City of Jasper Christmas Classic Standouts; Part 2
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Here are my thoughts on some of the players I saw at the City of Jasper Christmas Classic…</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Rafe Orlando Merriweather, Jr. </strong>(6'5/G|F/'24/Paul Bryant)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: rafe.m_</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Twitter: @Rafem23</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Rafe is a transfer from Demopolis, and his addition has already proved substantial for Paul Bryant. He has good positional size as well as a good physical profile. He is strong, agile, and versatile. He is a multi-level scorer and scores in a variety of ways. He is active on the glass and does not mind mixing it up on the inside on either side of the floor. One thing that will be key going down the stretch is that Rafe can be a go-to scoring option when teams try to negate [player_tooltip player_id='1091935' first='Adrian' last='Wooley'], as he can create scoring opportunities on his own. He did not list any offers on his profile.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Eric Marrow</strong> (6'5/PF/'25/Bob Jones)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: theeric_marrow</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Eric is a physical interior player who does a lot of the dirty work for his squad. He battles on the glass, bangs with opponents' bigs, sets solid screens, runs the floor, and provides toughness in the paint. He is very active on the glass and gets a lot of point production on the offensive end of the floor off of put-backs after grabbing the offensive board. Eric has a strong game, eats up air space, and is a capable interior defensive stopper. He did not list any offers on his profile. </p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Daniel Daramola </strong>(6'9/PF/'25/Greenforest Academy)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: daniel_0ll</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Twitter: @DanielDaramol13</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Daniel has good size and length and was one of the classic's best rim protectors and glass cleaners. For the two games in this classic, he was a match-up problem as the two teams his squad competed against did not have the interior size to combat Daniel. He is a mobile defender with great energy, and I was impressed with his willingness to defend out on the perimeter against opponents' smaller post players. Daniel is constantly hustling, showing a willingness to step in front of drives to contest shots, as he has good awareness and anticipation. He has soft hands to catch tough passes, and once he gets the ball near the rim, he has excellent patience going up for layups. I saw Daniel earlier in the season, but I don't get a chance to watch him often, so I am not sure if he has this in his arsenal. However, I would like to see Daniel be able to be more of a threat out of the P&R action as a pick-and-pop guy who can knock down the perimeter J. It will add an additional element to his game as he eyes the next level.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Current Offer: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Toby Ojukwu</strong> (6'2/PG/'24/Norcross)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: tobyojukwu</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Twitter: @tobyojukwu</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Toby was one of the best floor generals in the classic. He is at his best breaking defenders down with the dribble and getting his own offense or making plays for others. He has really solid handles and can shake his defender and get into the lane or create space for his jumper. He showed his ability to be a heady ball-handler when running the pick and roll and has excellent touch on his passes when coming off the action. He's got a low center of gravity and a lot of strength that helps with his explosiveness at the rim and ability to finish through contact. Toby does a good job orchestrating the offense and he is like a coach on the floor and has the full trust of his coaching staff. He did not list any offers on his profile. </p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Sir Mohammed </strong>(6'6/G|F/'24/Myers Park)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: sirmohammed13</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Twitter: @thesirmohammed</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">For many in attendance at the classic, this was their first time seeing Myers Park and the talented trio of nationally ranked-players. From conversations on day 2, Sir was the topic of most, as people were impressed with his size, versatility, shot-making capabilities, ability to make elite-level passes, and the fact that as good as he is, he did not force any action. Sir has a unique skillset with a good IQ and feel for the game. At this event, he was able to utilize a little bully ball to his advantage, especially in the day one match-up against Mountain Brook. Overall, Sir had outstanding production in the 15-18 ft area, and he is a threat facing up on short kickouts, and is good at pulling up off 1 or 2 dribbles. </p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2415555' first='Evan' last='Wilson']</strong> (6'8/F/'25/Cullman)</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">IG: evanwilson1426</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Coach Stu is really high on Evan and believes he is an important piece to the Bearcats getting back to Birmingham. He has positional size and length and creates a lot of problems as he does a good job stretching the floor with his ability to knock down the trey ball. If Evan can continue to provide double-digit scoring and production from behind the arc, he is going to really be the difference maker, as well as see his stock continue to increase and his attraction grow to those at the next level. He plays around the perimeter, but make no mistake; he goes to glass and battles on the boards. He did not list any offers on his profile. </p>
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Here are my thoughts on some of the players I saw at the City of Jasper Christmas Classic…
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