Peach Jam Summaries – CHAMPIONSHIP DISTRIBUTION

NIKE EYBL E16 Championship BBE (74) vs CP3 (67)

The anticipated final day of Peach Jam had finally arrived and Championship Sunday kicked off with the elites of E15, Brad Beal Elite vs Team CP3. Brad Beal Elite (BBE) started as a slight favorite and maintained an undefeated record (4-0), with one loss. CP3 defeated their opponents in the quarter and semi finals by 7 points or more.

There were question marks surrounding Team BB3’s leading scorer, Miikka Muurinen, who had to be carried off the court on a stretcher the day before due to a neck injury following a hard foul against Team Durant. Despite Muurinen’s absence, BBE continued their run of success by outscoring their semifinal opponent, Pro SKills, by 14 points. Guards Trey Pearson and JJ Andrews combined for 49 points and shot 80% or better from the free throw line. However, his scary moment the day before, Muurinen cracked the starting lineup in the E16 Championship. Aside from the visible kinesiology tape on his neck, his game was unblemished and he shot perfectly from the court in the first half.

Muurinen’s hot start couldn’t faze Team CP3, benefiting from great guard play and team defense, the two teams tied on 27 points by halftime. CP3 guards Dionte Neal and Nathaniel Williams kept their team in the thick of the action, providing 14 assists and 27 points. Coleman Cloer, the No. 1 ranked player in 2026 in North Carolina, added 15 points and 5 rebounds. With the score tied at 67 with 48.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter, CP3 succumbed to two untimely setbacks that led to their downfall.

NIKE EYBL 17 Championship Night Rydas (71) vs Oakland Soldiers (62)

Cameron Boozer and the Nightrydas ride an elite defense to complete their quest for the first-ever three-peat in Nike EYBL history against the vaunted Oakland Soldiers. The Nightrydas held Oakland to just 36% from the field and finished with nine blocks.

Cameron Boozer was the best player on the court for the Nightrydas. Boozer finished with a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He missed only one shot from the field and was a go-to player on the offensive end. His most impressive moment came in the fourth quarter when it was a 66-60 game. Boozer went one-on-one with Tyran Stokes and finished with a tough layup against him, giving the Nightrydas a much-needed lead with 1:20 left in the game. It allowed the Nightrydas to run away and secure the championship.

Dybansta did everything he could and kept the Oakland Soldiers in the game when they struggled to get going offensively in the early going. He was a consistent scoring punch. The Soldiers scored just 29 points in the first two quarters. Dybansta scored 25 points and took over single-handedly in the third quarter, bringing his team back into the game and pulling it back to double digits at just 55-51 at the start of the fourth quarter. He remained aggressive on offense but was 10-26 from the field and the Nightrydas would not let him win.

Stokes finished with 22 points and nine rebounds and also had a rough day from the field, shooting 8-19. Outside of the two stars, Oakland couldn’t score much from their other players. The only other player to finish in double figures was Christopher Nwuli who had 10. Dybansta and Stokes combined for 76% of Sunday’s scoring.

Dante Allen led the Nightrydas in scoring with 21 points. Allen pushed the pace and went in transition for his buckets throughout the game. He also went 3-4 from three-point range and shot 62% from the field.

Caleb Wilson was the most impressive player on defense in the game, finishing with six blocks on defense. Individually, he was tasked with switching and guarding Stokes and Dybansta. Dybansta is a prolific three-level scorer who is tough to keep up with and stop. There were multiple times throughout the game where he defended him and either changed his shot or put it in the back of the net. Every time I’ve seen Wilson, he’s improved some aspect of his game and seems to be getting more comfortable among the best in the country. He proved Sunday that he’s a potential game-changer at the next level.

Nightrydas had a great defensive plan against Oakland. They swarmed the paint with their length and athleticism and made Oakland’s stars take tough contested shots. Some of these you can’t control because Stokes and Dybansta are just that good, but the way they swarmed and sent different looks made what they did difficult to beat.

Both teams put up a great fight in one of the best games you will ever see in AAU basketball. The stars were real stars and the game was exciting until the end.

NIKE EYBL E15 Championship AZ Unity (52) vs Team Why Not (53)

This game perfectly embodied what Peach Jam is all about, Team Why Not, trailing AZ Unity by 11 points at halftime, while also trailing themselves by 1 point with 6 seconds left in the fourth quarter, still miraculously won the game. How you ask? Let me explain. Dylan Northcutt made the biggest shot of the tournament, making a half-court bank shot to dramatically answer Unity’s Lorenzo Diamond three-pointer, causing chaos. Northcutt’s game-winning shot from half-court was his first and only three-point attempt of the game, he would finish with 7 points and 2 defensive rebounds.

The #6 offensive rated squad, Team Why Not, started off very slowly on offense, shooting just 31 percent from the field while going 0-5 from three. Better opportunities came for Why Not, who leaned on their defense, which flipped the script for AZ’s offense, downgrading their efficient 64 percent from the field to 25 percent. In addition to Lorenzo Diamond, Delton Prescott and Darius Washington reached double figures, combining for 25 in the losing effort.

Team Why Not imposed its will on the offensive boards and finished the game with a 10,13-3 score. Malcolm Price led Why Not in points with 11. Price played a major role in Why Not Making It to the championship Sunday by hitting one big shot after another. His biggest moment of the weekend came against Team Durant in the semifinals, when he scored an efficient 16 points on 70 percent shooting.

Peach Jam has long been a pipeline for elite talent, often the place where amateur athletes catch the attention of big-time college coaches and/or build momentum around their brands. So much so that previous players who are now NBA or college stars return year after year to mentor the stars of tomorrow. About 55 percent of American-born players have played in Peach Jam.