Recruiting Report: Steven Crowl (2020)
Six-foot-10 Eastview center Steven Crowl took another step forward this winter leading his team to the Class AAAA State Tournament this winter plus he added his first pair of division one scholarship offers over the winter. The Lightning won 19…
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Continue ReadingSix-foot-10 Eastview center Steven Crowl took another step forward this winter leading his team to the Class AAAA State Tournament this winter plus he added his first pair of division one scholarship offers over the winter.
The Lightning won 19 games this winter with Crowl averaging just under 20 points a game shooting over 57 percent from the floor on his 14 field goal attempts a contest. Crowl also made an excellent 83 percent of his foul shots and 31 percent of the three three-pointers he took a contest. Add in 8.2 boards and two blocks a contest and Crowl had a great junior year.
“This season was a great success for us making the state tournament obviously,” Crowl explained. “I think we have a lot more to do. I think next year we will be able to advance even further at state.
“I think next year we need to grow more as a team. Become more aggressive. I think against East Ridge we were on our toes a bit too much letting them get what they wanted. We have to grow overall as a team.”
Eastview Head Coach Paul Goetz is very excited about the ways that Crowl has expanded his game the past 4-5 months.
“We rely on Steven so much,” Goetz said. “He does a good job of – you know he is a great passer as it’s probably his best skill.
“That’s tough to say because he is great at scoring inside. No team plays Steven one on one. Everybody throws a double at us. We are playing teams with guys that are whatever ranked in the country on their team, and they send a double at Steven with their big guy trying to stop him.
“The guy has a little bit of edge to him. When we take him out it’s tough as he’s sucking gas water out there at times so it’s such a fine line. Sometimes we have to let him roll and hope for some whistles. Steven is just a really good player. He is so far under the radar it’s unbelievable.”
One thing that separates Crowl is his fantastic footwork moving around ball screens on the perimeter.
“He’s got great footwork on ball screen. We run a bunch of different stuff ball screen wise and he is great. He’s smart, has a high IQ as a basketball player and around the rim he can block shots. When he’s fresh he is a lot better defensively (said with a laugh).
“Steven is just an imposing figure out there. I’m really proud of him. He battles and grinds through being tired as he never asks to come out. You have to pull him out to save him. His footwork offensively and defensively is just incredible.”
“I think I have become a lot better with my three-point shot and my footwork. Being able to go left and right. Last year I was mostly all right but this year I am going more left. I will continue to work on that. That and my three point shooting.”
Crowl was offered by Northern Iowa and since we talked to Steven he was also offered by South Dakota (just after the state tournament.).
“It was great to get that first offer,” Crowl said about the UNI extension. “That’s what you dream for as a kid. To play college basketball. I thank UNI for giving me that chance.
“I really like the coaches at UNI and I really liked the campus when I was down there. It will be one of my top options.”
There are several other programs in contact as well.
“I’ver head from Colorado State, Utah State, South Dakota, Milwaukee, and other schools like that,” Crowl finished.