Battle of the State Invitational: More than Points 2023

Mindy McCarthy January 11, 2022 @ 07:14 PM

The Battle of the State Invitational was held on Saturday. Here are some of the 2023s that showed how to get stats in more than just points. Laurel Zlotkowski | Northern Guilford | G 15 points - 5 rebounds - 5 assists - 5 steals Zlotkowski was contributing in basically all stat categories. She was driving hard to the hoop and showed off her IQ pulling up for a jump shot when she needed to. She crashed boards extending plays on offense. She sees the floor well setting up her teammates for some buckets. Alex Belton | T.W. Andrews | G 13 points - 5 rebounds - 1 assist - 3 steals - 1 block Belton was scoring on all levels driving hard to the basket and showing off her range from deep. She snuck inside to grab rebounds, and she was a tenacious defender grabbing steals for her team. She does well moving without the ball, too, finding the openings on the court to put up her shot. [player_tooltip player_id="323901" first="La’niya" last="Simes"] | East Forsyth | SF 10 points - 7 rebounds - 6 steals - 3 blocks Simes (pictured above) can do it all for her team handling the ball, getting to the basket, and crashing the boards for her own rebounds. She is sneaky getting inside to grab rebounds, and she knows how to track the ball blocking shots from her opponents. She uses various moves to get space between her and her defender to score some points. [player_tooltip player_id="116899" first="Alivia" last="Evans"] | Quality Education Academy | SF 11 points - 5 rebounds - 4 assists - 2 steals Evans, who re-classed to 2023, scored three from deep on three separate occasions and added a nice drive to the hoop to get her into double digit scoring. She crashed the boards grabbing rebounds for her team, and her presence inside caused problems on defense. She sees the floor well finding her open teammates for their own jump shots.