Columbia Academy battled USN Wednesday night in an elimination game. Talent and skill was high. Strength was a given. The following players made a difference. Griffin Cooper 23 State 4 Pos 6'8" | PF | 2024 Columbia Academy | Team…
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Griffin Cooper
Griffin
Cooper
6'8" | PF
Columbia Academy | 2024
State
TN
felt few ripples of the basketball off his fingertips early in an elimination game. Fortunately for Columbia Academy, fate fixed that. Cooper collected a steal out high and punched home a dunk on the other end. On the next possession and errant offensive miss found his hands and he powered up, drawing a foul. Cooper was a difference maker, and the difference maker during a 9-2 Bulldog run to conclude the first quarter.
Collin France Collin France 6'4" | SF USN | 2023 State TN — USN
Collin France hits a crossover 3 on Jeremy Jackson. A next level pull-up. https://t.co/P1bhf1NGI5
— Prep Hoops Tennessee (@PrepHoopsTN) February 9, 2023
Clay Payne
Clay
Payne
6'6" | SF
USN | 2025
State
TN
— USN
The Footwork of a Ballerina! Clay used his pivot food like a Instructor. Amazing. Every step was purposeful and probing. Columbia Academy’s defense didn’t understand how to deter him from getting off layups in traffic.
Jeremy Jackson Jr. — Columbia Academy
Elite lead guard Jeremy Jackson played very smart, composed, strong in the opening half against USN. His speed and strength are such that he could burn his way into trouble areas, traps, or among trees and make a rash decision, but he did not. Jackson crafted slashes and drives with his top-level quickness and then ended with mature calculations, patient yet swift decisions. Jackson’s most undeniably effective decision came on a secondary break. He spotted backcourt pal
Gabe Davenport
Gabe
Davenport
6'0" | PG
Columbia Academy | 2025
State
TN
on the wing at the arc, surged fiercely ahead and handed it off while darting in between Davenport’s defender and Gabe himself. Three points please.
Hector Larsson — Webb-Bell Buckle
The Swede, Hector wrangled a couple of rebounds in the opening quarter, as Webb lacked offensive crispness, ensuring that Franklin Road Academy underdogs didn’t get any offensive momentum from extra bites of the apple.
Arnett Hayes
Arnett
Hayes
6'3" | PG
Webb Bell-Buckle | 2025
State
TN
— Webb-Bell Buckle
Arnett’s lightness on his feet was remarkable. Midway through the first quarter, Arnett euro-stepped around the initial defensive line at the arc, spun on a dime, and then flipped up an underhand left-handed layup. Insane talent mixed with a creative basketball brain.
Boyd Brown
Boyd
Brown
6'2" | SG
Franklin Road Academy | 2024
State
TN
— Franklin Road Academy
The lefty for FRA was fantastic in the competitive opening quarter. He created offense with his dribble. More than once he made a probing dribble, and then utilized his pivot expertly, swiveling around to open up opportunities for slashing teammates and expose seams in the defense. Brown has a chance to play beyond high school. Nice prospect. Good physical gifts.
Webb-Bell Buckle Roster
#0 Justin Burrows*
#2
Jax Howard
Jax
Howard
5'11" | PG
Webb-Bell Buckle | 2025
State
TN
*
#5
Arnett Hayes
Arnett
Hayes
6'3" | PG
Webb Bell-Buckle | 2025
State
TN
*
#13
Stephen Olowoniyi
Stephen
Olowoniyi
6'6" | PF
Victory Rock Prep | 2023
State
TN
*
#20
Taveon Comage
Taveon
Comage
6'2" | PG
Webb-Bell Buckle | 2024
State
TN
*
#1
Eli Brown
Eli
Brown
6'2" | PG
Webb Bell Buckle | 2026
State
TN
#30 Hector Larsson
#12 Joel Wyatt
#11 Noah Brown
#21 Tyrese Stovall
#4
Julian Whitsey
Julian
Whitsey
6'0" | PG
Webb-Bell Buckle | 2023
State
TN
#32 Trey Thomas
Franklin Road Academy Roster
#23 E.J. Jordan (2025) 19.9 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.1 apg, 2.2 spg, 3.7 topg
#10 B.J. Wesley (2024)
#4 Brown (2024)
#3 Tant (2023)
#11 Lance (2023) 5.1 ppg, 3.8rpg
#21 Tyner (2024)
Players
#1
#2
Andre McClellan
Andre
McClellan
6'1" | PG
Columbia Academy | 2024
State
TN
#21
Griffin Cooper
Griffin
Cooper
6'8" | PF
Columbia Academy | 2024
State
TN
#32 Jake Ballard
#33 Jeremy Jackson Jr.
#21
Mahoney Daunic
Mahoney
Daunic
6'1" | SG
USN (baseball) | 2024
State
TN
#22
Collin France
Collin
France
6'4" | SF
USN | 2023
State
TN
#24
Max Elliot
Max
Elliot
6'7" | SF
USN | 2023
State
TN
Payne