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Miami Herald
02-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
In game where father once shined, Cameron Boozer stars in McDonald's All-American Game
Just as so many basketball stars have in recent decades, Carlos Boozer delivered a stellar performance at the McDonald's All-American Game before his stellar career in college at Duke and the NBA. Over two decades later, Boozer sat courtside and watched his sons, Cameron and Cayden, take part in what will likely be a springboard for their own burgeoning careers. Both played for the East squad in Tuesday night's 2025 version of the McDonald's All-American Game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Although the East fell short in a 105-92 loss, Cameron, in particular, shined as he earned co-MVP honors. Cameron finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the game and helped his team stay close until the final minutes of the game. The West squad, however, pulled away with help from co-MVP Darryn Peterson, a Kansas signee, who scored 18 points and helped that side win the annual event for the first time since 2018. Boozer, who along with his brother are headed to Duke University next season like their father once did, was one of three players from South Florida in the event along with Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev, a University of Cincinnati signee who came off the East bench and played several minutes. In the 1999 McDonald's game, Carlos Boozer finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. On Tuesday night, he sat courtside with his wife, CeCe and his oldest son, Carmani, as Cameron got the start and later Cayden entered off the bench to play significant minutes in the star-studded game. The Boozers got the chance to face future Duke teammate, Nikolas Khamenia, who played for the West. A.J. Dybantsa, the nation's top-ranked prospect and BYU commit, and whom the Boozers faced multiple times during their high school career, scored 13 points. NATIONALS NEXT The Boozers will next join their Columbus teammates, who were in attendance in Brooklyn, and begin their attempt at winning a national championship at the Chipotle Nationals tournament, which begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday in Fishers, Indiana. The Explorers are the top seed among the 10 teams in the bracket and play their first game Thursday at 8 p.m. on ESPNU. Columbus will face the winner of the matchup between No. 8 seed Bradenton IMG Academy and No. 9 seed Wasatch Academy of Utah. If they advance to the semifinals, Columbus would play either No. 4 seed Brewster Academy (New Hampshire) or No. 5 seed CIA Bella Vista (CA) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The championship game is scheduled for Saturday at noon and will be televised on ESPN. Columbus, ranked No. 1 nationally by MaxPreps, is vying to become the first Miami-Dade County boys' basketball team to finish a season ranked No. 1 in the nation.
USA Today
30-01-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Three Duke men's basketball commits make the 2025 McDonald's All-American roster
Three Duke men's basketball commits make the 2025 McDonald's All-American roster A trio of future Duke Blue Devils made the McDonald's All-American Game roster earlier this week, one of the most prestigious honors available to high school basketball stars. Cameron and Cayden Boozer, the twin sons of former national champion Carlos Boozer, made the East squad while Nikolas Khamenia ended up on the West team. Cameron, a 6-foot-9 forward, is considered to have one of the highest floors of any prospect in the country. He's currently 247Sports' third-ranked player in the Class of 2025, making him one of Duke's highest-rated commits of the past decade, and he's averaged 22.4 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.3 blocks for the Columbus Explorers. Cayden, a 6-foot-4 point guard, is 24th in the 247Sports rankings with 12.4 points, 7.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.2 steals thus far as a senior. He and his brother have the Explorers 19-3 for the season. Khamenia, one of the biggest risers in the class, has soared all the way to 15th on the board. He only broke into the top 50 last January. Nate Ament, another 6-foot-9 power forward and the fourth-ranked player in the class, joined the Boozers on the East roster. While he's yet to narrow down his potential destinations to single digits, the Blue Devils are seen as a major contender for his future commitment. Duke signee Emilee Skinner, a 6-foot guard from Utah and espnW's No. 7 player in the HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings, will join Khamenia and the Boozers as a member of the Girls West team.
