Breakout Performance: Tanner Morris (2022)
4.8 seconds remained on the clock as the Shawnee Wolves came out of their huddle. Set to inbound, Tanner Morris sets a flare screen for a teammate. The pass wasn’t there. He pops out for a catch, crosses over to…
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Continue Reading4.8 seconds remained on the clock as the Shawnee Wolves came out of their huddle. Set to inbound, Tanner Morris sets a flare screen for a teammate. The pass wasn’t there. He pops out for a catch, crosses over to his right, plants and wraps the ball behind his back. Morris sets his feet and squares his shoulders. BANG. With a quick turn and shrug of his shoulders, Morris heads back to the locker room 4 for 5 on the half from deep, and those shots could not have been any more important.
Tanner Morris’s big buzzer beater at the half!#PrepHoops | @JoshuaRCleary pic.twitter.com/6FOhY6UcIG
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The well-built, 6’1 guard possessed a mentality throughout the game no one on the court would be able to stop him from putting the ball in the basket.
Morris does not have an NBA player he looks strictly to when it comes to the way he plays.
“I don’t really have a specific player that sticks out to me,” said Morris. “I just try to watch certain situations and add moves to my skill set.”
It was obvious the game moved smoothly and made sense to Morris. He made the right decisions, not forcing risky passes or trying to do too much.
“I like to slow the game down and make the right play, I don’t like forcing shots,” said Morris. “If I don’t have an open shot, I like to see where the defense is playing and what I can create or how I can set my teammates up to score.”
When things started to slow down and Shawnee’s offense wasn’t producing the way it had at the beginning of the game, Morris stayed strong and kept his team focused.
“I gotta stay focused on the things I can control like my attitude and effort,” said Morris. “I’ll just keep putting in that extra work every single day.”
As only a sophomore, Morris’ future level is unclear, but there will definitely be a place for him to compete at the next level.