Prospect Spotlight: Spencer Touro (2018)
We first saw Benton Community guard Spencer Touro play during the spring when he was lighting it up with the Iowa Mavericks in Des Moines. And he was again dazzling last weekend at the Norwalk Team Camp. The 5-foot-10…
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Continue ReadingWe first saw Benton Community guard Spencer Touro play during the spring when he was lighting it up with the Iowa Mavericks in Des Moines. And he was again dazzling last weekend at the Norwalk Team Camp.
The 5-foot-10 2018 is a slick ball-handler with the ability to create his own look, and is a precision shooter off-the-bounce — that’s hard to do.
After a nice sophomore season and a 16U season spent getting buckets with the Mavs, Touro has seen some very initial recruitment letters — in the form of camp invites — start to trickle in.
“I’ve got a couple camp invites but that’s about it. Central and a couple other colleges like that from around the area have invited me to camps,” he said. “For sure I want to play college basketball, and I’m hoping that if I have a great season — like I expect to this year — that the letters will start coming in after that.”
Always a skilled shooter, Touro says he worked relentlessly to improve his quickness and handle, and now has an ability to get his shot off whenever he feels.
“I’ve worked so hard over the last year to be able to create my own shots, and to not just rely on people setting me up for open jump shots. And I think I can now create shots for myself and get open by myself, and I’ve been knocking down those shots,” said Touro, who mentioned what he’s continuing to work on.
“I’m working on defending for sure, and getting rebounds. I’m working on getting to the rim and finishing there, which will come when I get stronger; so I’m in the weight room a lot.”
Touro had a strong sophomore season in which he averaged 10.9 points per game and connected on 43 percent of his 3-point tries. He also led the Bobcats in steals, swiping 1.9 per game.
Now, as he heads into his junior season, he says he will be looked upon as a leader, and his main role with be to simply score the ball.
“Last year I was a little nervous, I came up as a sophomore and I never really tried to dominate the games,” said Touro. “But this year I’m the leader of this team, and I think I’ll be one of our main scorers. I just want to lead this team in the right direction and score the ball.”