NCISAA Top Performers – Week 8

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With plenty of teams in action last week at their respective holiday tournaments/events, we saw some impressive performances from players. With some records being broken, and some great play on display, check out our top performers list from the independent school ranks last week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1665791"],"_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":"Gladden is an obvious nod for top performer of the week here due to his 57 point outburst against Southern Durham in the third place game of the Coby White bracket at John Wall. It's a tournament record, passing Mike Miller from almost 20 years ago. He's a big time scorer who knows how to get to his spots and knock down shots, either with the ball in his hands or without it. 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