Recruiting report: Dwayne Morton (2016)
Waynesville’s Dwayne Morton has come a long way over the course of his high school career. A 6-foot senior point guard, Waynesville head coach Chris Pilz said Morton opened his high school career as the ninth man on the freshman…
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Continue ReadingWaynesville’s Dwayne Morton has come a long way over the course of his high school career.
A 6-foot senior point guard, Waynesville head coach Chris Pilz said Morton opened his high school career as the ninth man on the freshman team. The next year he earned a spot on the Tigers’ junior varsity, and last year, after mostly playing on the JV, he earned some valuable playing time on the varsity late in the season.
“He came up the last five games and really helped us last year,” Pilz said. “He started every game this year. He is a good student and good person and he matured an awful lot as a senior and really, I think our guys the last couple of weeks have grown a lot and he is one of those guys that has really matured the last couple of weeks.
“He is a guy that can really shoot the ball and is trying to get better at other aspects of the game, but is a good player.”
Morton currently doesn’t hold any offers, but the senior said he hasn’t thought that far ahead just yet. He is crafty with the basketball and has earned a reputation as one of the top outside shooters in the Ozark Conference.
“I like to work on my shot, that’s what coach wants me to do,” Morton said. “I try to work on my ball handling a lot, that is what I need to work on the most — triple threat positions, passing the ball and getting the guys the ball at the right time. One of the main things that I need to work on is timing and change of pace, I think that is really important to my game.
“I try to bring intensity, energy to my teammates and my shot,” Morton said. “My dribbling and my shooting have really improved. I have hit a lot more 3’s this year than I did last year.”
Morton spent last spring/summer playing with KC Premier, and said the experience has helped improve his game.
“It has brought my confidence up a lot,” he said. “AAU is a lot faster and when I come out here and play — an Ozark Conference game is a lot slower and I feel like I can take my man more. AAU is a lot more competition and I feel like when I get out here, the (players) aren’t as good as the ones that I play against throughout the summer so I have a lot more confidence.”