Justin Carpenter Video
Mt. Carmel senior Justin Carpenter is one of the state’s top power forwards in the 2017 class. The 6’7” four man runs the floor well, is an effective pick and pop shooter, rebounds, and is a skilled scorer on the block. We recently saw Carpenter win a regional championship. In the second half he started to get things rolling offensively. Baseline spin opened things up. He had a monster dunk that got the crowd into and kind of made it clear that there wasn’t going to be an upset. That dunk picked up his energy level and he closed the third quarter with a sick step back three. Moves well laterally on defense and will be able to defend in a ball screen at the next level. Rebounds well on both ends of the floor.
We caught up with him after to discuss the win, his season, and future at SEMO.