Hoop and Dreams Showcase Top Performers: Fab Friday Standouts!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>The Hoops and Dreams Showcase was back for another year this past weekend with games taking place on Friday and Saturday at Fayetteville State University. Over the next two days we will take a close look at the standouts from both days, beginning with the standouts from the Friday session.</em> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1078979"],"_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_0_evaluation":"u003cdivu003eClearly one of the top overall players in the event, he dominated the matchup with NWT from start to finish on both ends of the court. 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