Flash Evaluations (Friday)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2042762' first='Matthew' last='Tae'Shawn Shelton'] (Shelbyville)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Of the many games watched Friday, the following players made @PrepHoopsTN take notice.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 2rem">Kirkwood<strong> </strong>vs. Stratford</span></p> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Partial Rosters w/ starters*<br><span style="text-decoration: underline">Kirkwood</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 [player_tooltip player_id='2309002' first='Armani' last='Smith']* (2027)<br>#2 Kobey Jones (2025)<br>#4 Prophet Basden*<br>#5 [player_tooltip player_id='2309040' first='Josh' last='Basden'] (2026)<br>#10 [player_tooltip player_id='2309054' first='Temitope' last='Onilenela'] <br>#12 [player_tooltip player_id='2609280' first='Linkoln' last='Schwass'] (2026)<br>#13 [player_tooltip player_id='2278560' first='Bryce' last='Garnett']* (2027)<br>#22 [player_tooltip player_id='1967755' first='Chance' last='Austin']* (2025)<br>#32 [player_tooltip player_id='2309001' first='Anthony' last='Goring'] (2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2309002' first='Armani' last='Smith']</strong> (Kirkwood) is a terrifying slasher with his unbelievable strength and power. A freshman?! Armani is a lefty that plays downhill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2309040' first='Josh' last='Basden'] </strong>(Kirkwood) played actively. His long arms were constantly in passing lanes. Basden is probably the younger brother of senior <strong>Prophet Basden</strong>, who is himself a decent player. Josh was very nimble and speedy with long limbs. He might be a 6-foot-3 wing midway through his sophomore season. Keep an eye on Basden during AAU season too. He is going to be a really interesting college prospect.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2309001' first='Anthony' last='Goring']</strong> (Kirkwood) looks tall and moderately athletic. These two traits rarely intersect in 15-year-old young men. The freshman did not score much. The game looked a little fast for him, but not drastically so.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2609280' first='Linkoln' last='Schwass'] </strong>(Kirkwood) showed an ability to hit a jumper. During warm-ups he was very accurate. The few times he shot during the game it was smooth.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="color: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 2rem">Henry County<strong> </strong>vs. Waverly Central</span></p> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Waverly Central&nbsp;</strong>(Partial starters*)<br><strong>Head Coach Les Trotter</strong><br>#0&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1965931' first='Landon' last='Cunningham']</strong><a href="https://prephoops.com/player/landon-cunningham/"></a>&nbsp;* PG<br>#10 Hobby Griffin<br>#11 Braylon Wilson SF/PF<br>#21 Hayden Waggoner (2025)<br>#22 Tucker Rawlings* (2025) PG/SG<br>#23 Jaden Lambdin (2025) C<br>#24 Landon Hewitt (2025)<br>#33 Karson Hedin* (2025)<br>#34 Chris Ballard (2026)<br>Aiden Ralston (2026)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1965931' first='Landon' last='Cunningham'] </strong>(Waverly Central) took it upon himself to attack early in the fourth quarter. All day the Tigers struggled to score and Cunningham tried a crossover, hit his defender with a quick spin-move and managed to get off a layup as two players fouled him. It was a lonely highlight in a convincing loss.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Shelbyville Central vs. Dyersburg</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://prephoops.com/2023/11/team-preview-dyersburg/">Team Preview: Dyersburg</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Shelbyville Central came out in a 2-3 zone, planting <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2042762' first='Matthew' last='Tae'Shawn Shelton']</strong> under the rim. The team lists him 6-foot-7. We measured him at 6-foot-5 way back in June at the PrepHoopsTN Combine. He might be 6-foot-7 by now. Great leaper.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>A.J. Higgins</strong> (Dyersburg) and his fellow DHS guards really scrapped against the outmanned Central guards at the outset. Thadd Hill was another wonderful on-ball defender in the first quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the post, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274856' first='Breyden' last='Turnage']</strong> caused a lot of problems for Shelbyville Central. The Eagles decided to foul him a lot. Read more about that below the rosters. Turnage finished a beautiful left-handed baby hook late in the first quarter. The bucket enlarged the lead, situating DHS up 6-2.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Midway through the second quarter, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1382741' first='Ace' last='Mahaffey']</strong> (DHS) dribbled into a pull-up three-pointer in transition. His make changed the tone of the game. Dyersburg then led 13-5.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Shelbyville finally found their footing late in the first half, when <strong>Kyler Trice</strong> dropped a smooth Euro. DHS led 14-12 with 2:30 in the half after his make.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Shelbyville Central Starters*</span><br>#2 Terrance Johnson*<br>#3 [player_tooltip player_id='2042762' first='Matthew' last='Tae'Shawn Shelton']* (2026)<br>#4 Kyler Trice*<br>#5 Malek Johnson (2025)<br>#23 Shamarion Drapper*<br>#30 [player_tooltip player_id='2884439' first='Jevon' last='Lee']* (2027)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Dyersburg</span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#0&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274878' first='Jace' last='Ward']</strong>&nbsp;(2027)<br>#1&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1382741' first='Ace' last='Mahaffey']</strong>*<br>#2 A.J. Higgins* (2025)<br>#3&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2266348' first='Ka'Reeson' last='Thomas']</strong>&nbsp;<br>#4 Justin Sawyer (2025)<br>#5 Travon Smiles (2025)<br>#10 Thadd Hill*<br>#11 J'vonta Payne (2026)<br>#12 [player_tooltip player_id='2675259' first='Marcus' last='Whorton'] (2025)<br>#14 [player_tooltip player_id='2337679' first='Jeffery' last='Cobb'] (2025)<br>#22 Will Short (2025)<br>#24 Mikey McLin*<br>#32&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274876' first='Jayce' last='Ellerbrook']</strong>&nbsp;(2027)<br>#34&nbsp;<strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274856' first='Breyden' last='Turnage']</strong>*&nbsp;(2025)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">First Subs</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dyersburg brought <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2337679' first='Jeffery' last='Cobb']</strong> in first midway through the first quarter. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2274878' first='Jace' last='Ward']</strong> also saw first quarter action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Matthew landed on somebody's foot and sustained a minor injury. Though he played through it, Shelton picked up his second foul with 2:43 left in the first quarter. <strong>Malek Johnson</strong> and <strong>Zyon Bonner</strong> were the first to see time off of the bench. Zyon entered when Shelton committed his second foul.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->