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It's All About Control For Windsor's Steve SamuelsPosted Friday, April 24, 2009 by The Hartford Courant  Boys Basketball The Hartford Courant
Steve Samuels of WindsorHigh School has been named the The Hartford Courant's boys basketball player of the year. (ROSS TAYLOR / HARTFORD COURANT / April 1, 2009)
Steve Samuels Windsor
Class: Senior
Position: Point guard Coach: Ken Smith Accomplishments: Scored layup with 3.8 seconds left to give the Warriors a 75-73 victory over Hartford Public on Jan. 6. ... Averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and 7.5 assists as the starting point guard for the Class LL championship team. ... Handed out a game-high 11 assists and had eight rebounds and six points in 72-69 title-game victory over Crosby. ... Was named public school MVP of the New England Basketball Challenge (19 points, six assists). Samuels said: "As point guard, I felt it was important to take control of the tempo immediately. I wanted to look the defender in the eyes and take him to the rack, put some fear in his heart that I and we weren't backing down. We were a senior team and were driven. We came together and played our hearts out."  |
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