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TimesLedger Athlete of the Week: Sundiata Gaines

Name: Sundiata Gaines

School: Archbishop Molloy

Sport: Basketball

Position: Guard

Year: Senior

Hometown: Jamaica

Three days after scoring a career-high 52 points, four points shy of Kenny Anderson’s all-time single-game scoring record, in a romp over McClancy, Gaines continued his hot shooting against rival St. Raymond’s Friday night.

The Georgia-bound guard had 31 points, including 23 in the first half, in a 69-63 win over the Ravens. Gaines, who leads the CHSAA AA in scoring, averaging 26.3 points per game, also had eight rebounds and seven assists as the Stanners avenged a 70-69 loss to St. Ray’s Jan. 6.

Honor Roll

With Bryan Geffen struggling, St. Francis Prep senior Tim Dougherty had 16 points and six rebounds to help lead the Terriers over McClancy, 77-55, Sunday. Fellow senior Andrew Cashin, who is being courted by Queens College, had a game-high 20 points and eight rebounds … Brian Beckford had 20 points and 11 rebounds for red-hot Christ the King in a 64-54 win over St. Augustine (N.J.) in the Prime Time Shootout at Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton Sunday … Jessica Fuller recorded her third triple-double of the year, scoring 16 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking 12 shots for the Francis Lewis girls’ basketball team in a 57-47 win over Cardozo in the Queens Borough championship game last Thursday at Elmcor … Rosalyn Gold-Onwude scored 22 points with 12 rebounds and five assists in leading Molloy over St. Francis Prep Saturday. She also scored 24 in a non-league win over Staten Island’s Notre Dame … Skyler Khaleel had a game-high 28 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had five blocks and two steals for the Cardozo boys’ basketball team in a 70-52 win over rival Bayside in the Queens Borough championship game … Mary Louis long jumper Valin Jordan set a meet record with a leap of 17 feet, 8 1/2 inches in a CHSAA sectional track meet at the Armory Saturday. Valerie Maugnian won the 55-meter hurdles (8.8 seconds) to lead Molloy to the Brooklyn/Queens title.