East-West Boys Basketball All-Star Teams Announced

Gerald Melton of East Wake will coach the East team; Jon Hancock of East Lincoln will coach the West.

Rosters for the 2023 East-West All-Star Boys Basketball Game were released by the North Carolina Coaches Association.

The East-West All-Star basketball games will be played on July 17 at the Greensboro Coliseum, with the girls game being held before the boys game.

Players are nominated by their high school coaches and then selected by the coaching staffs for each team. The game will pit some of the top graduating seniors in the east against their counterparts from the west.

Gerald Melton of East Wake will be the head coach of the East team and will be assisted by Daniel Mitchell of Rosewood.

Jon Hancock of East Lincoln will be the head coach of the West team and be assisted by Mike Craft of Ardrey Kell.

East Boys Basketball Roster

Head Coach: Gerald Melton, East Wake

Assistant Coach: Daniel Mitchell, Rosewood

• Zy'Lee Bazemore, Bertie
• Jamerl Brockington, Lumberton
• Lamonte Cousar, Scotland
• Jared Davis, Seventy-First
• Takorrie Faison, Goldsboro
• Micah Jones, Holly Springs
• Malachi McLean, Lee County
• Israel Powell, Hertford County
• Aden Taylor, Princeton
• Jack Voth, Hoggard

West Boys Basketball Roster

Head Coach: Jon Hancock, East Lincoln

Assistant Coach: Mike Craft, Ardrey Kell

Jaiden Thompson / Courtesy of Jaiden Thompson's Twitter

• Will Gray, East Forsyth
• Markquan Gilbert, Ben L. Smith
• Philly Harris, Freedom
• Jordon Nevill, East Mecklenburg
• David Peral, Mount Tabor
• Jamarian Peterkin, Mount Tabor
• Randall Pettus, Bessemer City
• Maxwell Smoker, Mountain Heritage
• Jaiden Thompson, Central Cabarrus
• Patrick Tivnan, Charlotte Catholic

Will Gray, right, with his father and coach at East Forsyth, Monty (center) and younger brother David / Photo by Marc Pruitt

David Peral / Mount Tabor basketball photo

Jamarian "J.P." Peterkin / Mount Tabor basketball photo