Rising Juniors in the Southern Carolina Conference you Should Know
Much like their rising senior class, these rising juniors are under the radar as well. There are athletes and basketball players in this class that should have offers coming in. If you have not heard of or seen all of…
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Continue ReadingMuch like their rising senior class, these rising juniors are under the radar as well. There are athletes and basketball players in this class that should have offers coming in. If you have not heard of or seen all of these players play, make sure you do next season.
Shimiya Taylor: The 5’5 guard from Parkwood high school has a lot of upside to her. She does whatever it is her team needs her to do to win games. She has a high motor and pretty crafty with the ball in her hands. From 3 point land she is a streaky shooter but when catches fire she rolls with it. In a 4 game stretch she was shooting 45% or better, and in another 3 game stretch 40% or better. She has good size for only being 5’5, she has a strong build, this makes it easy for her to handle the ball with pressure, and easy for her to get into the paint and finish. On defense she plays hard and causes a lot of turn overs and deflections. She is a good rebounding guard recording 2 double-doubles and coming close to a handful of others. She plays AAU for the Carolina Fire Basketball organization.
Imelda McMenamin: The 5’7 shooting guard from Charlotte Catholic high school is another hard working kid. She is a knockdown shooter from 3. She had 6 games this last season where she was knocking down 4+ 3’s. This included a season high 7, resulting in another high 31 points. Even though she is known as a shooter, she drives to the rim as well. Which results in her getting to the free throw line quite often where she knocks down over 80% of her attempts. She rebounds well, tracking and running down the long ones, and just crashing hard and battling for them. She plays AAU for the Charlotte Dream Elite organization.
Kyndall Shivers: The 5’8 guard from Marvin Ridge high school doubled her stats from freshman year to sophomore year. She is a high motor, hard worker like her peers, and has good size and athleticism. Also like her peers she shoots the 3 ball pretty well. Her lucky number seemed to be 4 this last season, as she knocked down 4 a game in a 4 game streak, and 4 again in a 3 game streak. She is a pesk on defense, guarding anyone you put in front of her. Another good rebounding guard, she came close to a few double-double’s this last season. She plays AAU for the Lady Team Charlotte organization.
Ruby Williams Ruby Williams 6'0" | SF Cuthbertson | 2022 State NC : The 6’0 forward from Cuthbertson high school might have the most potential of this class. She is long, athletic, high motor, and can do a little bit of everything. She is extremely active on defense, she stays low and uses her size to get a lot of deflections and steals. Once she gets these steals she is comfortable to then push the break. When she is pushing the break she is very good at then making the decision of taking it herself, finding the open teammate, or pulling it out. She is a very good passer for a forward, averaging right at 2 assists per game. She can shoot the 3 (has a very smooth looking release), post up smaller defenders, and has no problem driving it. Over the next 2 seasons she really could have huge breakout seasons, and easily help out someone’s college roster. She plays AAU for the Team Curry organization.