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<p>We start the OSAA 2025-26 High School Basketball season for this special group of Student/Athletes with an Elite Showcase player development session held at the University of Oregon (McArthur Court) on November 15th, 2025, featuring some of the best-ranked players in Oregon. Everyone who participated in this session is a college prospect and has displayed the talent, gifts, and tools to play some form of college basketball following high school graduation, whether JuCo, NAIA, DIII, DII, & D1.</p>
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<p>The “YellowTeam24” defeated “GreenTeam24” 110 - 99 at the 2nd Annual #24 Spirit Basketball Academy Training session, with the day's finale being an NBA 4-quarter (12 minutes) game to complete the All-Star player development. The day started with intro openings for everyone, warm-ups, team drills, NBA lane agility drill, followed by a competitive skill development contest for all the talented & gifted aspiring college prospects.</p>
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<p><strong>(2029) Ranked #WL 5'8” (PG) - [player_tooltip player_id='2771013' first='Jordan' last='Giles'] (Willamette)</strong></p>
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<p>Did not play in the all-star jubilee do to a minor injury sustained in fall ball. His style of play would have brought more voltage to an already enthusiastic electric environment of elite players. As a true “Freshman,” he just might be the best player on his Willamette High School team right now! He's definitely being asked to do more, and required to carry more of the games tasks/responsibilities such as Defend (and multiple positions), Manufacture steals, Rebound, Score, Pass/Assists, Lead ball handler, Lift the team, Encourage the team, and display leadership early on for the team to be competitive, and experience any form of success = Victories!</p>
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<p>In fall ball this season he displayed his career best highs in every category: Scoring,<br>Passing, Rebounding, Steals, showcasing a few “Triple-Doubles.”</p>
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<p><em>Article contributed by Lorenzo Leaks</em></p>
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We start the OSAA 2025-26 High School Basketball season for this special group of Student/Athletes with an Elite Showcase player development session held at the University of Oregon (McArthur Court) on November 15th, 2025, featuring some of the best-ranked players in Oregon. Everyone who participated in this session is a college prospect and has displayed the talent, gifts, and tools to play some form of college basketball following high school graduation, whether JuCo, NAIA, DIII, DII, & D1.
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