Roman Nose has had a strong high school career and tonight was one of the best examples of his two-way brilliance. He often covered the best scorer for Midwest City, forcing bad looks and even some turnovers. Then when a teammate had second quarter foul trouble, it was his hard nosed scoring with finishing through contact at the rim and fouled on a mid-range that built their second quarter lead. He’s a stone faced assassin and more memorable moments should come in the upcoming weeks.

Roman Nose seems to either have a sixth sense for steals and blocks. Or a teleporting ability, because he often pops up out of nowhere to make a steal. Or keeps rising just enough to get a piece of a shot at the rim. Along with his numerous defensive accolades, he’s a stone faced assassin on the offensive end. He recently rewrote the El Reno record book by becoming their all time leading scorer.

One of the most productive players of the class. He will be looking to make a State Title push before making a college decision. Cameron recently offered, joining previous offers from Redlands, NOC Enid and UCO.

There are few players in Oklahoma who can change games on both ends of the court as well as Roman Nose does. Need him to switch onto a big and make a stop? He’ll do that by using his outstanding defensive awareness and deceptive hops and quickness. Big threes? Tough buckets at the rim? Teleporting out of nowhere to deflect/steal a pass? He does it all and he did all those things throughout Saturday’s win.

Roman Nose was the go to man in the first quarter, and showed that it’s not a mismatch when he’s on a post player. As he has quick hands and timing to block shots of taller players. Then in a tied game, it was Roman Nose who drilled the go ahead three from the corner. There might be players who are more flashy than the El Reno senior, but few are more productive than the stone faced Roman Nose.

Do it all guard with unreal defensive instincts. Plays fast and hard but is never in a hurry or out of control. He doesn’t have the suddenness of some high flyers, but still has great elevation which is evident in his finishes at the rim. And allows him to block a variety of shots, transition chase downs, flying out to block jump shooters, etc. Quick hands and active long arms also led to deflections and steals. Offensively he can fit in as an off the ball scorer, especially as a shooter. But is an unselfish player who often makes the right pass and can do some damage off the dribble. Hard to pinpoint a true hole in his game, should be a no brainer for regional small college programs.