Kansas City PGH Top 250 Expo Review : Team #6
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Enjoy this look at Team #6 players from the Sunday, October 3, PGH Top 250 Exposure Event at Hy-Vee Arena, Kansas City, Missouri. The evaluations of all ten teams are blends of notes from my colleagues Earl Austin, Phillipe McCree,…
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Continue ReadingEnjoy this look at Team #6 players from the Sunday, October 3, PGH Top 250 Exposure Event at Hy-Vee Arena, Kansas City, Missouri. The evaluations of all ten teams are blends of notes from my colleagues Earl Austin, Phillipe McCree, and me. Two players, Breona Hurd and Addison Schletzbaum Addison Schletzbaum 5'10" | SF Atchison County | 2023 State KS , earned spots on the all-event team.
Sa"yere Banks, 5’10″, St. Michael the Archangel (MO), 2022 – Banks is a nice combination of size and athleticism. She has good strength and physicality as well as handles to create off the bounce. Banks also has a nice ability to create the extra pass on the break.
Cyrenity Hardy Cyrenity Hardy 5'8" | CG Lawrence | 2024 State KS , 5’6″, CG, Lawrence (KS), 2024 – Hardy showed consistent transition speed and an ability to knock down perimeter shots on both sides of the arc in flow with a quick release.
Breona Hurd Breona Hurd 6'2" | PF Waynesville | 2024 State MO , 6’2″, C, Waynesville (MO), 2024 – Hurd has a very advanced offensive game. And with her size, strength, speed, handles in transition and creating in the half court, and movement without the ball she is a very difficult player to match up with. She plays very good off-ball defense to disrupt cutters and interior passes. With all she can do what most impressed me was her hands and strength to go up quickly off the catch to finish. could go off on Hurd’s size, strength, speed and handles in transition, movement without the ball, and off-ball defense to disrupt cutters and passes. Bigger post players really challenged her ability to defend block game post-ups.
Addison Schletzbaum Addison Schletzbaum 5'10" | SF Atchison County | 2023 State KS , 5’9″, PF/SF, Atchison Community (KS), 2023 – Schletzbaum showed an all-around game on both ends of the floor. She used her frame, strength, and leaping ability effectively to overpower similar sized opponents on the glass. She also elevates well on mid-range jumpers and when finishing at speed with length. Can play the shooting guard spot as well with her due to having solid handles and her being a perimeter threat.
Luci Smith Luci Smith 5'4" | CG Bonner Springs | 2024 KS , 5’4″, PG, Bonner Springs (KS), 2024 – While Smith had some struggles controlling the ball against quicker defenders she is a strong, resilient competitor. She showed some quickness of her own on both ends and that she is solid shooter.
Madilyn Soeken, 5’7″, SG/SF, Central Plains (KS), 2025 – Let it be known that Soeken made it very clear she is a player to watch in the 2025 class. With her hops, strength to rip the ball away, finishes with length, and competitiveness on both ends she just plays bigger than 5’7″. She is active without the ball and makes good fakes with it to create scoring opportunities.
Sara Springer Sara Springer 5'5" | PG Wamego | 2024 State KS , 5’5″, PG, Wamego (KS), 2024 – Springer is a high IQ player who does a solid job of playing within herself. Against a deep field with many quick-handed guards she showed handles to get an edge off the bounce, an ability to get the rim and find teammates, and that she is a perimeter threat not to fall asleep on. Springer works well off of screens as well.
Brookelyn Williams Brookelyn Williams 5'10" | SF Wichita Heights | 2022 State KS , 5’9″, SF/PF, Heights (KS), 2022 – It had been a year since I saw Williams play and she not only showed the game I remember but also that she is quicker at doing everything. Right away she established an ability to put together multiple post moves and string them quickly. Williams showed terrific transition speed, shot blocking ability, activeness in the passing lanes and good hops. Offensively she also finished with length on both sides of the basket with either hand and hit the mid-range jumper well.
Featured image: Central Plains 2025 Marilyn Soeken Marilyn Soeken 5'7" | CG Central Plains | 2025 State KS . Photo: Prep Girls Hoops.