Ny2La Spring Extravaganza: Top 10 Stock Raisers & Saturday Results
PHD teams at the NY2LA Spring Extravaganza: What ten players stood out? What teams found a winning formula? What teams are still alive? PHD catches you up, Now! Team of the Weekend: That would be the ECI Prospect 16U squad. …
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Team of the Weekend: That would be the ECI Prospect 16U squad. This is a team that made the final four last weekend in St. Cloud but lost to a couple good squads. This weekend they have yet to lose. The three game run of wins started with a one basket victory over the Wisconsin Jets (49-47) followed by a hammering of the Wisconsin Playmakers second team and an elite eight win over the top WOTN squad that actually beat ECI last weekend. ECI got big revenge on them 54-32 and Minnesota Heat Reese (a semi-finalist last weekend) this afternoon in the final four.
Staying Alive: First off the Dakota Schooler 17U team has one more game in the NY2LA league play which is separate from tournament play. They are 1-2 beating the top Playmaker club, losing by seven to the Colorado Titans, and losing on the final play by one to Kessel Heat (IL) in the opener. They look to even the weekend up when they face Omaha Elite this afternoon.
ECI Prospects are still alive in 17U after a couple of bad losses to start the event they found their stride beating Meanstreets Select (IL) last night so they faced Rising Stars (IL) at the time of this article’s print….In 15U action both the Dakota Schoolers and ND Phenom top 15U squads are competing on the left side of the bracket today.
At 16U ECI’s top team is in the final four (like we mentioned above). They aren’t alone in still playing. The Dakota Schoolers 16U squad is in the consolation final four (called the Gold half) of the top bracket today and in the silver bracket the ECI Sussenguth 16U team plays the top Dakota Phenom 16U squad in the first Dakota vs Dakota match-up of the year. This one is extra juicy because it’s rival North Dakota squads. The Phenom has the pressure as it is their top team playing…
17U Home Bound: Of the three teams done it was Dakota Phenom that got the tough draw against Minnesota Heat Bui. With Aanen Moody home with the flu the red and black of the Phenom was beaten soundly in round one by the red and black of the Heat. The Phenom bounced back to defeat the Wisconsin Blizzard but were sent home 1-2 losing to RWA.
South Dakota Attack (who has three Iowa guards) had a really nice showing in Minneapolis making the elite eight. They grabbed wins over top teams from Real Athletics (MN) and the Wisconsin Jets plus handily defeated the third team of Minnesota Select. All three of those wins were in running time at one point. They would lose to Minnesota Heat Vang (the team that beat the top ECI top team by 30 on Friday) 47-41. Attack dug a 15 point hole before coming back within a point last night only to fall on a late trey.
D-17s was a surprise to us as they are a Fargo based team (nearly all players are from Fargo Davies HS) playing Grassroots competition this year. With Tyrell Setness, Matt Veit, Jaden Klabo, and 6-6 Jake Paper on the roster we need to make a point to try and see them soon. How is this team doing? They beat up the Minnesota Comets third team which has a pair of scholarship talents on the roster and then defeated a team of graduated Minnesota high school players at the buzzer before losing to the Devin Harris All Stars (Wisconsin) by 20.
Top Ten Performers
- This only includes the 17U players we saw on Saturday and it’s in ABC order. These are ten guys who performed very well in front of the college coaches in attendance. These are your stock raisers.
- Matt Cartwright (SD Attack/SF O’Gorman, 6-5, SG). Cartwright had Augustana and Sioux Falls watching his every move this weekend and he didn’t disappoint. What we took away from his weekend was the several baskets he made off the dribble. Everyone knows he can hit with his feet set but the tall guard was able to create space with a dribble combined with a physical shoulder to bump his defender off and then square up to touch the ball in from just about every mid-range spot on the floor.
- Wyatt Carr (ND Phenom/Hazen, 6-4, SF). Wyatt has become a feet set shooting three man at this level who has definitely improved his one dribble attack game into a finish on the move or a pull-up. Also has the strength to reound with bigger players. Was able to score some around the rim staying on balance and powering up.
- JP Costello (SD Attack/SF O’Gorman, 6-6, PF). Coaches loved his fight rebounding out of his area, rebounding with two hands in traffic, and always fighting for position. At 6-foot-6 Costello is a blue collar four man that often is a bit shorter than his guy so he has to fight every play and JP did that all weekend leading his team in boards (seven a game) all the way to the elite eight.
- Zach Dahlen (ECI Prospects/Devils Lake, 6-3, SG). Dahlen was on fire against Meanstreets knocking out three early treys and making five in the game plus a couple other jumpers to bring ECI their first weekend win. Dahlen’s touch at the arc was shown with feet set and catching kickouts or reversals and the late rotating defense wasn’t able to closeout in a way to bother him from having one of the best shooting games of the weekend.
- Trevor Hanson (Schoolers/Sioux Valley, 6-7, C). When Hanson dips his shoulder into a guy on balance to get space he is going to finish in the paint because his touch is so soft that it finishes at about a 70 percent clip inside. Trevor scored five field goals against the Playmakers and the 2018 center was too difficult for his opponents to move. Strong base, good footwork, soft touch. =
- KyJuan Johnson (Phenom/Minot, 6-1, PG). KyJuan went against Chicago athletes Saturday night and put up 26 points including four treys and a late four point play. When the ball pressure athletes came at Johnson he answered with an intense fight and that competitive battle will stay with everyone that watched.
- Mason Larson (Schoolers/Langford, 6-6, SF). Mason is every bit of a small forward prospect. Yes he can play in the frontcourt but his impact as a three man attacking to pull-up, hitting with feet set at the arc, and attacking to finish using his physical frame grabbed the attention of all coaches. Mason is a 2018 playing up but you would never know it based on his frame and matured play. Definitely a stock raiser this weekend and one of the best in South Dakota’s top 2018 crop.
- Siman Sem (ECI/Fargo North, 6-3, G). To be 100 percent honest Siman has had a lot of trouble this spring leading up until last night’s game. His struggles early in the year were tough on him which is why he showed so much emotion taking a big charge late against Meanstreets. Siman also knocked out four treys and he pushed the ball for several transition scores and this is the prospect that many coaches came to see this weekend.
- Austin Slaughter (6-6/GFRR, 6-6, SF). Austin is a prospect that coaches really like right now because he does some of everything. What did we see him do? Let’s do a quick list: played the back-up PG role to Johnson well, pushed in transition successfully several times, hit one jumper a game from range, rebounded well above the pack with two hands and a quick bounce, one of his best rebounding stretch of games ever, finished on balance and above contesting hands, guarded four different positions. Nice to see him getting to use his versatility this year as opposed to watching him play the post last Grassroots season
- Jack Talley (Schoolers/SF Washington, 6-5, SF). Talley made an impact on the NSIC schools watching with his rebounding and effort in a win against the Playmakers. Without Talley’s nine board grab the Schoolers may not have had the possessions needed to get the close win. Jack’s rebounding battle in traffic and quick bounce to balls out of his area as well as second chance quick bounce made a key impact (scored four field goals too). What was telling was that Jack didn’t have his best shooting day so he found other ways to impact.