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Gorman’s Jeter shines in title game of Super 64

Using a coy smile like a child might do with a parent to get something he wants, Chase Jeter looked up at AAU Dream Vision coach Clay Williams after the championship game of the adidas Super 64 on Sunday and said he was keeping his jersey.

“I’ll give him back the shorts, but I gotta keep the jersey,” Jeter said. “I’ve just been with the program so long, and the jersey is just one of those sentimental things I didn’t want to give up.”

Jeter, who also is preparing for his senior season at Bishop Gorman, finished his career on the travel basketball circuit by scoring 24 points and grabbing 17 rebounds in Dream Vision’s 79-64 loss to Indiana Elite in the 17-and-under division championship bracket final at Rancho.

Jeter is expected to announce his college commitment soon.

“I’m going to make my decision this week,” said Jeter, considered to be a top-10 recruit for the class of 2015. “I haven’t made my decision. I’m going to make it soon. The choices are down to UCLA, Arizona, Duke and UNLV.”

Though he was overshadowed by Indiana Elite’s Ryan Cline, who was 7-for-10 from behind the 3-point line en route to 25 points and the Most Valuable Player trophy, Jeter gave a nationwide audience on ESPNU a preview of his talent.

Jeter was 11-for-21 from the field, mostly from the paint, where he battled Sudanese-import Koch Bar, who finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana Elite.

“I think it was a great game overall, the way our team played,” Jeter said. “We played hard and we gave it our best effort. Just a few mistakes here or there led to a hot streak for Indiana Elite. And it was just kind of tough to get out of that hole we dug ourselves.”

Dream Vision opened the game on a 7-0 run, and held a 13-4 lead less than five minutes into the game. Then Cline took over. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard who has committed to Purdue scored 17 of his team’s next 24 points to put Indiana Elite ahead 28-23 with 6:22 left in the first half.

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