Guards that can score the ball are valuable assets. Simply, you have to score points to win the game. As I am covering North Dakota now as well, I’m able to combine North Dakota and South Dakota prospects for a further landscape for our audience of basketball in both states. It doesn’t hurt to compare either, for entertainment sakes. When I reference to guards it’s essentially the 1-3 spots — so we’re including wing players. Let’s see who gets buckets.
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>South Dakota</b></span></p>
[player_tooltip player_id="14248" first="Bella" last="Swedlund"] — Scores from three - can create own shot - good range from three -
[player_tooltip player_id="181885" first="Emilee" last="Fox"] — As an eighth-grader she scored from all over the place - Deep range threes - pull-ups
<span style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">[player_tooltip player_id="98666" first="Haleigh" last="Timmer"] — Scores from all three levels - Can get inside - South Dakota State University commit -</span>
[player_tooltip player_id="98700" first="Olivia" last="Ritter"] - 40 point games - Dordt University commit -
[player_tooltip player_id="98673" first="Morgan" last="Edelman"] — High energy and active scorer - earns her points - Dakota Wesleyan University commit -
[player_tooltip player_id="98757" first="Halle" last="Heinz"] - Count her for at least 20 points a majority of the time - moves off screens - quick and highly accurate three - Northern State University commit -
[player_tooltip player_id="183121" first="Rachel" last="Fiedler"] - Small school South Dakota guard that can score - might be underrated -
[player_tooltip player_id="99733" first="Zoey" last="Wohlleber"] - Very small school South Dakota scorer - 25 points/game -
[player_tooltip player_id="99728" first="Kaycee" last="Groves"] - Going to take-off as a scorer - 20+points/game prediction -
[player_tooltip player_id="99752" first="Julia" last="Weber"] - Smooth and quick/fast scorer - pull-up - three-point ability -
[player_tooltip player_id="100468" first="Avery" last="Broughton"] — Scores and puts pressure on the defense all game - doesn’t letup her aggressiveness -
[player_tooltip player_id="150856" first="Stella" last="Marcus"] — Most underrated scorer - has all the offensive tools -
[player_tooltip player_id="100479" first="Jessy" last="VanDerWerff"] — A strong-built, aggressive scorer - big scoring upside -
[player_tooltip player_id="100478" first="Olivia" last="Kieffer"] — Best scorer in the state that not many know about - small-private school Rapid City, SD - Could take the scoring crown - 27-28 points/game prediction -
[player_tooltip player_id="218149" first="Katie" last="Vasecka"] — A 6’1 guard? Was #1 rated 2024 Minnesota prospect - Transferred to South Dakota - She’ll find a way to score fairly easily -
<b style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Most Improved Scorer Prediction </b>
[player_tooltip player_id="99775" first="Ashtyn" last="Wobig"] - scoring opportunity with graduation- skilled enough to improve her scoring numbers - 18 points/game prediction -
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>North Dakota </strong></span></p>
[player_tooltip player_id="98646" first="Jilee" last="Golus"] — A PGH favorite guard - great handles and uses them to score - scores in variety - could contend for WDA top scorer - 51 threes in 2019-2020 -
[player_tooltip player_id="98641" first="Grace" last="Hegerle"] — WDA top scorer - slasher to the hoop -
[player_tooltip player_id="98714" first="Mackenzie" last="Hughes"] — 5’5 bulldog of a guard - skilled and a strong/quick mover -
[player_tooltip player_id="195227" first="Julia" last="Fitterer"] - 10th leading scorer in Class A this past season - efficiency from three - University of Mary commit -
[player_tooltip player_id="99802" first="Adie" last="Wagner"] — Top scorer in Class A at 20 points/game - lead Class A with 68 threes -
[player_tooltip player_id="204012" first="Isabelle" last="Boyer"] - 22.9 points/game in 2019/2020 - 2nd leading scorer in Class B -
[player_tooltip player_id="14185" first="Rozalind" last="Strong"] - Complete scorer - 21.4 points/game
[player_tooltip player_id="200284" first="Megan" last="Roob"] — Class B All-Stater - A long 5’9 with all the ability -
[player_tooltip player_id="100449" first="Hailey" last="Quam"] — Saw her compete this summer and was scoring at will for ND Storm -
<b style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Most Improved Scorer Prediction </b>
[player_tooltip player_id="219713" first="Jessica" last="Mogen"] — Freshman that got playing time in the WDA as an eighth-grader averaging 6.2 points/game - there’s a bunch of talent around her but she’ll become an improved scorer -
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