The host Kettering Fairmont didn’t have the size to match Burgess in the paint and he really let the rim know how he felt about that with a 100% fg performance that was headlined by a handful of monster dunks in the paint. The Purdue commit is an interesting case study of a prospect you needed to watch during the high school and grassroots season to get a wide picture of the type of player he can be at the next level. With Indiana Elite, Burgess played on the perimeter next to Flory Bidunga and shot a lot of 3-pointers. At the high school level, Burgess used his size and strength to mostly score in the paint.

One of the elite big men in the country for the class of 2024 and showed why on Tuesday afternoon. A dominant force on the inside, Burgess had numerous dunks off cuts, putbacks and dump off passes. Burgess also knocked down a couple 3-pointers, something he was doing a lot more on the grassroots circuit than with Sycamore so far this season. A quick processor with the basketball, Burgess is making the right play quickly when the ball is in his hands, giving the defense not much time to read and react. Burgess has numerous offers from high major programs and will be recruited heavily until he makes a final decision on where he will play college basketball.

The clear top performer of the day, Burgess was dominant in Sycamore’s win over Dublin Jerome in the marquee battle of the day. Burgess finished with 25 points and a handful of dunks and blocks. Jerome didn’t have anybody to match the physicality or size of Burgess and he made them pay. Pretty much every time Sycamore was able to get the ball into Burgess he scored in the paint. For a while I’ve been higher on Burgess than the national consensus and the top ranked player in Prep Hoops Ohio 2024 rankings proved why on Friday evening.