Day 4 Recap of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational, and Our Picks for the 2025 All-Portsmouth Invitational Teams

April 20th, 2025

By NBA Scouting Live

Here is a brief recap of the three games that played on Day 4 of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational.  There were many superb performances on the final day of the event, with Wooga Poplar putting forth a dominant, 31-point, 10-rebound performance in one of the games, and both Steven Ashworth and Nelly Junior Joseph led Jani King to help their team win the 2025 PIT championship. 

Nelly Junior Joseph was named the MVP of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational.
(Photo: David Richard/Associated Press, via The Virginian-Pilot)

Also, Nelly Junior Joseph was named the MVP of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational, and Jani King won the whole event amongst the eight teams that participated. For those that are interested, the box scores of this event is here, and the cumulative statistics of this event is here.

Game 9: Norfolk Sports Club defeated Mike Duman, Inc., 106-85

For the Norfolk Sports Club, Jahmyl Telfort scored 19 points, made 3 threes, and had 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, and was a +16. Tamar Bates scored 25 points, made 3 threes, and had 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal.  Cam Carter scored 25 points, made 4 threes, dished out 4 assists, and also had 1 steal.   CJ Huntley scored 13 points, made a three-pointer, and had 12 rebounds, and 4 assists.  Tyson Degenhart scored 15 points, made 3 threes, and had 5 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals in this game.

For Mike Duman Inc., Jaemyn Brakefield scored 17 points, made a three-pointer, and had 12 rebounds and 2 assists.  Wade Taylor IV had 20 points, made 3 threes, and dished out 5 assists.  Jamiya Neal scored 19 points and made 3 threes.  Cesare Edwards had 16 points and 9 rebounds.

Wooga Poplar’s excellent 31-point, 10-rebound performance was arguably the best in all of the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament this year, and he was absolutely terrific in the final day of this event. (Photo: Getty Images, via Sportskeeda)

Game 10: Sales Systems, Ltd. defeated Roger Brown’s Restaurant, 101-89

For Sales Systems, Ltd., Wooga Poplar scored 31 points, made 3 three-pointers, and had 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 assists.  Ty Johnson had 19 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals. Johnell Davis scored 20 points and had 5 assists and 3 steals.  David Joplin scored 13 points, made 2 threes, and was a +11.

For Roger Brown’s, A.J. Hoggard scored 29 points and dished out 4 assists.  Khalif Battle scored 20 points, and had 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Kadin Shedrick had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Game 11: Portsmouth Partnership defeated Portsmouth Sports Club, 77-74

For the Portsmouth Partnership, Zeke Mayo scored 16 points, made 4 threes, and had 5 assists.  East Carolina’s 6-3 point guard, RJ Felton scored 18 points and had 7 rebounds, and was a +12.  Matthew Cleveland had 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting, made a three, and had 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 block.  Oumar Ballo had 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

For the Portsmouth Sports Club, Moussa Cisse had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals.  Chucky Hepburn had 13 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals.

Game 12: Jani King defeated K&D Rounds Landscaping, 98-92

For Jani King, Steven Ashworth scored 24 points, made 5 threes, and had 8 assists, 6 rebounds, and was a +10.  Nelly Junior Joseph scored 24 points on 11 of 13 shooting, and had 9 rebounds and 3 assists.  Bez Mbeng had 7 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals.  Chris Youngblood scored 14 points.

For K&D Rounds Landscaping, Zach Freemantle scored 23 points, and had 6 rebounds and 4 steals.  Jonathan Pierre had 13 points.  Sean Pedulla had 15 points on 7 of 16 shooting, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds.

Here are my picks for the Three Stars on Day 4 of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational:

1. Wooga Poplar, Sales Systems, Ltd.
2. Jahmyl Telfort, Norfolk Sports Club
3. Steven Ashworth, Jani King

It was tough to decide who should be the three stars on day four of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational, as there were so many strong performances in this game.  Many players played well on the final day of the event.

Here are our picks for the All-Portsmouth Invitational Teams.

Our Picks for the 2025 All-Portsmouth 1st Team:

C Moussa Cisse, Portsmouth Sports Club
F Nelly Junior Joseph, Jani-King (Our Pick for the MVP)
F Wooga Poplar, Sales Systems, Ltd.
G R.J. Felton, Portsmouth Partnership
G Sean Pedulla, K&D Rounds Landscaping

Nelly Junior Joseph led Jani-King to a 3-0 record, and he averaged 17.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game while making 68% from the field in the three games he played here. He had two of the best performances in all of this tournament, and he led his team to win the PIT championship.

Sean Pedulla led K&D Rounds Landscaping to the 2025 PIT championship game, and he averaged 17.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.7 steals per game, while making 52% from the field, 50% of his threes, and 85% of his free throws in the three games he played here, and he was consistently very good for his team at this event.

Wooga Poplar averaged 19 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, as he also made 47% of his threes and 86% of his free throws, and his 31-point, 10-rebound performance on the last day of these games may have been the best performance any player had at this event.

Moussa Cisse averaged 14 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, and 1.7 steals per game while making 58% from the field, and he showcased great athleticism as well as significantly improved scoring skills to really aid his shot blocking and defensive skills, and Cisse consistently played well in all three of the games here.

The final spot of players that would make our All-Portsmouth first team was difficult to choose between Felton and Ashworth, as both players performed really well in all of the games here, but RJ Felton consistently did a great job of shooting and scoring the basketball, and his shot making abilities really put himself on the map of NBA teams as a draft prospect. Felton averaged 21.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, and he also made 65% from the field, and 59% of his three-pointers at this event.

Our Picks for the 2025 All-Portsmouth 2nd Team:

C C.J. Huntley, Norfolk Sports Club
F Tyson Degenhart, Norfolk Sports Club
F Tamar Bates, Norfolk Sports Club
G Johnell Davis, Sales Systems, Ltd.
G Steven Ashworth, Jani-King

Our Picks for the 2025 All-Portsmouth 3rd Team:

C Kadin Shedrick, Roger Brown’s Restaurant
F Julian Reese, Roger Brown’s Restaurant
F Jahmyl Telfort, Norfolk Sports Club
G Curtis Jones, Jani-King
G Zeke Mayo, Portsmouth Partnership

Our Picks for the Honorable Mention List:

C Oumar Ballo, Portsmouth Partnership, F Viktor Lakhin, Norfolk Sports Club, F Jaemyn Brakefield, Mike Duman, Inc., G Cam Carter, Norfolk Sports Club, G Chucky Hepburn, Portsmouth Sports Club, C Zach Freemantle, K&D Rounds Landscaping, F Cesare Edwards, Mike Duman, Inc., F Khalif Battle, Roger Brown’s Restaurant, G AJ Hoggard, Roger Brown’s Restaurant, G Ace Baldwin Jr., Portsmouth Partnership

Meanwhile, the Portsmouth Invitational announced the official All Tournament Team for the 71st annual P.I.T.

This was the Portsmouth Invitational’s official All Tournament Team for 2025.
(Source: X/@PIT_Basketball)

Also, Nelly Junior Joseph was named the MVP of the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational.

New Mexico’s 6-10 senior big man, Nelly Junior Joseph led Jani-King to a 3-0 record and was named the MVP of this event.
(Source: X/@PIT_Basketball)

Anyways, that’s all for now.  Thanks for reading.

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