Utah Stat Leaders: Assist Leaders
Bruce Williams
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<p>We have now passed the halfway point of the season, and many players have begun to make their mark as well as cases for postseason honors. While still a long way to go, we wanted to take this time to recognize some of the players putting together monster statistical seasons. In this article, we take a look at the assist leaders in the state. </p>
<p><a class="pn-player-link" href="https://prephoops.com/player/paora-winitana/"><span class="name-pointer">[player_tooltip player_id="933804" first="Paora" last="Winitana"]</span></a> <em>6’6 PG American Heritage 2021 (#36PHU 2021)</em> - Note to self, don’t miss a Winitana game. The versatile point forward has stuffed the stat sheet in nearly every category, that includes assist. Winitana has put up some big-time assist numbers including a 12 and 13 assist game, both coinciding with triple-doubles. </p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="755658" first="Grady" last="Thompson"] <em>6’2 CG Manti 2021 (#102PHU 2021)</em> - When Thompson gets on a roll, he can really rack up the assist. He’s averaging almost 7 assist per game, but he really went on a tear in the middle of the year, getting 48 assists over a 4 game stretch. </p>
<p><em>[player_tooltip player_id="934030" first="Quentin" last="Meza"] 5’11 PG Cyprus 2023 (#9PHU 2023)</em> <em>(featured image)</em> - The Qball is putting together a phenomenal season. In addition to his scoring, he’s averaging nearly 7 assist per game. The sophomore PG has had 4 double-digit games this season, including back-to-back 12 assist masterpieces over Farmington and Riverton respectively. </p>
<p><strong>Tanner Church</strong> <em>5’11 PG Brighthorn 2021</em> - Church has played right up to his nearly 6 assist per game. You can almost slot him down for exactly that every night. Church has picked up at least 5 assist in 12 of his 15 games on the season. </p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1057020" first="Jordan" last="Barnes"] <em>6’0 PG Olympus 2024 (#8PHU 2024)</em> - Saw Barnes this fall and was impressed by him. He has backed up his strong grassroots play with a strong start to his high school career. While he’s averaging just over 6apg, the freshmen PG has really been on a tear lately averaging over 8 assist per game in his last 10 games. </p>
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