The Tennessee Tigers 16u Spend Sunday in Hoover

HOOVER, AL-

Tennessee Tigers is a solid AAU staple of a program, based in Franklin, Tennessee. For years Head Coach Chip Smith has assembled hard-working, humble, high character players to compete primarily in the Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama area. This summer is no different.

Sunday, April 16th, the Tigers faced a solid Alabama-based program Pro One, not to be confused with the off-shoot Pro One TN, in Hoover, Alabama just after noon.

Gunnar Lewis Gunnar Lewis 5'11" | PG C.P.A. | 2025 State TN sent a sharp backdoor pass to his teammate, and the ensuing yaup was rather easy. Of all of the Tigers, Gunnar was the best in the first half. He sped his way to the danger zones and consistently kicked to open shooters. Unfortunately for the Tigers shots outside shots missed consistently in the first three quarters. Gunnar missed his first three-pointer from the wing.

Malcolm Ashley Malcolm Ashley 6'5" | SF Oakland | 2025 State TN took three shots to zero in on his target. Though he missed first two three-pointers he did hit his third. Ashley did not rebound as hungrily as he should in the second quarter. For a team that can be exploited in the rebounding battles, Ashley will be needed desperately in that capacity.

Caiden Bauldwin Caiden Bauldwin 6'4" | SG Chattanooga Christian | 2025 State TN (pictured above) played with a high motor, impressively so. Bauldwin is a delightfully attractive college prospect because he dribbles smoothly at 6-foot-5 with clean hips.

Now 35-26 Pro One. Caiden Bauldwin Caiden Bauldwin 6'4" | SG Chattanooga Christian | 2025 State TN is active. Rodney Henderson Rodney Henderson 6'0" | PG Tyner Academy | 2025 State TN is warming up to the game. He was poor early, mostly just looked kind of groggy, to be honest. Caiden Bauldwin Caiden Bauldwin 6'4" | SG Chattanooga Christian | 2025 State TN back to FT line…again.

39-28 now.

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Rodney Henderson Rodney Henderson 6'0" | PG Tyner Academy | 2025 State TN had a tough morning against Pro One (AL). He shot a low-percentage three-pointer from range and then, despite hitting the defender with a really sharp crossover dribbled into a thicket of arms and lost the ball. His play was just not crisp, as he is known to be. Later in the first half, Rodney made his best play of the game. He jumped the passing lane out on the wing and spurted up the floor to finish elegantly with the finger roll and-1. Rodney’s smoothness taking the ball to the basket in the open floor are a consistent feature of his game. Unfortunately, he was unable to demonstrated his halfcourt prowess in the opening minutes.

Late in the first half Rodney did finish a challenged layup in the lane, which his team just could not do earlier. Henderson’s mid-air agility is pretty solid though Pro One is a very tall team.

Rodney caught an outlet pass in the fourth quarter and quickly turned it into two points. Again, Henderson’s game was very good in the open floor. Still want to see more of his strength thriving in halfcourt attacks.