Signee has fun in game

By Gary Bedore     Apr 16, 2007

Kansas University basketball signee Tyrel Reed of Burlington High scored two points off 1-of-4 shooting in the Gold team’s 140-117 loss to the Black squad Saturday at the Kentucky Derby Classic at Louisville’s Freedom Hall.

Reed had four assists, including one in which he gave up a sure layup by flipping the ball off the backboard to a trailing teammate, who dunked.

“He had a ball. It was a great experience for him,” said Burlington High coach Stacy Reed, Tyrel’s dad. “They practiced two or three times. You never know what’s going to happen in an all-star game. Some kids like to do one-on-one stuff. You get three to four minutes at a time. He didn’t have any turnovers and had a few assists, took it to the hole well.”

The 6-foot-3 Reed advanced out of early rounds Friday and reached the finals of Saturday’s three-point shooting contest, where he lost to Elizabethtown, Ky., guard Steffphon Pettigrew, 17 threes to 16. All 24 athletes competed.

“They shot for one minute and had three different spots on the floor,” Stacy Reed said of the format.

A pair of Kansas State signees played for the winning team. Michael Beasley scored 23 points and Dominique Sutton 19.

“Beasley is athletic, big and strong,” Stacy Reed said. “Sutton athletically is as good as any of them.”

Tyrel Reed has put on 10 pounds since the conclusion of the season and weighs 183 pounds.

“I made him take two weeks off after state,” Stacy Reed said, of time to rest an ankle sprain. “He wants to play between 185 and 190 and is getting close to that.”

Reed will play in one more all-star game, the KBCA game Aug. 1 in Topeka.

¢ Another honor for Teahan: Future KU walk-on Conner Teahan, who scored 24 points to lead Missouri to a 119-91 win over Kansas in Saturday’s all-star challenge, on Sunday received the Mr. Show-Me Basketball Award presented to Missouri’s top player by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. On Friday, the 6-4 Rockhurst standout won the DiRenna Award, which goes to the top player in the K.C. Metro area.

Teahan told the Columbia Tribune he carries motivation to KU. Posts on Internet message boards have said he won’t contribute much stat-wise during his KU career.

“Every time I read one of those, something in me just wants to prove them wrong,” Teahan said. “That competitive edge is going to be my biggest ally when I get up there.”

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