Week 7 Top Performers

Heading into the last weekend of January playoff positioning is starting to heat up! We are starting to see from each team who are the go-to players to lead their team on that playoff push! Here are some players that will step it up next month. <b>[player_tooltip player_id="255916" first="Nia" last="Henley"] 2023 PG Riversbend HS</b> <img class="size-medium wp-image-380444 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2022/01/F260C1B8-018B-49FD-94A2-83E1DD36588E-159x300.jpeg" alt="" width="159" height="300" /> Nia help her team stretch the lead out in the second half after she hit a big 3 right before halftime. She took over the game putting pressure on the defense scoring on all three levels. She finished with 25 points 8 assists and went 11-12 at the line leading her team to a 76-65 win! &nbsp; <b>[player_tooltip player_id="254951" first="Jaedyn" last="Cook"] 2023 post John Marshall HS</b> <img class="size-medium wp-image-380447 alignright" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2022/01/8492647B-9338-47D5-B084-BBF77884511B-crop-1285x844-1643142766-300x197.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /> Last year COVID-19 shut her high school year now she has picked up from her all-state freshman year! She just miss a triple-double she poured in 31points 12 rebounds and 8 blocks to lead her to the win and a 9-1 record. &nbsp; <b>Jenesis Massengburg 2022 CG Friendship Academy </b> Woah this 5’5 guard is just a flat-out bucket getter! She went 5 for 8 from three-point range and was able to score multiple ways. She has a good stop-and-go hesitation and is quick off the dribble. She tried to put her team on her back but came up short. Jenesis finished with 33 points 3 Steals and 3 assists <b>[player_tooltip player_id="255912" first="Karlee" last="Lemon"] 2022 CG TPLS Christian Academy </b> <img class="size-medium wp-image-380455 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2022/01/8198BEEA-14AD-4E8B-8ADE-A398A79F0BE6-225x300.jpeg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /> Talk about getting it done! Karlee put up some big numbers against a scrappy Friendship Academy team! She helped the Lions open up the game by hitting 3 threes in the third quarter. She finished the game with a career-high 7 three-pointers made. Her final stat line is 23 points 7 steals 7 rebounds and 6 assists! &nbsp; <b>[player_tooltip player_id="303627" first="Ella" last="Weaver"] 2023 Wing WMHS</b> [caption id="attachment_380456" align="alignright" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-380456" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2022/01/8666C664-2580-41D4-BA1F-0465D4390FB5.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /> Photo: C’Ville Varsity , WMHS[/caption] I think we saw this movie before at this high school! Ella has put this team on her back this season! She leads her team to an improbable buzzer-beater win! Down one point she stole the inbound pass and hit a long three-pointer at the top of the key to win the game! She finished with 25 points 10 rebounds and 6 steals! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;