Under the Radar Players – Columbus Week 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This week I went out to three games. On Tuesday, November 29th I went to Olentangy Orange as I watched the Pioneers pick up a 68-46 win over St. Charles Prep. Then I was in Dublin on Friday and Saturday. I caught Dublin Jerome beating Thomas Worthington 52-38 on Friday and then Dublin Coffman get its first win of the season over Northland 68-47 on Saturday night. This article will cover the under-the-radar players I saw this week in Columbus. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1090153"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":1681825,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003ca href=u0022https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/12/Luke-Khulman-Dj-1-scaled.jpgu0022u003eu003cimg class=u0022size-medium wp-image-1681825 alignleftu0022 src=u0022https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/12/Luke-Khulman-Dj-1-300x200.jpgu0022 alt=u0022u0022 width=u0022300u0022 height=u0022200u0022 /u003eu003c/au003eKuhlman was the most consistent player all night against Thomas Worthington. He did a very good job of starting off the night attacking the basket and getting points near the rim then started to show off his shooting ability as the game went on. He hit a three-point buzzer-beater going into half that gave Jerome a ton of momentum. He ended up hitting some threes in the second half. 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He never seems uncomfortable or to be sped up. Plays at the same smooth pace all game on Friday against Dublin Jerome. I wish he was more aggressive because when he was good things happened. He has a nice jumper and showed great footwork in the post. 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He is super tall with ultra-long arms. He is a pretty coordinated skinny big that moves well. He was a presence in the post all night long as he had multiple blocks abasing Jerome and he was seen playing volleyball around the rim a couple of times leading to put-back points. 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He accepted the challenge of guarding [player_tooltip player_id='1571121' first='King' last='Kendrick'] and he was face-guarding and applied great pressure all game him. He also did a really good job of breaking Northland's full-court press. He found open guys all night long and lead the Shamrocks' offense to a dominant 68-47 win.","_player_evaluations_3_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_4_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_4_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_4_player_details_selected_featured_image":1681837,"_player_evaluations_4_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_4_player_details_player_name":"Issac Wiley","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_4_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_4_player_details_height":"5'10u0022","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_4_player_details_position":"77248","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_4_player_details_school":"St. Charles Prep","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_4_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_4_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_4_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_4_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"u003ca href=u0022https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/12/Issac-Wiley-SCP-scaled.jpgu0022u003eu003cimg class=u0022size-medium wp-image-1681837 alignleftu0022 src=u0022https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2022/12/Issac-Wiley-SCP.jpgu0022 alt=u0022u0022 width=u0022300u0022 height=u0022208u0022 /u003eu003c/au003eI liked what I saw from Wiley Tuesday night. He was one of the very few guards that seemed comfortable with the defensive pressure that Orange applied. This sophomore has a super quick jumper. Knocked down multiple threes. He is a skinny guard but has some thicker legs so I expect his upper body will catch up in the future. Wiley is a nice player that I think will be a name for St. Charles Prep in his next two years.","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_5_player":["1462512"],"_player_evaluations_5_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"Nieves showed flashes of being a very nice guard. Long and skinny off-ball guard that attacks his spots well. He has a good mid-range pull-up game. He elevates very high on his jump shot. Nice jumper. 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