Colorado Prep 89 Fort Erie Academy 82: Five Best

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colorado Prep knocked off Fort Erie Academy 89-82 Friday night at Minneapolis Henry High School as some national talents, and some international talents, took center stage.  Here is Five Best….</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1317570" first="Baye" last="Ndongo"] of Colorado Prep (6’8/6’9 2023).  Ndongo immediately won a quality spot in our national rankings backing up everything we had researched coming into this game.  He was never outworked.  He blocked shots at the rim moving to the perfect spot in post defense and Baye ran the floor to meet lay-up attempts at the cup, no matter who the player was. Ndongo turned players with his lateral steps and then fought to the angle to turn them the other way (at 6’9!).  He grabbed 18 rebounds winning every battle in his area and beating others to out of area boards.  Rim ran all game for his 19 points.  An all around hard working talent that any college in America - ANY SCHOOL - would love to have on their practice floor. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leonard Miller of Lake Erie Academy (6’10 2022).  There are 6’10 players who pretend they are wings and there are the occasional 6’10 talent that can actually score like guards/wings.  Miller is the second version.  He has a quick lefty release on his jumper that Miller made three times in this game.  Miller went at the rim to score the rest of his 35 and most of it was on the move scoring over Colorado length. Leonard’s ability to comfortably maneuver through the lane and score on balance is special as is his touch to finish over contesting length.  Great handles at his size and a scoring feel that lists in the special category.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1284470" first="Brock" last="Wisne"] of Colorado Prep (6’9 2022).  A frontcourt player that I believe will have a nice career at Northern Colorado.  He had a perfect game shooting for most of the contest until a late three rimmed out.  Wisne scored in the paint with the perfect timed pivots and his touch on the move beating the help to the release led to his 20 point game on 8 of 9 shooting.  Has a good base strength wise that should allow him to play early plus it looks like he can stretch the defense with a pick and pop touch.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ishan Sharma of Lake Erie Academy (6’4 2023/2024). Love the one dribble pull-up off a screen from Sharma, and he can hit that shot comfortably out to 25 feet it seems. Defenders had to be a couple steps above the arc to defend him and when that happened Miller had a ton of space to work.  Sharma’s deceptively long so his rim attacks included a couple extending finishes but it was the six triples for 26 points that’s the factor to take home.  There is an ease to him on the floor that likely calms everybody around him and when Ishan shoots it just has that “yep” feel every time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[player_tooltip player_id="1284491" first="Langston" last="Reynolds"] of Colorado Prep (6’4 2022).  After watching Reynolds play again it makes you wonder when the last time Northern Colorado had a player coming in that was THIS athletic and this explosive.  And it’s not just the bounce, this is a strong wing so he goes to the rim with a balance that’s hard to bother.  Friday night Reynolds scored in transition but in the halfcourt set his approach was ball movement.  Reynolds had seven assists making sure that the three bigs on his team - as well as the wing shooters late in the game - had the looks to put their opponents away.   </span></p>