Balenton

Jameel Balenton

  • Award
    Performer
  • Week Of
    12/17/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Syracuse, NY
  • High School
    Christian Brothers
Jameel Balenton was named MVP of the 28th Annual Harold J. Brodie Tournament hosted by RIT over the weekend. He scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds in an 83-71 win over D'Youville on Friday, and followed that up with 10 points in a 61-50 win over Keuka in Saturday's championship game. Balenton averaged 15.7 points per game, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists through three games for the Tigers last week. He leads the team in scoring averaging 13.9 points per game and is second in rebounding averaging 4.1 boards per game.