Part 2 of Premiere Basketball Report's player breakdown, this time the 2021 class with a focus on UConn players of interest. Part 1 is in the link directly below.
We all need to get beyond the total numbers of players recruited and focus on quality and fit. If UConn brings in 5 players in the 2020 class, based on history, there is a high probability that at least 2 will be gone by their sophomore season, not to mention the potential to also lose 2019...
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Lead Guard
Olivia Miles (Philadelphia Belles)
Raven Johnson (FBC United)
Kayla McPherson (Team Elite)
The most depth in the class belongs to the lead guard position, although the shooters may have something to say about that. Olivia Miles is a can’t miss attraction who has unbelievable vision and passing ability...Johnson is an elite athlete with real skill and no weaknesses in her game..McPherson is as fast with the ball as any guard in the country, almost impossible for defenders to keep in front.
** J. Key’s Pick - Olivia Miles
Scorer
Azzi Fudd (GTS Fusion (DNP))
Sania Rivers (Carolina Flames)
Talia Von Oelhoffen (Northwest Blazers)
Fudd was the National HS POY as a sophomore, the first player to ever accomplish the feat. Rivers is the best natural athlete of the bunch and has a limitless ceiling. Von Oelhoffen had as good a summer as anybody in the class, very hard to guard.
** J. Key’s Pick– Azzi Fudd
Shooter
Sonia Citron (NY Hoopers)
Payton Verhulst (Next Level Eclipse)
Caroline Ducharme (Exodus)
Jersey Wolfenbarger (Arkansas Banshees)
Greta Kampschroeder (Midwest Elite)
Saylor Poffenbarger (Fairfax Stars)
Feels like one of the deeper shooting classes we have had in recent memory and this group challenges the PG's for most depth in the class … Shot-makers across the board. Citron has long been a Shane Laflin favorite and showed her shot-making ability off at USA trials this spring. Verhulst is as good a player as there is in the national class. Ducharme, Wolfenbarger, Kampschroeder, and Poffenbarger are all flame-throwers with size.
** J. Key’s Pick – Payton Verhulst
Bigs
Amari DeBerry (Philadelphia Belles)
Latasha Lattimore (Sisters Keeper)
Jillian Hollingshead (Team Elite)
Okikiola Iriafen (West Coast Premier)
DeBerry reminds me of Charli Collier for those basketball fans in Texas. Feagin & Hollingshed are superior athletes with improving skill, both with huge upsides.... Lattimore is as talented as any on the board with no glaring weaknesses. Iraiafen is big, mobile, and skilled.
** J. Key’s Pick– Sania Feagin
Forwards
Aaliyah Moore(Cy-Fair)
Moore is one of my favorites who does anything and everything that is needed to win.
** J. Key’s Pick – Brooke Demetre
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