Border League: Best Shooters

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>HENDERSON, Nev. — The Border League has become one of the premier fall high school and prep school basketball events in the country and the 2026 event lived up to the hype. More than 150 teams from across the country made the trip to Southern Nevada to participate in the three day event. We were in the gym from morning until night at the Henderson Sport &amp; Social and Coronado high school locations and below is our takeaways of the event's best shooters with a mix of SoCal and National prospects.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2637173"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d5f59"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Edwards has the ultimate green light and it showed in his confidence pulling from deep early in transition offense. The 5-foot-9 combo guard has a quick release, high-arcing shot that he hit from multiple spots and with deep range consistency. Edwards, who transferred to Redondo Union from Las Vegas-based Clark high school, picked a program that suits his strengths and an offense that is fast-paced and allows for a high volume of threes to be taken.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["3664880"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d5fdc"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Forbes stamped his high school arrival with a handful of impressive performances that showed his potential as one of the best shooters in high school basketball regardless of class. The freshman has the ultimate green light anchored by the trust of his teammates to find him for open looks early and often. Forbes has good positional size at 6-feet-4 and flashed his "in the gym" range both off the catch and with movement. Forbes shoots logo threes like he would a free throw and his tight, fundamental shooting mechanics, combined with his balance, lent to his consistency as a shooter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2642334"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d6035"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Parker will be an important piece for Spire this season because of his ability to make open threes. The 6-foot-4 Las Vegas-native is surrounded by a ton five and four-start talent but his ability to stretch the floor stood out in Spire's showcase matchup against Calvary Christian at Border League. Parker was in constant motion off the ball as he filled behind on the drive, spaced to the corners and used screens to free himself up for open looks from distance. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2948305"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d60a5"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Van De Houten was a key piece for Village Christian in a win over Servite which turned out to be one of the more exciting games of the weekend. The smooth-shooting 6-foot-2 lefty was dialed in from the corners where spotted up and pulled his quick, high release jumper with confidence. Van De Houten knocked down a handful of his threes late in the second half of a tight game, showing a sort of "clutch gene" to his perimeter shooting.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2436255"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d6102"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Yim continued to be the not-so-secret weapon for Corona Centennial as his ability to connect on off-catch threes kept driving lanes open for his athletic, slashing teammates to have space to get to the rim. The 5-foot-10 guard allowed the game to come to him and Centennial made defenders pay for helping too far off of Yim by hitting him with well-timed kick-outs which led to him getting clean looks from three. Another impressive part of Yim's offensive package is his shot selection and ability to not take bad shots.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2234114"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d6157"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Rivera's shooting was key in Archbishop Stepinac's upset of Prolific Prep as he went 7-for-10 from three and knocked them down in a variety of ways. The 6-foot-6 wing used his positional size, long, wiry frame and high release to shoot over the top of closeouts. Rivera was consistent with his shot prep which led to him having repeatable mechanics and a quick release. The senior was also pulling isolation and off-bounce threes in addition to movement threes coming off of hand-offs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2436259"],"_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"},"alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6ac92850d61ac"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Rasshan saved his best Border League performance for his last game as he went for 33 points in a win over Riviera Prep out of Miami. Rasshan is so good at allowing the Damien offense to work for him - an offense that generates clean looks for him off of pin-downs, staggers, flares and any other type of screen imaginable. The Cal Baptist-commit showed that he can make shots without needing time or space as he connected on multiple tightly-contested triples.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block -->