Weekly Five Games that Matter Most
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Each week @PrepHoopsTN will preview Five Games that Matter Most. These are the five in the final week of November. West Creek (3-0) – Clarksville Academy (2-1)Tuesday Eddie Ricks III Eddie Ricks III 6'9" | SF Clarksville Academy | 2023…
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Continue ReadingEach week @PrepHoopsTN will preview Five Games that Matter Most. These are the five in the final week of November.
West Creek (3-0) – Clarksville Academy (2-1)
Tuesday
Eddie Ricks III Eddie Ricks III 6'9" | SF Clarksville Academy | 2023 State #152 Nation TN 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.
Power Center Academy – Whitehaven (3-0)
Wednesday
This might be the best Power Center Academy of all-time. Whitehaven’s star Julius Thedford Julius Thedford 6'3" | SG Cordova | 2024 State #186 Nation TN (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.
Whitehaven is a team filled with contributing freshmen: Dorion Bowen, Marrius Harris Marrius Harris 6'0" | CG Whitehaven | 2026 State TN , Jayden Thomas. William Carver (2024) plays baseball, basketball, and football.
Oak Ridge (3-0) – Alcoa (5-1)
Thursday
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 Jahvin Carter Jahvin Carter 6'2" | PG Alcoa | 2024 State #214 Nation TN is an exceptional scorer.
Oak Ridge Roster
Jaquez Thomas (2024)
Darren Osborn
Lucas Hammons
Shamar Greene (2025)
#3 Grayson Strader (2023) 6’5″ 185
#11 Ray’Wuan Watson (2025) 5’6″ 135
#14 Gavin Johnson (2025)
#20
Brennen Scott
Brennen
Scott
6'1" | PG
Oak Ridge | 2024
TN
* (2024)
#23
Bryson Comer
Bryson
Comer
6'3" | SF
Oak Ridge | 2023
State
TN
(2023) 6’3″ 190
Connor Cummings (2024) 5’11” 170
Kaden Brightharp (2024)
Week 1 Five Games
Rhea County – Howard School
Friday
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.
Rhea County Roster
#12 Kaleb Martin (2024) 18.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.5 spg
#13 Dupre Bryce (2024) 13.0 ppg, 1 G
#3 Sean Norman (2024) 12.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 spg, 4.3 topg
#20 Caleb Carr (2025) 11.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.3 spg
#24 Zach Howard (2023)
#21 Keshawn Smith (2025)
#10 Sam Stumbo (2024)
#5 Hank Logsdon (2024)
#00 Braylon Greer (2025)
Michael Truax (2023)
#1 Landon Stewart (2025)
#2 Cooper Brackett (2025)
#25 Nasir Shields (2023)
#14 Alex Housley (2023)
Howard School Roster
Jaylen Taylor (2024)
Aj Hamler
Aj
Hamler
6'2" | SG
Howard | 2024
TN
(2024)
Cam Bell (2023)
DJ Morris (2024)
Connor Shannon (2024)
Zyshun Jones (2026)
Camron James (2024)
Timothy Dews (2024)
#10 MyQuise Thomas (2024)
Kenyel Graham (2023)
#15 Larry Daniel (2026)
#23 JaToree Green (2026)
#24 Montanna Stepp (2025)
#30 Makhi Davis (2025)
#34 Eric Collier (2025) 6’2″ 190
Stone Memorial (5-0) – Knox Webb
Friday
Stone’s Cade Capps Cade Capps 6'5" | SG Stone Memorial | 2025 State #210 Nation TN is a Mr. Basketball candidate in just his second season of high school basketball! Teammate Matthew Bilbrey Matthew Bilbrey 6'0" | PG Stone Memorial | 2023 State TN 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 Lukas Walls Lukas Walls 6'4" | SG Knoxville Webb | 2023 State TN enjoys plenty of help from Drake Ingram Drake Ingram 6'2" | PG Knoxville Webb | 2024 State TN and freshmen Owen Lentz Owen Lentz 6'0" | PG Knox Webb | 2026 State TN , Cameron Swearengen and Brayden Hazelbaker Brayden Hazelbaker 6'0" | PG Maryville | 2026 State TN .
One player to watch long-term is Owen Lentz Owen Lentz 6'0" | PG Knox Webb | 2026 State TN , a freshman for Knox Webb. Lentz earned Defensive MVP at our PrepHoopsTN Fall Combine along with All-Star Game inclusion.