The New Fulton Faces Cocke County

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2495403' first='Nick' last='Steen']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fulton fought on the road at Cocke County Tuesday night to open D3-3A play. In a wild, back and forth contest Fulton managed a win, 81-72.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2495403"],"_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":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6938bd082de0a"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>12/9/25:</strong> All-District performer [player_tooltip player_id='2495403' first='Nick' last='Steen'] is back and just starting the second half of his wonderful high school career. Steen is an anomoly. He found much of his early success with a stronger body than his peers. Unlike the guys who begin with skills and then toughen up and add muscle, Nick must do the opposite. Get better as an outside shooter. Improve lateral quickness. Facing Cocke County Steen created baskets with his strong shoulders paving the pathway to the rim. Excellent rebounder.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2816212"],"_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":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6938bd082ded8"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>12/9/25:</strong> Keirus did not start the game against Cocke County. He was important though. Cox runs like a fawn, and it is clear that he is an athletic guy finding his physical maturity. Average handle for a varsity guard. Just entering his sophomore season. Quick first-step. Needs to add upper body weight. Cox juggled it out-of-bounds late in the third quarter. The untimely turnover led to his temporary benching. With this particular FHS team ball security is arguably his primary duty.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["3192460"],"_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":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6938bd082df48"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>12/9/25:</strong> Extremely high effort. All guts. Not explosive vertically. Sutton played with composure, but his men turned the ball over on successive fourth quarter possessions enabling Fulton to get out on the break. Unforgivable for a Cocke County team that did so many great things to establish a firm lead. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["3192471"],"_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":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6938d453521c3"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>12/9/25:</strong> Tall forward. Martin is a bit stiff and certainly still growing into his body. He reminds of a young Tyler Lee in that he can move around the floor and rebound, but certainly is only comfortable around the rim, for now.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["3192475"],"_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":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6938d45352234"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"><strong>12/9/25:</strong> Star potential. Lean, agile. Burns is listed as a small forward and he kind of plays that way. Rebounds like a forward and scores and dribbles like a guard. Burns starts for this Fulton squad, and it is clear that his upside is high.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN/status/1998570746948497688?s=20","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN/status/1998570746948497688?s=20 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->