Top 100 stars on fire opening day #Shooting4DaCure
The Houston Lady Roadrunners Shooting 4 Da Cure has been one of the top events in the area for years and it attracts teams with talented players I already know about as well as some unknowns, yes as great as…
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Continue ReadingThe Houston Lady Roadrunners Shooting 4 Da Cure has been one of the top events in the area for years and it attracts teams with talented players I already know about as well as some unknowns, yes as great as I proclaim to be, I don’t know everyone and it always helped when I have rosters. Clear Springs stars Jermiah Green and Kylie Minter Kylie Minter 5'5" | SG Clear Springs | 2022 State TX were helping coordinate the tournament, I’ll catch both in a couple of weeks in action but here are some of the Top 100 players I did catch on opening day
Houston Skyrise Edmonds
Ashlyn Jones Ashlyn Jones 6'0" | SF Klein Oak | 2021 State TX (Klein Oak)
Jones has already committed to Louisiana Lafayette ad her smooth as silk game will make the transition easily because she’s long and athletic, that’s the base, and her skillset coupled with her mindset just wows me at times. The three-ball, the midrange, attacking and playing the passing lane were all on display
Taylor Jackson Taylor Jackson 6'1" | C Cy Creek | 2021 State TX (Clear Creek)
Jackson continues to progress and that tells me she’s working on her game, more importantly, it’s showing on the court. Size, strength, rebounding, yeah that’s been there but she’s finishing stronger as well as showing more agility and her defense has improved
Tierra Simon Tierra Simon 6'2" | C Heights | 2021 State TX (Heights)
Simon Says she loves adding to her game, that was years ago and she transformed from being a back to the basket player to a player that could step out and hit the short jumper to now one that did a good job attacking from the wing
Sincere Roberts Sincere Roberts 5'8" | CG Heights | 2021 State TX (Heights)
Roberts is one of the most athletic players in the area that can play basketball and I’m SINCERE about that and watching her defy gravity over the years has been something to see, not to leave out her ability to play “bigger” than she is as she elevates over taller players
R’Mani Taylor R’Mani Taylor 5'7" | PG Shadow Creek | 2022 State TX (Shadow Creek)
Taylor impressed me dribbling as a 4th or 5th-grade player, on the sidelines in street clothes, and I called her a #D1Lock Who does that? Her pinpoint passes, her poise and her range have always impressed me but her ballhandling under pressure and understanding how to make those around her better is just…..
Kenna Gibson Kenna Gibson 5'5" | CG Clear Springs | 2022 State TX (Clear Springs)
Gibson was dropping threes on her birthday, that’s a present to herself but she’s been dropping them since elementary school, that’s been a present for me to see and watch her progress into more than a three-point shooter as she not only can score multiple ways, she also can fill it up “in the flow”
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Amillion Fowler Amillion Fowler 5'9" | SF George Ranch | 2021 State TX (George Ranch)
Fowler just amazes me, wait, she always did but when she was in the open court and cuffed the ball going to the hoop, I can count the times I’ve seen that on the girl’s side in 20 years but she always has something extra and by her doing it naturally is what really gets me
Savannah Velazquez Savannah Velazquez 5'5" | PG George Ranch | 2022 State TX (George Ranch)
Velasquez is one of those #sizedontmatter players I love talking about and watching in action because “she can play” and that first time I saw her in elementary school hitting stop and pops, and I haven’t stopped watching her pop it from all over the court
Houston United Burroughs
Arleighsha Fontenot Arleighsha Fontenot 5'7" | SG Ridgepoint | 2021 State TX (Ridgepoint)
Fontenot is one of the states top long ball shooters and her propensity for shooting it coupled with the consistency for making it was on full display. She was shooting it from NBA range yet she also saw the floor, mde the right passes and defended
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Tianna Mathis Tianna Mathis 5'9" | CG Rudder | 2021 State TX (Rudder)
Mathis plays all five positions, has been featured on ESPN with a video that went viral and can score more ways than even I can count but her defense and unselfishness always stands out as well as her decision making because she understands the simple things that can be great
Jaycie Brisco Jaycie Brisco 5'11" | SG Snook | 2021 State TX (Snook)
Brisco SNOOK onto the Top !00 after a video against some of the top players in the state and even though her team didn’t win, she dropped 30 on players heading to D1, “it’s not what you do, it’s who you do it against” and that quote is so simple I just can’t understand how it isn’t grasped but I do understand this young lady can go
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Heather Baymon Heather Baymon 5'6" | PG Langham Creek | 2024 State TXBaymon made my initial 2024 Watch List of 25 and she just “keeps on trucking” and I used that throwback that was big because she’s a throwback that does big things. Her explosiveness in the open court, well in the halfcourt too, is something to see and she can shoot it from outside