 loss. The Stags put a kibosh on the same scenario Jan. 10 against Washington [read more]

Tough basketball games pay big dividends for DeMatha, the WCAC

December 13, 2018

By CHRIS McMANES — Mike Jones could easily put together a non-conference schedule that would almost guarantee his DeMatha basketball team wins every game. But that isn’t why young men come to play for such a storied program. “We schedule as tough as we do because we know in the long run [read more]

Sixth-ranked DeMatha hosts No. 3 team tonight in National Hoopfest tournament

December 8, 2018

By CHRIS McMANES — DeMatha Basketball Coach Mike Jones tried something new in preseason practice this season. “We toned it down in terms of wear and tear,” Jones said. “Last year was a long season. With so many guys returning, and a lot of those guys having long summers with their AAU [read more]

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