Many of the area’s best recent basketball players, including former and current NBA talent, will gather Sunday from 3:45 to 7 p.m. at Churchland High in Portsmouth for a charity game organized by Norfolk State men’s assistant coach Steven Whitley.
The event will contribute financially to high school athletics in the area and is dubbed “Home Is Where the Heart Is.” “To have all of the top professional basketball players from the Hampton Roads area under one roof is exciting to me,” Whitley said in a release from NSU. “I believe this event will be a great one for the community, and I hope it inspires the youth to be the best they can be on their journey to success.
” Whitley, a former player for NSU and Booker T. Washington High, has lined up quite a collection of pros for the game. According to the NSU release, the player list includes two-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year Joe Bryant (from Lake Taylor High and Norfolk State), Marcus Evans (Great Bridge, Rice, VCU), Keyontae Johnson (Norview, Florida, Kansas State), Briante Weber (Great Bridge, VCU), Chris Clarke (Cape Henry, Virginia Tech, Texas Tech), Devon Hall (Cape Henry, Virginia), Dereon Seabron (Lake Taylor, North Carolina State), Anthony Barber (Hampton High, N.
C. State), Chris Evans (Chesapeake native, Coastal Carolina, Kent State), Dontrell Brite (Nansemond River, Mount Olive), David McCormack (Norfolk Academy, Kansas) and Jermaine Marrow (Heritage, Kecoughtan, Hampton University).