RWE, FaZe Sweep Round 1

First Round:

📍 RWE 106, Fear of God Athletics 99 (RWE advances 2-0)

📍 FaZe 89, City Reapers 77 (FaZe advances 2-0)

RWE overcame their demons to take down Fear of God Athletics in a first round sweep thanks to their 106-99 victory on Friday night. All five starters for RWE scored in double figures as part of an all around team effort to avenge their quarterfinals loss to FGA in the 2025 playoffs. Taylen Kinney put on a show, scoring a playoff career-high 32 points which included him going a perfect 5-for-5 from three 🔥

With Parker Robinson putting up 22 points he has now scored 20+ points in seven straight games, a career-best streak, as part of a legendary run for him and the rest of the RWE squad. Javon Bardwell had 26 points and a lot of his points came off of self-created opportunities thanks to his career-high five steals 🔒

Fear of God Athletics excellent season came to a premature end but MVP second runner-up Cayden Daughtry kept up his typical scoring pace in this one. Daughtry scored a game-high 38 points and finds himself just four points shy of hitting a 1,000 points in his career as just a junior. Aiden Bolden has been a menace ever since coming back from injury, posting his second double-double of the season with 15 points and ten boards 😤

The City Reapers kept it close for most of the game but FaZe proved to simply be too talented and too disciplined, overcoming the Reapers effort to advance to the semis 89-77. FaZe has now won 14 straight games and have shown no signs of slowing down as they prepare to head into their semi-finals series against RWE. Seven Spurlock has turned it on in the playoffs, scoring 23 points in this one which raised his playoff average to 22.5 PPG 7️⃣

McDonald’s All-American Austin Goosby put together an all-around performance in which he notched a nice line of 16 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals. Marcus Spears Jr. kept chugging along putting up his usual 22 points while also registering a block and a steal 🎮

Senior Kole Grandison put together one final great performance in a City Reapers jersey, logging a game-high 28 points which included 15 points from beyond the arc. Howard Williams was one of two other Reapers to cross the double-digit threshold, posting 12 points to go along with four boards 💀

The OTE Semi-Finals start next Friday, February 20 with RWE against FaZe at 7 PM followed by OTE’s newest and best rivalry between the Cold Hearts and YNG Dreamerz at 9 PM. All OTE Playoff games can be watched on OTE’s YouTube channel 📱

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