Kyler’s Week 8 Player Evaluations: Guards

Kyler Staley January 19, 2020 @ 01:22 PM

This week was full of great games that had lots of great players in them. I saw some exciting prospects and look forward to giving you my evaluations each and every Sunday throughout the season. It is time to recap this week and look at what our exciting prospects did.   Silver Creek: vs Bloomington North 1/18/20 Brandon Northern – 5’10 2022 PG: Northern is a quick guard that cuts to the basket really well. For being on the shorter end, his vertical is very high. Just for only being a sophomore, he looks like he plays like senior. Watch for Northern the next couple years   Bloomington North: vs Silver Creek 1/18/20 Isaac Vencel – 6’1 2021 SG: Vencel had a solid game. Had a couple rebounds and controlled his man on the defense. Even though his offense was quiet, he found ways to contribute for his team. Interested to see if his offense comes back the next game. Nick Klaiber – 6’0 2022 PG: I think Klaiber had one of his better games this year so far. Showed off what his 3-point shot looks like and had a nice drive where he split the defense. Add in a steal and rebound, Klaiber had himself a solid game. Has all the potential to be one of the best guards in the state in a few years.   Bloomington South: vs Catholic Memorial 1/18/20 Anthony Leal – 6’5 2020 SG: Leal continues to show why he is top recruit in the state of Indiana. Had a sweet cut to the basket that lead to a slam and also had another slam in transition. I feel like his vertical is underrated part of his game. The young man can fly. Also add in his few catch-and-threes. Noah Jager – 5’9 2020 PG: Jager had some nice passes as he was the one that found Leal on that sweet cut. Jager is fast, aggressive, and smart. Also loved his reverse layup in transition. Army is getting a good player. Connor Hickman – 6’2 2021 SG: Hickman is just an all-around great SG. Had a pull-up 3 and a nice post hook-shot. Also had a nice right-handed drive for 2. Do not ever underestimate Hickman as he will make you pay on the court. His senior year he will breakout I feel.   Orleans: vs Crawford County 1/17/20 John Love – 6’0 2020 SG: This SG plays extremely hard when he is in the game. Along with his 6 points, he added a steal and rebound on the night. Although his jumper was not falling, he has a pretty shot. Every team needs a player like Love on their squad. Devyn Martin – 5’8 2021 PG: Martin is arguably the best player for the Bulldogs. He is a smart PG that can also shoot it very well. He finished with 7 points this game where 2 of his points came from a smooth 15ft jumper. Add on a steal and couple assists, Martin had a solid performance. Griffin Deckard – 6’1 2021 PG: Deckard was the best player for Orleans this game. He was leading scorer for them with 16 points and a few of them came from some catch-and-threes. He is smooth shooter for sure. He also added a block as well. Expect him to continue to have a great junior year followed by a great senior year.   Crawford County: vs Orleans 1/17/20 Noah Adams – 5’8 2021 PG: Admas is a quick, flashy guard. His lateral quickness is some of the best I have seen this season. He had a rebound that and good cut to the rim for 2. Adams finished with 6 points. Preston Coleman – 6’1 2020 SG: Coleman was the best player on the court by far and was the highest scorer with 19 points. He drives to the basket so well because of how strong and physical he is. Most of his points came from driving like his quick baseline drive. Add in a couple of rebounds to his night as well. Wyatt Allinger – 6’1 2020 SG: Allinger is a lengthy SG. His jumper didn’t really show up this game but he fingered out a way to score like a right-handed and left-handed layup. His long frame makes guarding him difficult.