Artis, Sideline Cancer to Play in TBT Championship Game Tuesday
7/13/2020 2:18:00 PM
PITTSBURGH – Former Pitt standout and current Levallois Metropolitans player Jamel Artis and Sideline Cancer are set to play in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) championship game against Golden Eagles (Marquette) Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN.
The Basketball Tournament, which is a 24 team, $1 million winner take all event, is in its seventh year of competition. On July 4, seeds ranked 9-24 began round 1, with the winners playing first round bye seeds 1-8. Artis' team, Sideline Cancer, joined the tournament as the 22 seed and have won four straight games.
Sideline Cancer, seeded 22nd overall, defeated Team Hines narrowly in the opening round, 93-91, before cruising to victories over Team Challenge ALS (76-66) and Boeheims Army (65-48) in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively. Sideline Cancer edged four-time TBT champions Overseas Elite in the semifinals July 12, winning 67-65 to advance to the championship round Tuesday night.
Artis, a two-time All-ACC selection while playing for the Panthers, is averaging 6.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists, while playing 29.4 minutes per game over four contests.
The Baltimore, Md., native scored five points and collected six rebounds in Sideline Cancer's semifinal victory over two-seed Overseas Elite. Artis held seven-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson in check Sunday, limiting him to 18 points and 1-of-6 shooting from three-point range. Johnson poured in 35 points the game prior and averaged over 22 points per game for the tournament.
Artis ranks 11th at Pitt on the all-time scoring list with 1,696 points and is one of just four players in school history to total 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in a career. He averaged 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 135 contests (98 starts) as a Panther. Artis averaged 18.2 points per game as a senior and posted the second-best scoring night in program history with 43 points, including 32 points in the second half of play, at Louisville Jan. 11, 2017.
Artis' professional career includes a stint in the NBA with the Orlando Magic as well as time in the G League and an international stop in France. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in 15 contests with the Magic during the 2017-18 season.
Each team is composed of participants, which include a "Player," a General Manager ("GM"), a "Coach," a "Booster," or "Other." Sideline Cancer is led by GM Billy Clapper, head coach Charles Parker and assistant coach Jordan Griffith. President of The Greg and Cathy Griffith Family Foundation Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Youth Initiative, Cathy Griffith, is the booster. If Sideline Cancer wins the title $100,000 of the prize money will go directly to cancer research, while each player will receive $75,000.
Sideline Cancer's roster includes multiple standout collegiate players, including former Maryland center Diamond Stone and Youngstown State/Central Michigan point guard Marcus Keene. Stone was named AP Big Ten Newcomer of the Year in 2016 in his lone year with the Terrapins, while Keene's 30.0 points per game at Central Michigan led all scorers in the NCAA DI during the 2016-17 season. Keene is among the leading scorers in TBT this year, while Stone suffered an injury in the opener and has not played in the past three games.
Rounding out the roster are Four McGlynn (Rhode Island/Towson), Remy Abell (Xavier), Maurice Creek (Indiana/George Washington), Duane Johnson (East Stroudsburg), Eric Thompson (Pacific) and Dion Wright (St. Bonaventure).
The Basketball Tournament, which is a 24 team, $1 million winner take all event, is in its seventh year of competition. On July 4, seeds ranked 9-24 began round 1, with the winners playing first round bye seeds 1-8. Artis' team, Sideline Cancer, joined the tournament as the 22 seed and have won four straight games.
Sideline Cancer, seeded 22nd overall, defeated Team Hines narrowly in the opening round, 93-91, before cruising to victories over Team Challenge ALS (76-66) and Boeheims Army (65-48) in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively. Sideline Cancer edged four-time TBT champions Overseas Elite in the semifinals July 12, winning 67-65 to advance to the championship round Tuesday night.
Artis, a two-time All-ACC selection while playing for the Panthers, is averaging 6.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists, while playing 29.4 minutes per game over four contests.
The Baltimore, Md., native scored five points and collected six rebounds in Sideline Cancer's semifinal victory over two-seed Overseas Elite. Artis held seven-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson in check Sunday, limiting him to 18 points and 1-of-6 shooting from three-point range. Johnson poured in 35 points the game prior and averaged over 22 points per game for the tournament.
Artis ranks 11th at Pitt on the all-time scoring list with 1,696 points and is one of just four players in school history to total 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in a career. He averaged 12.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 135 contests (98 starts) as a Panther. Artis averaged 18.2 points per game as a senior and posted the second-best scoring night in program history with 43 points, including 32 points in the second half of play, at Louisville Jan. 11, 2017.
Artis' professional career includes a stint in the NBA with the Orlando Magic as well as time in the G League and an international stop in France. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in 15 contests with the Magic during the 2017-18 season.
Each team is composed of participants, which include a "Player," a General Manager ("GM"), a "Coach," a "Booster," or "Other." Sideline Cancer is led by GM Billy Clapper, head coach Charles Parker and assistant coach Jordan Griffith. President of The Greg and Cathy Griffith Family Foundation Sideline Pancreatic Cancer Youth Initiative, Cathy Griffith, is the booster. If Sideline Cancer wins the title $100,000 of the prize money will go directly to cancer research, while each player will receive $75,000.
Sideline Cancer's roster includes multiple standout collegiate players, including former Maryland center Diamond Stone and Youngstown State/Central Michigan point guard Marcus Keene. Stone was named AP Big Ten Newcomer of the Year in 2016 in his lone year with the Terrapins, while Keene's 30.0 points per game at Central Michigan led all scorers in the NCAA DI during the 2016-17 season. Keene is among the leading scorers in TBT this year, while Stone suffered an injury in the opener and has not played in the past three games.
Rounding out the roster are Four McGlynn (Rhode Island/Towson), Remy Abell (Xavier), Maurice Creek (Indiana/George Washington), Duane Johnson (East Stroudsburg), Eric Thompson (Pacific) and Dion Wright (St. Bonaventure).
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