The 2016-2017 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is in full swing now for women’s junior college basketball. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in women’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Tania Pierre-Emile – Eastern Arizona Tania Pierre-Emile averaged 23.5 points per game in wins against Phoenix College and South Mountain JC, including a 33-point performance against South. She also averaged 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Alexis Delgado – Phoenix Alexis Delgado averaged 32.5 points per game last week,…
Author: Anthony Ray
Pinnacle High School’s gifted young 2020 prospect, 6-foot-2 freshman guard Nico Mannion has had an excellent freshman season. As a result, he has already received big scholarship offers from such programs as the University of Arizona and Arizona State. For his promise as a superior college prospect, Mannion has already earned a Top 20 overall ranking nationally in the 2020 Class. Mannion made a name for himself competing in national and regional events during the club season, and while playing with his local rising club program, the Arizona Vipers, and also for the nationally-ranked West Coast Elite club program, organized…
One of the elite prospects right now in the state of Arizona is St. Mary’s High School’s versatile post prospect, 6-foot-10, 205-pound junior KJ Hymes. Hymes has as much upside as we have seen in recent years in the state of Arizona, and division-I college coaches are taking serious notice. The talented and sizeable prospect has received 15 different division-I offers as a result. Hymes performed at a very high level all spring and summer with the Las Vegas Prospects – a heavily Nike-sponsored EYBL team that year in and year out produces some of the best players in the…
Red Mountain High School’s 6-foot-5, 205-pound junior wing Timmy Allen is the state’s top overall prospect in Arizona’s 2018 class, and it is quickly becoming more and more evident as Allen has received some serious division-I offers already. Allen is now regarded among the top overall 2018 prospects in the country, as he is ranked among the Top 100 prospects nationally in the class by numerous national scouting services. Allen travels with Etop Udo-Ema and the Compton Magic program, and will again be competing on the Adidas Gauntlet travel circuit this spring and summer. Here are highlights from Allen’s performance…
Chandler High School’s rapidly developing and ultra-talented 2018 prospect, 6-foot-6, 185 pound SG/W Tevian Jones is among the elite overall prospects in the state of Arizona. As a result, Jones has already received some serious division-I offers from numerous division-I programs across the country, while many other schools are looking to get involved. Jones is primed to have a big spring and summer (2017). Here is a highlight video from last year’s (2016) performance on the EYBL circuit with his club program, the Nike-sponsored California Supreme . . . Join the Forum discussion on this post
Arizona Compass Prep (AZCP) is a charter school located in Chandler, Arizona. The basketball program is on the rise at the school, but after only winning 1 game in 5 years at the school, school officials realized they needed to make a change. They brought in former NBA player Ray Weathers this season, and the program has made amazing strides – winning this year’s conference title and posting a 9-0 record thus far this high school season. Those close to the basketball program at Arizona Compass Prep, and many people that have known the kids in the program have marveled…
One prospect that has made a nice jump in our 2018 Class Player Rankings is 6-foot-6, 180-pound junior wing Wesley Harris. After his performance this season, Harris has proved that he is worthy of making a serious jump in our new 2018 player rankings. Here is a highlight video for one of the state’s top overall prospects in the 2018 Class . . . Join the Forum discussion on this post
The state playoffs for boys basketball in the state will get underway around the state in a major way on Wednesday evening when the majority of playoff teams in each division will face off. The Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) has decided this season to present the state playoffs around the state in almost each division as the 6A, 5A, 4A and 3A state playoffs will take place. Our Arizona Preps staff will be out in full force to bring coverage of some of the state’s exciting basketball action, as we will feature games from each division on the evening. Here…
Now as we begin taking a closer look at the top prospects in Arizona’s 2018 Class, as we near the end to the high school season, and in preparation for the spring evaluation period, the city of Tucson is filled with some talented prospects. One of these gifted prospects is Catalina Foothills High School’s 6-foot-3 junior guard Sam Beskind. One of the more underrated prospects in the class, Beskind is a gifted guard prospect with a nice overall skill level and excellent toughness and very good athleticism. These attributes as a player make Beskind a definite sleeper prospect in the…
On Friday evening, I had an opportunity to watch one of the more promising young prospects in the state of Arizona, as Pusch Ridge Christian Academy traveled to Chandler to take on top-ranked Valley Christian High School. One of the top programs in the state consitently for many years and one of the elite teams in the 3A Division, Valley Christian (23-3) has been terrific this high school season once again – winning their last 12 games in a row on the season, and defeating Pusch Ridge Friday evening 58-42. While Pusch Ridge (14-14) would struggle as a team against…