Bash in the Desert: Intriguing Weekend Match-Ups

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend the Prep Hoops Circuit comes into town for the <strong>Bash in the Desert </strong>and brings some teams from Colorado, California, Texas, New Mexico and Washington to challenge some of the local Arizona teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here I look at some fun match-ups about to take place at the Phhacility for 16 and 17U and Valley Vista HS for 15U. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some of the teams do not have rosters listed so I will find out the teams as I go this weekend. (I obviously can't mention them here)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>17U Friday night </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>**<strong>AZ Rise N Grind Black 17 vs [program_tooltip program_id='2415446' first='Arizona' last='Grind'] 17 Elite</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rise N Grind</strong> comes with a top junior guard with [player_tooltip player_id='1274847' first='Adam' last='Hubbard'] to go along with two seniors with [player_tooltip player_id='2123443' first='Sergio' last='Ramirez'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1976306' first='Jayden' last='Davis'] and up front has size with [player_tooltip player_id='1128215' first='Jason' last='Higgins'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2281797' first='Amir' last='Brown'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[program_tooltip program_id='2415446' first='Arizona' last='Grind']</strong> has some tough guards with [player_tooltip player_id='1371094' first='Quincy' last='Kirk'], [player_tooltip player_id='2302768' first='Hayden' last='Stebbins'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2279895' first='Stephan' last='Miller'] to go with their talented forwards of 6'7 <strong>Jean Paul Ndong</strong> and [player_tooltip player_id='2176094' first='Samuel' last='Chukwuma']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>16U</strong> <strong>game on Saturday</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>**Tucson Spartans 16 vs [program_tooltip program_id='2076648' first='Peak' last='Basketball'] 16U Prelude-Boyd</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Pea</strong>k comes with some tough wings with [player_tooltip player_id='2367880' first='Saleem' last='Gakiza'], [player_tooltip player_id='1875481' first='Isaiah' last='Smith'], [player_tooltip player_id='1736170' first='Kareem' last='Alkhalifa'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1893708' first='Prince' last='Cash'] with [player_tooltip player_id='1938808' first='Justice' last='Hinds'] handling the PG spot.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Spartans</strong> come with talented wings as well with [player_tooltip player_id='2404558' first='Ray' last='Porter'], [player_tooltip player_id='2404559' first='Malaki' last='Cunningham-Hiadzi'], [player_tooltip player_id='2147243' first='Jaden' last='Rodgers'] and a tough trio of guards with [player_tooltip player_id='2147242' first='Isaac' last='McNair'], [player_tooltip player_id='1893665' first='Cisco' last='Llamas'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2404557' first='Tyson' last='Dobbins'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>We finish with two 15U games on Sunday</strong>. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>**<strong>[program_tooltip program_id='2415446' first='Arizona' last='Grind'] 15 NB National vs [program_tooltip program_id='2407834' first='AZ' last='Phenoms'] 15. </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Phenoms</strong> come with size with <strong style="font-weight: bold">[player_tooltip player_id='2292818' first='O'mari' last='Gilbert']</strong> and <strong><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2407205' first='Jamir' last='Smith']</strong><a href="https://prephoops.com/player/jamir-smith/"></a> </strong>plus equipped with talented guards with [player_tooltip player_id='2280207' first='Jackson' last='Moore'], [player_tooltip player_id='2332290' first='Amir' last='Kendrick'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2146240' first='Nickolas' last='Williams']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Grind</strong> has their own size with [player_tooltip player_id='2396185' first='Zathan' last='Ruffin'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2337138' first='Jadd' last='Agha'] and good scoring guards of [player_tooltip player_id='2257790' first='Nicholas' last='Topolosek'], [player_tooltip player_id='2396184' first='Justin' last='Humphrey'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2396374' first='Levi' last='Carter']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>**<strong>[program_tooltip program_id='2075793' first='Arizona' last='Select'] 2027 Jerrica vs [program_tooltip program_id='2076648' first='Peak' last='Basketball'] 15U Prelude-Rohde.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Select </strong>has some size with 6'2 <strong>Leroy Woods</strong> and brings a tough group of guards with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2432565' first='Amaurie' last='Beausejor'],</strong> <strong>Nate Volovic </strong>and [player_tooltip player_id='2146244' first='Cristian' last='Uribe']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Peak</strong> comes with the versatile [player_tooltip player_id='2107084' first='Adam' last='Medina'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2212842' first='Lukas' last='Jendrusiak'] and is flanked with talented guards of [player_tooltip player_id='2146267' first='Micah' last='Andrews'], [player_tooltip player_id='2407207' first='Malachi' last='Mims'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2407206' first='Cameron' last='Hurt']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->