WBB: Updates on the high school seasons for current signees/verbals
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Des Moines Roosevelt with Arianna Jackson is up next.
I watched the interrupted live stream of the City High / Pleasant Valley game, seeing most of the first & fourth quarters. Kelsey Joens wasn't bad but she frankly just wasn't much of a factor - she did miss the front end of a one & one late in the game when CH was only down two points.
I've seen Hallie Vice (#12) of Pleasant Valley discussed in the recruiting threads on CF; she was named game MVP with 15 Points and 10 Rebounds though she didn't really "jump out at you" during the game.
Saw all four 5A games today in person. Joens very skilled but didn't have a good game today; seemed to have poor sense of what a good shot was given the game situation. Have seen Jackson 2X this year; physically capable but not the presence you'd expect from a D1 player. Have seen Tanke in 3 games this year; scored a total of 8 points in the 3 games. Never would have guessed she was a D1 prospect.
I wouldn't worry too much about her shot selection -- welcome to high school ball, where they work the ball around for 60+ seconds (no shot clock lol) before turning it over or forcing a contested shot, or some low % gunner off the bench might throw up a 3 after one pass just because she's open. The better offensive systems at a school like ISU will bring out the best in her.
I wouldn't worry too much about high school games in general. The coaches see them play AAU ball all the time, and I assume most scholarship offers are based on what they see in AAU.
That said, Donarski and Ryan absolutely stood out in a major way when I watched streams of their regional/state tournament games, and I'd be lying if I said that happened in any of the three games yesterday. But we need to remember none of these three are seniors, and Donarski and Ryan were playing small-school competition.
Dike New Hartford team in 2A includes the Peyton and Jadyn Peterson. The younger twin daughters of UNI a volleyball Coach Peterson. Anyone know if they are receiving college interest. If I remember from last year Peyton was the better basketball player of the two.
Updated schedule of ISU WBB verbals and recruits at the IGHSAU state tournament:
3/2 5:00 PM -- Audi Crooks (2023 ISU recruit) Bishop Garrigan -- 1A quarter vs Burlington Notre Dame
3/3 10:00 AM -- Aili Tanke (2024 ISU verbal) Johnston -- 5A semi vs Pleasant Valley
3/3 10:00 AM -- Halle Vice (2023 ISU recruit) Pleasant Valley -- 5A semi vs Johnston
3/3 11:45 AM -- Sahara Williams (2023 ISU recruit) Waterloo West -- 5A semi vs WDM Valley
3/2 5:00 PM -- Audi Crooks (2023 ISU recruit) Bishop Garrigan -- 1A quarter vs Burlington Notre Dame
3/3 10:00 AM -- Aili Tanke (2024 ISU verbal) Johnston -- 5A semi vs Pleasant Valley
3/3 10:00 AM -- Halle Vice (2023 ISU recruit) Pleasant Valley -- 5A semi vs Johnston
3/3 11:45 AM -- Sahara Williams (2023 ISU recruit) Waterloo West -- 5A semi vs WDM Valley
Bumping the link for watching...
Bishop Garrigan blows Notre Dame out of the water. I believe Crooks ended up with about 38 points. Prob off 1 or 2.
Boxscore shows her with 32 points (15 of 18 with a couple of free throws).
Iowa State needs a dominant post player like Crooks to go against the likes of Baylor and Texas. Won't be surprised if she ends up at Iowa.
She's visited Iowa State dozens of times. I am unaware of any visits to Iowa. She needs to improve her post defense dramatically if she's going to go up against Baylor and Texas.
She doesn’t like physical play. Baylor and Texas would eat her up. Getting up and down the court will be a problem in ISUs offense. Iowa seems to have an offense that either takes off or walks it down, more to her liking. Plus, those players that were black and gold in HS seem to like to keep those colors.
If I remember correctly, your much smaller daughter had a successful defensive outing against Crooks by simply fronting her. You don’t seem excited to have her commit to ISU. Are you of the opinion she’s not a D1 level player?
You are correct mostly. My 5 3 daughter was moved to front her when her teams 6 footer got into foul trouble by end of the 1st. She scored 2-4 more points the rest of the way by with my daughter fronting her and getting physical. By mid third quarter, Crooks wasn't even looking for the ball since my daughter was pushing back hard into her (no way my daughter would be able to move her and she knew it) and Crooks wasn't even looking for the ball and spent most of the time using her forearm to push my daughter down and away from her. She was also complaining about the contact she was receiving.
Is she D1?........... Yes for non P6. As a P6, Yes as a project. There are several other weak points in her game that needs to be cleaned up and I don't want to make it look like I'm piling so I won't go into specifics. It also depends on the type of system she is in. A faster paced, 3 point type team like ISU, I don't see it. A more set offense and slower paced one more like our men run, yes, that would be more her style. The other part of my project statement is fairly obvious.
The big thing is, people are talking about her coming her and being that down low banger, that is not her game, she is not a physical player.
