June 29, 2011
Nike Pro-City League Schedule 
WASHINGTON - An annual rite of summer in the District begins this weekend when Nike Pro-City League basketball action takes place at McDonough Arena on the campus of Georgetown University.
The Nike Pro-City League (formerly the Kenner League) is among the top summer college basketball leagues in the country and is annually held at Georgetown, affording basketball fans a chance to see current, future and former competing head-to-head over the summer.
The schedule for the 2011 season is set to begin on Saturday, July 2, with five games filling the slate. The first game, featuring Higher Level against Beyond Belief, starts at 1 p.m. Other games will be played at 2:20 p.m. (Town Tavern vs. A. Wash/Madness), 3:40 p.m. (The Tombs vs. Startin 5), 5 p.m. (Team Takeover vs. The Clyde's) and 6:20 p.m. (D.C. Assault vs. Boss Auto).
Georgetown players will be spread out among six teams in the 14-team league, which will feature two divisions.
Among the returning players, senior guard Jason Clark (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) will play for Team Takeover, while senior center Henry Sims (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) and sophomore guard Markel Starks (Washington, D.C./Georgetown Prep) will play for DCX.
Junior forward Hollis Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola) will play for Team Turner, while sophomores Aaron Bowen (Jacksonville, Fla./QEA) and Nate Lubick (Southborough, Mass./St. Mark's) are on the roster for Clyde's. Sophomore center Moses Ayegba (Kano, Nigeria/Progressive Christian [Md.]) will play for Hoop Magic.
The Tombs will include all five Georgetown incoming freshmen, Tyler Adams (Brandon, Miss./Brandon), Mikael Hopkins (Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha), Otto Porter (Sikeston, Mo./Scott County Central), Jabril Trawick (Jenkintown, Pa./Abington Friends) and Greg Whittington (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) as well as sophomore John Caprio (North Caldwell, N.J./Seton Hall Prep).
The two league divisions are the Hyper Dunk Division (which includes The Tombs and Hope Magic) and Hyper Air Division includes DCX, Team Takeover, Clyde's and Team Turner.
Regular season games will be played every weekend (there are no games on July 4) at McDonough Arena and the schedule closes out on Sunday, July 31.
Quarterfinal games will be played on Thursday, Aug. 4 and Friday, Aug. 5. Semifinal games will be played at 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 and the championship game will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 3 p.m.
All parking for Nike Pro-City League games will be in the Southwest Garage off the Canal Road entrance to the University.
