SoCal Fall Prep Classic: Best Wings

<p>ORANGE — Gerry Freitas and Santiago Canyon College played host to one of the biggest fall high school basketball events in the West over the weekend. The SoCal Fall Prep Classic featured top high school and prep school programs and prospects from Southern and Northern California, Arizona, Utah and Washington. Below we detail the best wing players we watched.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Bouyan Zhang | 2026 | Veritas Academy</h4>   <p>Zhang is relatively new to the states and made a big statement over the weekend with Veritas via China. The 6-foot-7 wing has an intriguing combination of size, strength, athleticism and perimeter shooting ability, and, when you package that with his high motor and toughness, you have a prospect that Division I programs should be tracking closely. Zhang, a lefty, shoots an easy ball with tight rotation and possesses the ball skills to attack the rim in transition where he scores through contact.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1150822' first='Cameron' last='Holmes'] | 2026 | Millennium (AZ)</h4>   <p>Holmes is one of the most versatile prospects in the 2026 class which is why he's earned a Top 30 national ranking and is down to multiple blue blood programs in his recruitment. The 6-foot-6 senior is a playmaking wing with a dribble, pass and shoot skill-set that allows him to operate in a point-forward role or off the ball as a slasher and finisher. In this event, Holmes flashed his defensive prowess as a prospect who can contain on the perimeter or mix it up with bigs in the paint using his size, strength and leverage to root them out of the lane.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Crew Fotheringham | 2027 | Lone Peak (UT)</h4>   <p>Fotheringham can do a little bit of everything with the ball in his hands and does it with great positional size. The long, wiry 6-foot-7 junior is a threat to knock down spot-up, off-catch three-point shots, can dribble himself into post-ups and score on the block in a variety of ways and has the ball skills and basketball IQ to rebound the defensive glass, push the break and make high IQ decisions with the ball.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2436297' first='Davey' last='Harris'] | 2027 | Windward</h4>   <p>Harris will become one of the hotter names on recruiting boards over the next few months as the 6-foot-6 wing is fully healthy and playing at a high level. The junior, who missed much of his first two high school seasons due to injuries, has all the tools you look for in a Division I wing: he can shoot the three ball with consistency, has a quick pop of vertical athleticism and quick twitch off the bounce, can handle and create in isolation situations and possesses a high level feel and IQ for the game.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Dean Rueckert | 2026 | Timpview (UT)</h4>   <p>The BYU commit makes the game looks easy each time he takes the floor and it's because he doesn't force things and allows his team's offense to work for him. The 6-foot-7 wing stretches the floor to the three-point line off the catch with multiple spot and multiple range consistency but is also a guy who can put the ball on the floor, attack a close-out, and create shots for himself and teammates. Where Rueckert is underrated is in his off-ball movement - he's a timely and smart cutter in backdoor or 45 situations and uses his quick vertical pop to finish around the basket.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2039513' first='DJ' last='Spencer'] | 2027 | Millennium (AZ)</h4>   <p>Spencer doesn't get enough credit for what he does for his team as most of his impact is in the form of "non box score" categories. The 6-foot-5 wing is an elite motor guy with a high level combination of size, strength, athleticism and physicality. Those tools result in him being a hard-nosed defender, rebounder in and out of his area on both ends of the floor and a slasher and finisher in transition and half-court offense.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2194355' first='Gene' last='Roebuck'] | 2027 | La Mirada</h4>   <p>Roebuck is one of California's premier scorers regardless of class and he handed out plenty of buckets over the weekend. At 6-feet-5 with a combination of strength, physicality and smooth creating ability off the bounce, the junior thrives in isolation where he can break defenders down off the bounce to get to an off-bounce mid-range or three point jumper or bully ball his way through a smaller defender and finish in the painted area.</p>   <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2144878' first='Jacob' last='Williford'] | 2027 | PHHoenix Prep OTE (AZ)</h4>   <p>Williford is a do-it-all type of wing whose ability to dribble, pass and shoot allows him to play a variety of positions and impact the game in all aspects. The 6-foot-4 junior can drive it to either hand and finish around the basket in similar fashion through contact or with finesse. Where Williford is best is pushing the tempo in transition, getting into the lane and creating a shot for himself or a teammate.</p>

ORANGE — Gerry Freitas and Santiago Canyon College played host to one of the biggest fall high school basketball events in the West over the weekend. The SoCal Fall Prep Classic featured top high school and prep school programs and prospects from Southern and Northern California, Arizona, Utah and Washington. Below we detail the best wing players we watched.