Indiana Freshman Showcase: Team 12 Evaluations

Prep Hoops Indiana hosted our annual Freshman Showcase on Saturday featuring over 150 of the best prospects in the Class of 2025. This was a great opportunity to see a bunch of guys as they head into their first season of high school basketball. Here, we take a look and evaluate the players that make up Team 12.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297103" first="Qualyn" last="Clopton"] - 6’2" Guard - Fort Wayne Snider Clopton is a quick guard who had a fairly quiet day on Saturday, but he did show a couple bright spots during the day. He is a good spot-up shooter off of the catch and shoot, and he has good moves around the rim. He is silky smooth with good touch, so it makes him a tough player to stop. I would have liked to see him be a little more aggressive, but this should come as he plays more at the high school level. Snider has a good recent history of good guard play, and Clopton could be the next one on the list.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297083" first="Lebron" last="Gough"] - 6’0" Guard - Indianapolis Cathedral Gough is a tough, physical guard who may have had one of the best performances that I saw on Saturday. Driving the ball, he has a strong first step, good ball-handling skills, some very smooth finishing moves, and great touch around the rim. Gough also shot the ball very well. He is insanely quick, and he can stop on a dime for his pull-up jumper. He is a flashy player who plays with a swagger about him. Look for Gough to have a chance to make an immediate impact for this talented Cathedral ball club this year.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297087" first="Marshawnn" last="Henderson"] - 5’8" Guard - North Central Henderson is a smaller, southpaw guard who is always looking to push it up the floor and attack the rim. He leads the fastbreak very well and can finish through contact or dish to the open man. If the defense sags off, he does have the ability to knock shots down from the outside as he hit three of them in the two games that I saw. Overall, it was a good performance from Henderson.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297006" first="Colten" last="Hopf"] - 6’0" Guard - Heritage Hills Hopf is a guard with good size who really shot the ball well all day. He is a fundamental player with a good shooting stroke. Colten also showed a nice little finger roll finish and other good moves around the rim. He is going to be a key player for the young Heritage Hills squad in the coming years.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297034" first="Hudson" last="Horvath"] - 5’11" Guard - North Central Horvath is a guard who hustles for nearly every minute he is on the floor. He is nearly impossible to stop when he gets hot because his confidence just continues to soar. In the final game of the day, Horvath scored 13 and was lights out from the field. He has a nice little pull-up jumper and a good floater in the lane as well. I would have liked to see more consistency throughout the day, but it was an overall good performance.   [player_tooltip player_id="1296971" first="Albren" last="Johnson"] - 6’5" Post - Indianapolis Cathedral Johnson is a powerful post player inside who uses his big body on the inside. He threw down some powerful dunks on the inside, but he struggled a little bit with his footwork and control at times. He is going to need to improve his ball-handling and touch around the rim if he is going to play at a high level at Cathedral in the years to come.   [player_tooltip player_id="1296996" first="Carter" last="Kent"] - 5’8" Guard - Jennings County Kent is an undersized guard, but he may have been one of the best shooters of the entire showcase. He had one off-game, but in his first game and final game of the day, he scored 12 and 22 points in 16 minutes each. When he sets his feet, he is basically lights out and guaranteed to make it, especially off the catch and shoot. Kent should be an immediate difference-maker for Jennings County this year, and he is going to be a freshman to watch with his outstanding shooting ability.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297020" first="Dominique" last="Murphy Jr."] - 6’4" Wing - East Chicago Central Murphy is a strong, physical big man who uses his strength to dominate the post. He has aggressiveness in the paint that allows him to attack the glass with authority. He is a strong finisher with good touch on the inside, and his rebounding led to a couple of easy buckets throughout the day. On the defensive end, Murphy protected the paint very well. He has the potential to be one of The Region’s top big men in a couple of years.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297078" first="Lamonte" last="Owens"] - 6’2" Guard - Richmond Owens is a strong and lanky guard with a ton of athleticism. On the defensive end of the floor, he seems to always go for the shot block which can sometimes lead to overhelping, but he did come up with several strong blocks. Even with his athleticism, he needs to be much more physical with the ball in his hands. This will improve as he gains experience, but it is something to keep an eye on in years to come.   [player_tooltip player_id="1297096" first="MJ" last="Turner"] - 5’9" Guard - Ben Davis Turner is a smaller guard who has very good ball skills. He has a strong crossover and showed off a nice finger roll finish around the rim. On the defensive end of the floor, he played very good hands-on defense and came up with several deflections to keep the offense off balance.