Les Schwab Invitational: 2021 Stock Risers

<p>The Class of 2021 is pretty star studded in Oregon and most all of the top-ranked players played as well as you would expect at this year's Les Schwab Invitational. The depth of the junior class is solid though and a number of currently lower-ranked and unranked prospects also made an impression this past weekend. Here's a look at some of the top stock risers from that group.</p> <p><strong>Riley Scanlan (2021 Wilsonville)</strong> - <em>Current Rank: #71</em></p> <p>Scanlan doesn't get a lot of opportunities on the offensive end due to the three seniors on the team getting most of the shots but you can tell he's a straight up bucket getter. At the tournament the times he did get the ball he made the most out fo them. Scanlan used his lanky frame to burst to the hoop and had the sneaky athleticism to finish around the rim. Had he shot a little better from the free throw line (.385) he would have had more points but overall he was very efficient from the field (.727).</p> <p><strong>Hunter Chubb (2021 Crater)</strong> - <em>Current Rank: #74</em></p> <p>Don't let his boyish looks fool you - Chubb is a straight up "killer". The 6-foot-1 guard has a toughness underneath his young looks and it exudes from him on the basketball floor. Chubb's reputation has been shooting the three ball and he can definitely drop daggers as good as anyone in the class. But the junior also showed that he could create off the dribble and finish at the hoop with sneaky athleticism - on one fast break he rose up and finished off an alley-oop, which according to him wasn't even the first dunk he's had this season. He ended up third on the team in scoring (9.8 ppg) after Nathan Bittle and Kruger Edwards.</p> <p><strong>Liam Ruttledge (2021 Jesuit)</strong> - <em>Current Rank: #76</em></p> <p>Ruttledge can straight out shoot the rock. The 6-foot-3 lefty specializes in stepping out and hitting the corner three on the catch and shoot, but also showed the ability to knock down shots on other parts of the floor. He can also put the ball on the floor a bit and create off of the bounce. One of the biggest things with Ruttledge is that he is fearless. In Jesuit's first game against famed Mater Dei, the junior stepped right up and nailed four treys on his way to a team-high 18 points. Ruttledge had already made an impression on us in the regular season games we watched going to the LSI but his play at Liberty HS certainly enforced our perceptions.</p> <p><strong>James Lang (2021 Jesuit)</strong> - <em>Currently Unranked</em></p> <p>Lang can also shoot the long ball but he's more of a scorer than a straight shooter. The 6-foot guard has a crafty dribble that helps him create space and then he has a soft touch on his pull-up jumper. Similar to his classmate Ruttledge, Lang is also not afraid to drive in the lane and throw his winnowy frame up against bigger bodies and creatively finish around the hoop.  Currently unranked, don't look for that to be the case anymore in the next update.</p> <p><strong>Ryan Lewis (2021 Clackamas)</strong> - <em>Currently Unranked</em></p> <p>Just take one look at Lewis and you can see toughness. The 6-foot-3 wing/forward plays hard and on the offense end really goes after it on the offensive glass. His scrappiness helped lead to several second-chance opportunities for the Cavs during the tournament. Lewis' outside jumper wasn't really falling but you can tell he has a solid stroke. With a bit more refinement it wouldn't be hard to see him as a potential small college player.</p>