PRIENAI, LITHUANIA - JANUARY 09: LaMelo Ball of Vytautas Prienai in action during the match between Vytautas Prienai and Zalgiris Kauno on January 9, 2018 in Prienai, Lithuania. (Photo by Alius Koroliovas/Getty Images)Alius Koroliovas/Getty Images

LaMelo Ball Drops 17, Flirts with Triple-Double in Spire's Win over West Oaks

Paul KasabianDec 21, 2018

LaMelo Ball had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as Spire Institute continued its undefeated season with an 86-77 win over West Oaks Academy (Orlando, Florida) in the Emerald Coast 16 basketball tournament in Niceville, Florida, on Friday.

Per Jake Weingarten of Stock Risers, 4-star Michigan State recruit Rocket Watts, who is ranked 34th in the country in the class of 2019 by 247Sports, scored 22 points for Spire.

West Oaks gave Spire a challenge as it hung around for most of the night, but the trio of Ball, Watts and Isaiah Jackson proved to be too much.

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Ball got up for a few nice first-half dunks to help Spire build a comfortable halftime lead:

He also had a putback dunk to assist Spire's offensive efforts:

Overtime provided a package of Ball's Friday highlights:

Thanks in part to Ball's night, Spire's season-long streak of scoring 80 or more points continued.

Spire, which improved to 12-0, has the rest of the holiday season off before returning to the court Friday, January 4, in the Mustang Madness tournament in Paducah, Kentucky.