Prep Hoops Live: Jack’s 15U Friday Night Elite

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prep Hoops Live kicked off last night with some highly anticipated matchups at the 15U level. In these games, there were many standout performers, here were the seven that stuck out most to me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1560807"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003e[player_tooltip player_id='1560807' first='Isaac' last='Olmstead'] turned in an incredible performance in the first game of the night. In a matchup of two of the best teams in the entire event, Isaac looked like the best player on the floor for most of the game, especially in crunch time. The 5'10” freshman handled the majority of the ball handling duties for Fury and was getting his teammates involved, but took over the game with his scoring. He was knocking down some extremely difficult shots off the dribble down the stretch to give Fury a late lead. It is very easy to compare his game to fellow Wayzata guard [player_tooltip player_id='1167554' first='Hayden' last='Tibbits'] with the way they can create shots for themselves despite lacking size. This was the first time I had seen Olmstead play in over a year and I was very impressed. 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I was seeing him score from all three levels and made it look effortless at times. Along with his strength, he is very athletic and used that to run in transition, bulldozing his way through smaller opponents on his way to the basket. He also showcased some impressive shot creating abilities off the dribble and his smooth shot from the perimeter. Fenderson looked comfortable stepping into his shots and knocking them down off the catch as well. 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He could get to the rim in a variety of ways, being able to go to work with his back to the basket, as well as get around his defender in half-court isolation scenarios using the dribble. He did almost all of his scoring a couple steps away from the basket, showing some great touch with floaters and pull-up mid-range jump shots. 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