Midwest Showdown: Nate’s Friday Bests from Menasha

<p><strong>MENASHA, WI-- </strong>Which prospects and team units were the best I saw from Friday night at The Barn at Lake Park in Menasha? Take a look at the four bests I picked up on quickly after scouting the gym on Friday night in the Fox Valley.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Unit: </strong></span></p> <p><strong>The Lac 2024</strong></p> <p>Based on the games I got to watch on Friday night, I thought The Lac had the best depth when it came from top to bottom. You leaned about our 2025 guard standout <strong>Will Zimmerman</strong>, but the presence of <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1289043" first="Rocky" last="Barfknecht"] (2024), Rhett Hlavacka (2025), Travion Pate (2025), </strong>and other Fond Du Lac Cardinals prospects paint a really nice future picture for Fondy Hoops when you evaluate their future has they had a handful of prospects that were playing up a division.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Trio</span>: </strong></p> <p><strong>ABC Young Lions 2024 Teal</strong>,<strong> Darionn Saffold,</strong> <strong>Fabian Hurndon</strong>, and <strong>Carter Corbin</strong>.</p> <p>These three prospects stepped up at a high level from the first game on Friday night. <strong>Darrionn Saffold (Milwaukee King)</strong> put together the total package on the boards, his ability to score on multiple levels, etc. <strong>Carter Corbin (Kettle Moraine Lutheran) </strong>was a late-hitter from the outside and really saw his game start brewing in the second half to put the game away from ABC Young Lions 2024 Teal. <strong>Fabian Hurndon (Milwaukee Lutheran) </strong>showed off the jets from the speed column and showed off a quick slasher and scorer at the basket. These three young men were my favorite trio of prospects I got to watch on Friday night in Menasha.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Best Player I wanted to watch more this weekend:</strong></span></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1289125" first="Hayden" last="Quimby"], Wisconsin Blaze Inferno 2024</strong></p> <p>Hayden was a guard prospect I would have loved to watch more this weekend. We do our best to cover everybody, but I caught this kid very late after my last game of Friday night and the skillsets I saw him possess were outstanding to watch not just a big time outside scorer, but his ability to sweep passes quickly to his teammates and showing that quarterback-like precision to set them up for success, I wish I would have watched more out of him this weekend.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Best Next Level Player Right Now:</span></strong></p> <p><strong>Chan Malith, Minnesota Lace Up 16U Black</strong></p> <p>Which player showed the best skillsets most appealing to the next level? Based on my basketball scouting eyes, I would have to say <strong>Chan Malith</strong>, a 2024 prospect out of Rochester Century. Where did Chan show that next level ability? He showed the mobility to use his long body to stride inside with excellent balance to get to the hoop. His ability to disrupt the tempo on both sides of the court is what really resonated with me, as he berried Illinois Drive Elite 2024 very early possession after possession and with steals and with a very quick tempo to finish at the basket sealing an early victory in the last game I caught from Friday.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>