A way to keep things close when it appeared Cherry would pull away on made baskets was Max Briggs Max Briggs 6'0" | PG New Life Academy | 2023 State MN ability to immediately push the ball up the court off made baskets. Briggs did it either with a speed dribble and a pass ahead on the wing, or outlet passes to streaking teammates for lay-ups. While Briggs wasn’t called upon in this contest to carry a large  scoring load, he managed on my count 9 assists but more important, he ran the offensive like a general by controlling pace. Briggs defensively moved freely, didn’t get caught up often, and on a Senior heavy team, worked very much together to mitigate some of the excellent passing showcased by Cherry.

Max was a true floor general in New Life Academy’s win over Cherry. He just makes smart plays with the ball, is able to get into dangerous areas, and delivers accurate passes in a variety of ways. Threw lobs over the top of the defense to hit his bigs rolling to the hoop, launched deep passes up the floor to hit his teammates sprinting to the rim, and drove into the paint before kicking it out to his open shooters. Max has a quickness with the ball that makes it hard to keep in front of him, and he’s someone that doesn’t need to take shots to make an impact on the game.