Recruiting Report: Craig Morrow (2018)
The best spot for a high school basketball player to shine is where they are comfortable, most likely with a team where they have great chemistry and friendships with the other players. The hope for 2018 PG Craig Morrow is…
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Continue ReadingThe best spot for a high school basketball player to shine is where they are comfortable, most likely with a team where they have great chemistry and friendships with the other players.
The hope for 2018 PG Craig Morrow is that he finds more success, and therefore exposure to college coaches, by transferring back to Head Coach Michael Glick and Gwynn Park (MD) from a short stint at Bishop McNamara (MD).
“I’m coming back to Gwynn Park to be around my friends because it’s a better environment for me, so I can focus more,” said Morrow.
2018 PG Craig Morrow (@OFFDARIPCJ) tells #PrepHoops he will be transferring back to Gwynn Park (MD) from Bishop Mcnamara (MD)
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A crucial part of the comfortable environment at Gwynn Park is Head Coach Glick who the point guard credits with providing great support.
“I think [it will help my exposure] because Coach Glick really looks out for us. He has gotten a lot of kids into D1 and D2 schools. He really has my best interests at heart,” said the 2018 player.
With no official offers so far and only a general D2 interest, it is the mission of Morrow to use strong summer season with the Metro Celtics to create a successful high school season and draw eyes.
“I’m doing really well [in the summer]. At first, I started off in a small slump, but the last Celtics game, I had some three pointers. It was great to have my shot finally falling again,” Morrow continued.
A large staple of his game is consistency and production from beyond the arc.
“I have a very high three point shooting percentage. I think it was around 47% during my freshman year. In AAU this season, I have actually shot it at over 50%,” said the point guard. “I really think my three-point shooting is very good and also my ability to find the open man. I like to find the big man. I like to just kick it out to shooters because we have a lot of great shooters on both of my teams.”
Morrow’s offense production comes from originally having the scoring guard role on teams until around ninth grade.
“I had been a shooting guard almost all of my life until I realized that I wasn’t going to be that tall. I realized I had to be more of a point guard than shooting guard. Now I watch point guards like Chris Paul, Tony Parker, and Steve Nash. I watch old film of them to see how they distribute the ball and mostly to see how they look for their teammates before they shoot,” he said.
These are definitely all great players for an up-and-coming point guard to idolize.
Despite the general D2 interest, Morrow sees the potential to “tighten up on [his] skills and get a little more ‘bouncy” in order to move up to D1.
“I think I need to tighten up on my defense and my cross-court passing.”