Prospect Spotlight: Ben Carter (2018)
Baltimore City is known as being a hotbed for high school basketball talent. Chances are, you can’t have a conversation about this subject without including Lake Clifton High School’s program. Lake Clifton has produced plenty of professional basketball players including…
Access all of Prep Hoops
Continue reading this article and more.
Continue ReadingBaltimore City is known as being a hotbed for high school basketball talent. Chances are, you can’t have a conversation about this subject without including Lake Clifton High School’s program. Lake Clifton has produced plenty of professional basketball players including Will Barton (Denver Nuggets), Josh Selby (former NBA player now playing in Israel), Cleveland Melvin (Lebanon), and Thomas Jordan (Overseas from 1988-2003).
Sophomore Ben Carter hopes to one day be included on the list of professional basketball players who attended Lake Clifton. The 6’0″ guard is a key component to the Lakers’ success on both sides of the ball. Carter is averaging 11 points, five rebounds, and three assists for the Lakers who are currently 18-4 after winning their first-round game in the 2A regionals by defeating Eastern Technical High School 83-20. They’ll play Dunbar High School Tuesday at 5PM.
https://twitter.com/cartershoww/status/833108636759183361
Lake Clifton has plenty of options offensively, so scoring isn’t an issue. Prior to this season, Carter realized if he wanted to get his chance, it would have to be by becoming a lockdown defender for legendary head coach Herman “Tree” Harried.
“Coach Tree has helped me grow in so many ways just throwing adversity at me day by day and it has helped me a ton, Carter told PrepHoops. “He doesn’t sugar coat anything he told me in the beginning of the season I’m not going to play unless I play defense I wasn’t playing at all until I told myself he’s going to stand by what he’s says I have to be different and once I became a lockdown defender, I found myself never sitting and having amazing games since. He always was honest and that’s what help me most. Off the court he teaches me about life helping me understand their is a path you can take for your future only you can decide, me not having a father figure in my life he has most definitely took that role and treated me like of his own sons.”
Harried can be credited for many of the stars successfully making it out of Baltimore. Luckily for Carter, he will have another season of learning not only about basketball, but about becoming a man under Coach Harried’s wing.
Just because Carter isn’t a senior doesn’t mean his focus isn’t on prepping his game for collegiate style of play. He will lace up for BBC Cecil Kirk’s program this AAU season.
“I wanna focus on this summer my Athletic ability and also slowing the game down understanding the game at a college level,” Carter said. “Understanding when certain plays need to be done and when they don’t and also maturity becoming more of a leader.”
A big way Carter is preparing for college is in the classroom. He has set a great foundation for the remainder of his high school years with a 4.6 GPA.
This summer will be a big one for Carter in terms of bursting onto the scene and on the radar of countless college coaches.