Weekly Five Games that Matter Most

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Each week @PrepHoopsTN will preview Five Games that Matter Most. These are the five in the final week of November.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center","level":3} --> <h3 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>West Creek</strong> (3-0) - <strong>Clarksville Academy</strong> (2-1)<br>Tuesday</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1241383' first='Eddie' last='Ricks III']</strong> and his Clarksville Academy Cougars earned the best win of the young season, a 60-55 victory over Lebanon High, and yet they are just 2-1. This West Creek contest is the Cougars only home game in November. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center","level":3} --> <h3 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Power Center Academy</strong> - <strong>Whitehaven</strong> (3-0)<br>Wednesday</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This might be the best Power Center Academy of all-time. Whitehaven's star [player_tooltip player_id='1213161' first='Julius' last='Thedford'] (23.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg) is destined to play college basketball someday. At 6-foot-4, Thedford is among the most explosive wings in Tennessee. Wildly athletic and naturally strong. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Whitehaven is a team filled with contributing freshmen: <strong>Dorion Bowen</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2172596' first='Marrius' last='Harris']</strong>, <strong>Jayden Thomas</strong>. William Carver (2024) plays baseball, basketball, and football.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center","level":3} --> <h3 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Oak Ridge</strong> (3-0) - <strong>Alcoa</strong> (5-1)<br>Thursday</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Oak Ridge is completely new and despite replacing five starters they are undefeated heading into December. The Tornado of Alcoa are just the team to disrupt that winning streak though. Alcoa's guard [player_tooltip player_id='1121414' first='Jahvin' last='Carter'] is an exceptional scorer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Oak Ridge Roster</span><br>Jaquez Thomas (2024)<br>Darren Osborn <br>Lucas Hammons<br>Shamar Greene (2025)<br>#3 Grayson Strader (2023) 6'5" 185<br>#11 Ray'Wuan Watson (2025) 5'6" 135<br>#14 Gavin Johnson (2025)<br>#20 [player_tooltip player_id='1303496' first='Brennen' last='Scott']* (2024)<br>#23 [player_tooltip player_id='1262129' first='Bryson' last='Comer'] (2023) 6'3" 190<br>Connor Cummings (2024) 5'11" 170 <br>Kaden Brightharp (2024)<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Week 1 Five Games</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prephoops.com/2022/11/prephoopstn-fall-combine-evaluations-part-v/">@PrepHoopsTN Fall Combine Evaluations: Part V | Prep Hoops</a> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center","level":3} --> <h3 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Rhea County</strong> - <strong>Howard</strong> <strong>School</strong><br>Friday</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rhea County is out to a 4-1 start. The Golden Eagles get 70.3% of their scoring from the junior class and that excludes Dupre Bryce who scored 13 points in his only basketball game played this year. Both Lenoir City and Chattanooga Central lost to Rhea County, making the schedule a little more reputable early.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Rhea County Roster</span><br>#12 Kaleb Martin (2024) 18.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.5 spg<br>#13 Dupre Bryce (2024) 13.0 ppg, 1 G<br>#3 Sean Norman (2024) 12.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 spg, 4.3 topg<br>#20 Caleb Carr (2025) 11.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.3 spg<br>#24 Zach Howard (2023)<br>#21 Keshawn Smith (2025)<br>#10 Sam Stumbo (2024)<br>#5 Hank Logsdon (2024)<br>#00 Braylon Greer (2025) <br>Michael Truax (2023)<br>#1 Landon Stewart (2025)<br>#2 Cooper Brackett (2025)<br>#25 Nasir Shields (2023)<br>#14 Alex Housley (2023)<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Howard School Roster</span><br>Jaylen Taylor (2024)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1180854' first='Aj' last='Hamler'] (2024)<br>Cam Bell (2023)<br>DJ Morris (2024)<br>Connor Shannon (2024)<br>Zyshun Jones (2026)<br>Camron James (2024)<br>Timothy Dews (2024)<br>#10 MyQuise Thomas (2024)<br>Kenyel Graham (2023)<br>#15 Larry Daniel (2026)<br>#23 JaToree Green (2026)<br>#24 Montanna Stepp (2025)<br>#30 Makhi Davis (2025)<br>#34 Eric Collier (2025) 6'2" 190</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"textAlign":"center","level":3} --> <h3 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Stone Memorial</strong> (5-0) - <strong>Knox Webb</strong> <br>Friday</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stone's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1211987' first='Cade' last='Capps']</strong> is a Mr. Basketball candidate in just his second season of high school basketball! Teammate <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1345229' first='Matthew' last='Bilbrey']</strong> is a strong, understated scorer. Knox Webb is coming off a loss to junior-laden William Blount High School. For Webb the team is deep, as always. Samford-signee<strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1029090' first='Lukas' last='Walls']</strong> enjoys plenty of help from [player_tooltip player_id='1289352' first='Drake' last='Ingram'] and freshmen <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz']</strong>, <strong>Cameron Swearengen</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2345574' first='Brayden' last='Hazelbaker']</strong>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One player to watch long-term is [player_tooltip player_id='1642603' first='Owen' last='Lentz'], a freshman for Knox Webb. Lentz earned Defensive MVP at our PrepHoopsTN Fall Combine along with All-Star Game inclusion.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->