COTC: 2025 Guards On-The-Radar

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SAN DIEGO — Aaron Burgin's annual Creme of the County (COTC) features class-by-class, San Diego-centric showcase style games with the best prospects in the area filling the gym. The COTC kicked off Saturday morning at St. Augustine high school and featured 11 games. Below we take a look at the guards who jumped on our radar.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896232' first='Angel' last='Ochoa'] | Victory Christian</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ochoa is a lightning quick scoring point guard who was one of the state's leading scorers last season. The 5-foot-10 senior has unlimited range and confidence on his three-point shot but is also a player who uses his speed to get into the lane and finish in a variety of ways despite his smaller stature.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Darius Hueitt | Mater Dei Catholic</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hueitt has made his way back to San Diego after spending some time in Texas and he will give Mater Dei Catholic a boost in playmaking and toughness at the point guard position. Hueitt flashed his savvy game-managing style and ability to find and feed the hot hand. Hueitt showed plenty of his own scoring arsenal, as well, especially on drives and finishes at the cup.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Jasper Buck | La Costa Canyon</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Buck is a smooth shooting lefty who can really stretch the floor off the catch. The 6-foot-2 senior has a high basketball IQ when relocating and providing proper angles for guards to deliver drive-and-kick passes. Buck has fluid shooting mechanics, deep range and a quick release.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Logan Ardent | El Camino</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ardent is a prospect who seems to always produce something positive when he steps on the floor. Whether it is his great energy on defense, transition slashing and finishing or pull-up jump shooting ability, the 6-foot-3 combo guard plays with a high motor on both ends of the floor. Ardent has the uncanny ability to be a go-to guy or a glue-type player who does the little things to help his team win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">PJ Jourdain | Cathedral Catholic</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jourdain is a long, wiry and smooth athlete in transition offense and he uses his combination of long strides and length to extend to the rim and finish over and around rim protectors. Jourdain also showed some fluidity with his pull-up jumper off the dribble.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->