12 Courts of Christmas: First Half All-Stars

<p>The first six days of the 12 Courts of Christmas event is now in the books. Prep Hoops Missouri has put together an All-Star Starting Five of Missouri players through the halfway point of the 12 Courts of Christmas, which is being held at the HyVee Arena in Kansas City.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> [caption id="attachment_1353512" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/12/379905B2-DEFE-4B91-B70B-5BE0AF57C0A9.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1353512" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/12/379905B2-DEFE-4B91-B70B-5BE0AF57C0A9-300x251.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="251" /></a> Photo: Hardwood Events[/caption] <p>Isaia Howard 6’2” Plattsburg: The 2024 guard had a magnificent performance against Capital City last Saturday. He scored an event-high 40 points in an impressive display of offensive basketball from all three levels.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/3F563FD7-BEC9-48B6-9AD9-4707520F620D.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1224855" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/3F563FD7-BEC9-48B6-9AD9-4707520F620D-300x225.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="984951" first="Tony" last="Osburn"] 6’2” Mound City: The Mound City sharpshooter was on point in the Panthers victory over Golden City. He scored 31 points and made seven 3-pointers with each shot coming from between 25 and 30 feet.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/08/Darín-Conley.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1033227" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/08/Darín-Conley-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1170197" first="Darin" last="Conley"] 6’4 Pembroke Hill: The 2023 forward was dominant in Pembroke Hill’s victory over Des Moines North. “The Diesel” had 27 points, 15 rebounds and along with several swats and some rim-shaking dunks in what was a complete performance.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/95F47B34-5221-4045-96DE-F600B9AAEBFA.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1219706" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/95F47B34-5221-4045-96DE-F600B9AAEBFA-300x225.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><br /> [player_tooltip player_id="985422" first="Elijah" last="Whitley"] 6’2 Parkview: The 2022 Drury recruit scored a game-high 31 points against Ballard (IA) on Thursday. The athletic shooting guard was cooking from all three levels, including five from 3-point range.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/11/99A2B7C6-9240-4668-B551-EC641E3208BF.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1329482" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/11/99A2B7C6-9240-4668-B551-EC641E3208BF-300x225.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><br /> [player_tooltip player_id="1175035" first="Dayne" last="Herl"] 6’5 William Chrisman:  The athletic wing put in work at both ends of in the Bears victory over Waterloo East. He had 23 points, 10 rebounds and multiple blocks as he played with a motor that never stopped.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>