SYRACUSE — Damien Call in slow motion.
Rome’s Damien Call, 30, guards Buddy Boeheim in the $1 million The Basketball Tournament Saturday, July 19, 2025 at SRC Arena in Syracuse. Call, a 1,000-point scorer at Rome Free Academy and Utica University, and his Herkimer Originals lost to Boeheim’s Army 97-71.
The Rome basketball star scored two of his four points for the Herkimer Originals on this fast break during the second half of their The Basketball Tournament first round game on July 19 at SRC Arena. Boeheim’s Army beat the Herkimer Originals 97-71.
The Herkimer Originals prior to their The Basketball Tournament first round game Saturday, July 19, 2025 at SRC Arena in Syracuse. Herkimer lost to Boeheim’s Army 97-71.
A 1,000-point scorer at Rome Free Academy and Utica University, Call officially joined Herkimer’s TBT team the night before their first round game.
Herkimer Originals Josh Gregory, 7, and Boeheim’s Army Jimmy Boeheim. Boeheim’s Army won the first round The Basketball Tournament game 97-71 Saturday, July 19, 2025 at SRC Arena in Syracuse.
Herkimer had multiple Mohawk Valley connections. Whitesboro’s Josh Gregory, a 6-foot-8 forward, scored seven points. Utica Academy’s LaMarqus Merchant Jr. also played.
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— Marquel Slaughter is a journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle, covering Rochester-area high school and Syracuse University sports. A former Observer-Dispatch reporter, he’s won numerous Associated Press and NYNPA awards across his 15-year career in print and broadcasting. For more interviews, photos and videos, follow him on Instagram and X: @MarquelSports. You can email him at mslaughter1@gannett.com.
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