'25 Prospects to Watch: Bay State Jaguars

One of the most exciting up-and-coming programs featuring some of the region’s top prospects is the 8th grade Bay State Jaguars Club. I have been fortunate enough to see this team play during weekend tournaments and watch them get after it in practice. This Bay State Jaguars unit has household talent up and down the roster, but what is not stressed enough about this team is how they all buy into playing winning team basketball resulting in a fun playstyle that showcases how skilled they are. Every player is unselfish, moves the ball well on offense, and commits to the defensive side of the ball. To make them more impressive is that they have a team GPA of 3.89, showing that they can get it done in the classroom as well. Over this past weekend, the Bay State Jaguars won a game against a very competitive Lady Rivals team, and I wanted to highlight some of the standout players from that game and give my thoughts on what these players did during this contest that made them pop.   [player_tooltip player_id="270725" first="Ava" last="Black"] - Tabor - 5’10’’ - CG <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-281357" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/05/wd2gQstoTtCPXA8ecftUpg-scaled-crop-1204x791-1620248796-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Three-level scorer</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Matchup nightmare/good upper body strength/ gets into paint at will</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Aggressive attacking a zone defense</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Can score down low on the block</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Terrific help-side defender/rotates early and contests without fouling </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Point forward</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Combo of strength and lateral quickness allows her to defend any position on the court</li> </ul> https://x.com/mrodrigues423/status/1389520037485195265 [player_tooltip player_id="270724" first="Aleah" last="Bracey"] - St. George's - 5’8’’ - CG <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-281353" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/05/5iBXtRpqReCaTczVPGbfg-scaled-crop-1216x798-1620248718-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Tenacious on-ball defender/ quick active hands/forces baseline rarely gets beat middle</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Long, athletic guard/can defend 1-3</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Impressive east-west movement </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Aggressive denial defense </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Good spot up shooter</li> </ul> https://x.com/mrodrigues423/status/1389585418283331584 [player_tooltip player_id="273928" first="Sophia" last="Florio"] - West Bridgewater - 5’3’’ - PG <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-281534" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/04/cIfvM9GSl2v3tcaTpKMQ-scaled-crop-1204x791-1620305931-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Efficient catch and shoot 3pt shooter/quick release</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Destroys 2-3 zone with her shooting</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Deadly 3pt specialist from the corner/very confident from that spot</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Quick/scrappy point guard</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Confident creating with her off-hand</li> </ul> https://x.com/mrodrigues423/status/1389689427300077572   [player_tooltip player_id="270721" first="Kaelyn" last="Carroll"] - Tabor - 6’2’’ - SF <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-281535" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/04/ucKKwSfET8KhBHH9veipw-scaled-crop-1204x791-1620305979-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Excellent mid-long range shooter/can shoot off the dribble and catch</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Handles the ball well in transition </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Versatile defender/guards bigs and can switch out on the perimeter to defend wings</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Great hands/ can catch in traffic</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Not stagnant on offense/face cuts hard</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Willing passer/sees the court well in transition and high post</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Great athlete/coordinated/runs the floor well for her size</li> </ul>   https://x.com/mrodrigues423/status/1389535083829342208   [player_tooltip player_id="281442" first="Chloe" last="Egan"] - Barnstable - 5’10’’ - SG/SF <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-281536" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/05/USRQdBZ2SYuqoD2pSRAYGA-scaled-crop-1204x791-1620306038-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Good anticipation/disrupts passing lanes</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Aggressive when trapping/double teaming</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Physical/fights through screens</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Confident three-point stroke</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Moved the ball the best/consistently found the open teammate in a scoring position</li> </ul>   https://x.com/mrodrigues423/status/1389698564524236800   Here is the full game of the Bay State Jaguars National ’25 team vs. Lady Rivals ’24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13vO6CQnq-c