Hoops on the Hill Modesto Christian vs Liberty from Vegas

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game two of Hoops on the Hill featured a couple quality teams going head to head. Modesto Christian one of NorCal's top program has two key contributors sitting because of transfer rules. [player_tooltip player_id='2212733' first='Siincere' last='Hudson'] 6'2 2027, Guard transferred from Inderkum, [player_tooltip player_id='1806732' first='Cole' last='Martin'] 6'2 Guard/Forward transferred from Pitman. Not a lot of teams from Vegas come to NorCal. It was good for NorCal Basketball.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Liberty from Las Vegas 61, Modesto Christian 53</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Modesto Christian is one of NorCal's top programs, they're playing without two transfers Class of 2027 Guard, [player_tooltip player_id='2212733' first='Siincere' last='Hudson'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1806732' first='Cole' last='Martin'] a 6'2 G/F/W who transferred from Pitman in Turlock. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Liberty was also missing a key player who makes a difference. 6'5 Forward Dante Steward ranked #8 in the class of 2026 in Vegas was in street clothes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1463230' first='Tyus' last='Thomas']: The 6'0 prospect showed off his guard skills, combining strength, and body control to produce 27 points. He has point guard skills, vision, and strong passing up, and around the court. He controls the pace, plays fast or can slow the offense. He's a vocal guard takes care of the ball. He can go into scoring mode at anytime. He's hard to guard, using body and handles going left, or right to finish drives to the basket. He dropped mid-range jumpers off the dribble, and a long 3-pointer. He can muscle up on defense keeping drivers out of the paint, help rebound. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1463237' first='Tayshawn' last='Caesar']: He's a fast guard hard to keep up with, uses his speed to his advantage. He's got a good first step to get by defenders from the perimeter, used a spin move to get a bucket at the rim. He's fast in transition, filling lanes to attack the basket, or pushing it up in transition. He dropped a couple 3's from the corners. He's a good ball handling guard, runs the point, makes good passes. He has the foot speed and quick hands to disrupt and defend on ball, might get a steal or two.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Daaron Thompson: He showed his versatile style of play, doesn't need to score to effect the game. He was strong early working the boards for putback points. He's willing to mix it up on both ends for rebounds, he blocked a couple shots with a quick jump. He showed he could hit an open 3-pointer, used a jab step, and spin move to hit the paint jumper. He's a ball mover, plays the high and low post, gives good effort defending in the paint. 7 rebounds. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2145851' first='Evan' last='Hilliard']: He effects the game from different areas of the court. Standing 6'3 he's a decent ball handler, had strong drives along the baseline, he moves cutting, and slashing, then powering up to finish around the rim, might dunk it. He has the foot speed to defend on the perimeter, and strength and toughness to defend and get rebounds in the paint, he had a couple of putbacks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2215149' first='Trevor' last='Dickson']: He's carrying the load right now. He's sharpening his ball handling skills running point guard position, being challenged to facilitate the team offense. He's an improving ball handler, used his dribble for drives into the paint, hit some floaters handled ball pressure, he had good passing up and around the perimeter. He put up 30 points in 3 quarters in different ways to keep his team in the game. When the defense tightened, he started hitting mid-range step backs, side steps, and fadeaways with a had in his face. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3149607' first='Somto' last='Patrick']: The 6'8 Freshman is still finding his way with his new team. He'll be a contributor, has some tools to work with. He has good movement on the court at times. He'll defend in the post, help with the rebounding. He has some touch around the rim, finishes in traffic after making his moves using a dribble or two.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2136801' first='Seve' last='Archuleta']: Looks a bit stronger, he's defending hard in the post, boxing out going for rebounds. He's a steady contributor, doesn't score a lot, but take advantage of his shot opportunities. He'll finish around the rim, hit the open corner 3-pointer. He's an excellent post passer, and ball mover. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->