UAA/UA Rise Circuit – Ramsey’s Saturday Notebook, Part Two

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We enjoy each and every weekend spent in the gym. However, admittedly, there is a little bit of a different buzz during the live evaluation periods. There are college coaches in the gym at every event we go to, but there is something about seeing the big name Division I coaches along the baselines that changes the vibe. Saturday was a great day of hoops at Spooky Nook in Hamilton, Ohio as we continued our coverage of UAA Session II/UA Rise Session I. Let's empty out the notebook and discuss what we watched on Saturday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Klopfenstein Shoots the Lights Out For Indiana Jammers 17u</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This Indiana Jammers 17u squad is fun to watch. Featuring a bunch of prospects primarily from the Wabash Valley area, this is a group that has played together for a long time and it shows on the floor. They split their two games on Saturday to move to 2-1 on the weekend at UA Rise Session I. However, above all else, the buzz has been centered around 6'6" wing [player_tooltip player_id='1561105' first='Brady' last='Klopfenstein'] (Terre Haute North H.S. 2026). Already known as one of the best catch-and-shoot threats in Indiana's Class of 2026, Klopfenstein is an incredible 19-24 from three-point range through three games. College coaches across the low-major Division I, Division II, and NAIA levels are taking notice. It seems very likely that he will earn a couple of new scholarship offers coming out of the weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aside from Klopfenstein who went for 24 points in the Jammers' 85-72 loss that we watched against a very good Multilevel Elite team, 6'5" forward [player_tooltip player_id='1561438' first='Cooper' last='Bock'] (Sullivan H.S. 2026) finished with 17 points and [player_tooltip player_id='1561104' first='Gavin' last='Woelfle'] (Terre Haute North H.S. 2026) connected on three three-point shots.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Jammers will play their final game of the weekend at 1:00 p.m. on Court 12 at Spooky Nook and I highly recommend that any college coach that hasn't caught them yet this weekend stop by to see this team play.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[program_tooltip program_id='2075551' first='Indiana' last='Game'] 17u Wins in Comeback Fashion</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After picking up a 66-45 win in the morning, [program_tooltip program_id='2075551' first='Indiana' last='Game'] 17u had to come from beyond in the final couple of minutes to defeat VA Havoc 60-54 and move to 3-0 at UA Rise Session I. After trailing essentially the entire game, including by double figures in the second quarter, [player_tooltip player_id='1560996' first='Josh' last='Malloy'] (Munster H.S. 2026) and Izaya Larthridge (Grand Rapids Central Catholic H.S. 2026) powered a late comeback.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Larthridge nailed a three-point shot running off of a staggered double to cut [program_tooltip program_id='2075551' first='Indiana' last='Game']'s deficit to three points. Then, after getting a stop, Malloy knocked in a triple from the right wing to tie the game at 54-54. After another Larthridge three-pointer, Malloy had a tough interior finish that made it 59-54. Eventually, they would finish the game on an incredible 12-2 run and win 60-54.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Malloy led the way in the scoring column with 20 points while Larthridge added 15 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[program_tooltip program_id='2228160' first='OPS' last=''] 17u Fell in Competitive Contest</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To round out a back-to-back-to-back-to-back set of games featuring each of the four 17u teams from Indiana, we watched [program_tooltip program_id='2228160' first='OPS' last=''] 17u in the 6:00 p.m. time slot at Spooky Nook. This team played two very competitive games on Saturday, but unfortunately they are still looking for their first win of UA Rise Session I.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>They ran into a Bryce Radford Elite squad that connected on 14 three-point shots in the game on their way to defeating [program_tooltip program_id='2228160' first='OPS' last=''] 79-72. However, there were some bright spots in the loss. Recent Bethel commit [player_tooltip player_id='2471421' first='Owen' last='Marshall'] (Columbia City H.S. 2026) led the way with 22 points in the game while [player_tooltip player_id='2837828' first='Levi' last='Sawatzky'] (Goshen H.S. 2026) finished with 19 points. Both Marshall and Sawatzky hit four three-point shots in the game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->