Player Preview: Crossover Summer League
The Crossover Summer league, which is played at Lewis and Clark Community college in Godfrey, is put on by Darnell Marshall and his Crossover Basketball Academy. The summer High School league will play on Wednesdays in June and July and…
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Continue ReadingThe Crossover Summer league, which is played at Lewis and Clark Community college in Godfrey, is put on by Darnell Marshall and his Crossover Basketball Academy. The summer High School league will play on Wednesdays in June and July and will feature Jerseyville, Carrollton, Alton Marquette, Triad, Bunker Hill and Madison.
The talent pool in this league has to start with returning IBCA 4th team All State selection Hannah Krumwiede. Hannah will be a senior for the Carrollton Lady Hawks and will look to lead her team to a big season. She was able to pass the 1,000 point mark last year and went on to finish 2nd in the Country Financial 3 point shooting contest at the state tournament. She had some very big games during her junior season scoring over 20 points a number of times and reaching 31 points in the Lady Hawk Invitational where she was an All Tourney selection.
Jerseyville sophomore Clare Breden was a special mention selection at the 3A level during her freshman campaign and will team with junior Abby Manns to form a great duo. Breden and Manns combined for over 30 points per game and 9 rebounds from their guard slots for the Panthers last year and hope to improve on those numbers this year as they look to make some noise in the Missouri Valley conference.
For Triad senior Ali Barisch returns after a nice junior season where she scored 9.7 points per game and got 4.7 rebounds. Barisch was able to convert 74.4% from the free throw line last year and also shot 39% from beyond the 3 point arc. She and her teammates will be working to bring the Knights back over the .500 mark for the first time since their outstanding 2015-16 team.
Other players to watch include Alton Marquette’s Payton Connors, Bunker Hill’s Brylie Chrisman and Madison’s Pierra Barbee. All three players are the leading scorer returning on teams that have graduated a high percentage of their offensive output from 2017-18. Connors was used mostly as a defensive specialist for the Explorers but did show her ability to score including a big 4th quarter in the Regional Championship game. She will need to step up for the Explorers this season. Chrisman showed the ability to score for the outside in a complimentary role for Bunker Hill during her sophomore year. With their two leading scorers gone from last year she will be counted on to help the Minutemaids try to improve on their 11 wins from last year. Barbee will be counted on to provide leadership and scoring as Madison tries to improve on their 5 wins from last year. Barbee demonstrated her ability to hit from behind the 3 point line during her junior year and the Trojans will need more of that as they attempt to replace the scoring of the Anderson sisters.
Each team will use the Crossover league to see where their newcomers fit in for next year and see how their veterans are developing. The league should be exciting and will showcase some outstanding talent. The games are played at Lewis and Clark on Wednesdays at 6:15 and 7:15 at the River Bend Arena.