Recruiting Report: Andrew Gibb (2019)
Without a doubt, St. Edmond 6-foot-2 shooting guard Andrew Gibb is one of the state’s best shooters. So when he injured his shooting hand during football this past fall, there was cause for concern.
But he made it back for the start of his junior season, and is averaging 21 points per game through the first seven. Suffice to say, he hasn’t missed a beat.
College coaches are starting to take notice of the talented sharpshooter.
“It’s (recruitment) picked up a little; I’ve gotten some letters from Briar Cliff, and I’ve talked to some coaches from Iowa Central a little bit more. And I’ve gotten plenty of form letters and stuff like that,” said Gibb.
“I do hope it picks up, but I’ve had a really good relationship with the coaches I’ve talked to, so I’m pretty happy with that, too.”
Gibb dislocated his thumb in his shooting hand three weeks into the football season, and he used that injury to improve areas of his hoops game.
“Honestly, I’m just happy to be back, I was out of commission for a while and I got cleared a day before our first game. But, it’s been going good and my shots been coming back,” said Gibb.
“Before that, I was working on a lot of ball-handling. And I was in a cast for a while, so I was working on a lot of left-handed stuff, and that’s helped me more.”
He added: “As a right handed guard, a lot of times I was being forced to the left, and now I feel comfortable going left or right or wherever. I was trying to make the best out of (my injury), and I think I did.”
And with the majority of his junior season ahead of him, Gibb isn’t so much focused on his stats, or 50-50-90’ing again like he did as a sophomore, but just winning.
“I’m obviously really proud of what I did last year, and if it happened this year that’d great, but I won’t be mad if it doesn’t,” said Gibb.
“When I look back to last year, I don’t really think about the stats, I look at it as we got knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. So, my concern is getting farther, and hopefully making it down to Wells Fargo (Arena).”