1A State Champ Contender Series: Chattanooga Prep
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PICTURED: Eli Gaines Eli Gaines 6'1" | SG Chattanooga Prep | 2025 State TN . The Prep Hoops staff is taking a closer look inside Tennessee high school basketball programs, as they enter December. Our next team feature is Chattanooga…
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Continue ReadingPICTURED: Eli Gaines Eli Gaines 6'1" | SG Chattanooga Prep | 2025 State TN .
The Prep Hoops staff is taking a closer look inside Tennessee high school basketball programs, as they enter December. Our next team feature is Chattanooga Prep.
Head Coach: Christian Collins
Chattanooga Prep Postseason Stats
State Tournament Record: 1-1
State Tournament Appearances (1): 2023
Finals Appearances/Runners-up (0):
State Championships (0):
2022-2023 Record: 28-9
Chattanooga Prep is a relatively new school, which opened in 2018 with 60 sixth-graders. Last season Chattanooga Prep advanced to the State Tournament! Are they capable of returning? Take a look at the composition of the 2023-2024 iteration.
Chattanooga Prep Starters
#2
De’Andre Turnbow
De’Andre
Turnbow
5'11" | PG
Chattanooga Prep | 2026
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TN
* (2026)
#11 Jaydan Parker* (2025)
#15
Eli Gaines
Eli
Gaines
6'1" | SG
Chattanooga Prep | 2025
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TN
* (2025)
#24 Kyrell Randolph* (2025)
#30
Derrick Roberson
Derrick
Roberson
6'6" | SG
Chattanooga Prep | 2026
State
TN
* (2026)
In the last year Derrick Roberson Derrick Roberson 6'6" | SG Chattanooga Prep | 2026 State TN grew a couple of inches to an imposing 6-foot-6. The athlete was already a tremendous basketball player before the growth spurt. Roberson can still guard opposing guards and ball-handlers, which is a tremendous asset for the team. His college “floor” is D2.
Jaydan Parker gives the team a post anchor with his strength at 6-foot-4. Plays with hops and activity. He won’t wow you with his shooting range, but the team does not ask that of him.
Kyrell Randolph is a bouncy, dunking lefty forward.
Eli Gaines Eli Gaines 6'1" | SG Chattanooga Prep | 2025 State TN is the most consistent guard on the squad. He scores in a variety of ways. Beyond his shooting prowess, long the backbone of his game, Eli is developing his handle and finishing around the rim. Gaines put on some serious muscle in the last six months too. Eli still feels like a combo guard rather than a point guard and yet he will ultimately be the ideal height of a college point guard.
Bench
A year later Chattanooga Prep is much deeper, filled with competitive varsity players down through those 10-12 roster spots.
Cadence Collins Cadence Collins 5'5" | CG Chattanooga prep middle school | 2028 TN (2028) showed some aggression and advanced skills in a blowout win over Lookout Valley to open December. Collins will probably not play a bunch of minutes this season, but keep an ear opened for his game down the line.
Austin Jones (2027) is a strong, young player with some promise.