Phenom Summer Havoc Thursday Standouts

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Get 30% OFF payment on your first billing cycle with offer code: <em>VICTORTAYLOR30</em>, sign up </strong><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prephoops.com%2Fsubscribe&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cvitaylor%40davidson.edu%7C75c17a0f131541251ff408db56237738%7C35d8763cd2b14213b629f5df0af9e3c3%7C1%7C1%7C638198482777534339%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WLa4xG5C0zJMMgiDNX%2FklbM1lZLd5UKvsEUjLE0sp7Y%3D&amp;reserved=0"><strong>TODAY</strong></a><strong>! </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Live Period is back in action this week, and I finally got to get a front row seat to basketball in person again. I spent most of my day at the Phenom Summer Havoc event in Fort Mill, SC, with plenty of teams and players of interest getting after it. Here are a half dozen of my favorite players from Thursday's action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Quamir Ingram","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'3u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77244","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Wesleyan Christian","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Team Legend","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Ingram's team didn't complete the comeback in the game I watched, but he was so steady all game long willing his team back in it. 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