New Faces Offer Excitement for Oklahoma HS and MS

Please read this carefully so there won’t be any confusion. I saw several players from Oklahoma at both Duel States Girls Combine in Dallas Texas as well as the Select 40 which was held in Round Round Rock Texas and the players I’m mentioning here are from both of those events. I just covered the Next 100 in Oklahoma and I’ll be dropping a variety of stories and twists from that event LATER but first <strong>2022</strong> [player_tooltip player_id="211911" first="Makia" last="Lovelace"]-PF Lovelace just battled both days of the Duel States Girls Combine so that legitimized her performance even more because her drive and energy never changed. She finishes strong around the rim, either facing it or with her back to the basket and she rebounded well <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Kiera Caitlin-G</strong> Caitlin attacks and finishes strongly and showed the pull-up but what really got me going was her energy level was off the chart and stayed the same both days at Duel States Girls Combine but she has good timing, defends well, and uses her athleticism to apply pressure <strong>A’Nae Atchinson-PG</strong> Atchinson is athletic and attacks the rim very strong but her ballhandling and ability to see the floor was more than solid. She creates her shot under pressure and showed a consistent jumper but those passes she made pushing the ball coast to coast were on the money <strong>2025</strong> <strong>E’Mani Atchinson-SG</strong> Atchinson goes hard, whether she’s attacking the basket or applying pressure on the defensive end but she also does a good job creating her shot and showed explosiveness on her pull-up jumper, always a great sign and so was her defense &nbsp; <strong>Blythe Crawley-PG</strong> Crawley isn’t your prototypical point guard, yeah she can run a team, control the tempo or push the ball and see the floor yet she can score by creating her shot which is from mid to very long-range not to leave out she attacks the basket strongly and finishes after contact <strong>Haniya Geretta-5’7 PG</strong> Geretta is an explosive scorer that not only handles the ball well in traffic, but she can also knock down the jumper but seeing her attack the rim from a variety of angles and finish with contact makes her hard to handle but let me not omit the fact that she can create her shot as well as see the floor <strong>2026</strong> <strong>Aliyah Duval-5’7 G</strong> Duval has worked on so many ways to get defenders to lean, she has a slight hesitation, she’s showing the crossover but she does thing instinctively which is even more impressive to me. Her multiple moves help her create her shot where she can knock it down from mid to long-range <strong>Mya Alston-5’6 SG</strong> Alston does so many things well now that her upside is even more impressive because she’s long, she’s athletic and she’s young but whether it’s attacking the rim or playing the passing lane, she does it well right now so that in itself will open up everything else <strong>Aundrea Walter-PG</strong> Walter is athletic and understands how to run a team, two great signs because she can handle the ball under pressure and see the floor, going full speed as well but she also can attack the rim and finish as well as create her midrange <strong>Jakayla Brown-G</strong> Brown’s upside just grabbed me, she already understands positioning and the desire to not be outrebounded, she showed that on both ends of the court but she also showed she could finish strongly after contact. She also did a good job creating her outside shot <strong>Jakarya Brown-G</strong> Brown can change directions pushing the ball going full speed, that’s a huge plus but she also can make the pass going full speed but the pluses keep adding up as she can take defenders and finish strongly, she has good timing for steals and applies pressure on defense <strong>2029</strong> <strong>Auriana Walter-PG</strong> Walter is going t be a terror, her mindset is off the chart, and hearing some of the girls saying not to pass her the ball in shootaround and she responded "oh like I’m not going to get any rebounds" you can’t teach this nor her poise against the older players as she attacked off the dribble as well as knocked the long ball down &nbsp;