Standout 2026s from Day 1 at the PGH Dynasty Region Kick Off
Here is my list of some impressive ladies who really shined during their time on the court during the first day of the Prep Girls Hoops Dynasty Region Kick Off! Look for them to have some stellar play throughout the…
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Continue ReadingHere is my list of some impressive ladies who really shined during their time on the court during the first day of the Prep Girls Hoops Dynasty Region Kick Off! Look for them to have some stellar play throughout the next few circuit months.
Ti’Heiress Davis 2026 5’9 Mcalester High School, OK (G.O.C 2026 Black)
Ti’Heiress is a very skilled player who can seemingly do it all on both ends of the court. She is athletic and she thrives at getting to the rim with a live dribble. She is very quick with and without the basketball. Her ability to find space and gaps within the defense was very impressive as she simply put her head down and made her own path to the basket. She is an animal on the fast break and thrives at going coast to coast after picking her opponents pocket or stealing a pass in the passing lanes.
She is an incredibly dynamic player with the basketball in her hands who knows how to consistently get to her spots at all three levels of the floor. She is a knock down shooter when you give her the time to catch and shoot, and also displayed an ability to get her own shot off the dribble beyond the arc. She is a patient scorer who always takes what the defense gives her, she is calm with the basketball and possesses a really high level feel for the game. Davis even used the post to her advantage when she had smaller defenders on her, and calmly backed her opponent down and finished in traffic.
I was very impressed with her unselfishness as well, even from a high level scorer she routinely found her teammates for open looks. She garnered a lot of the defenses attention at all times, and making high level reads to find her open teammates on the backside of the offense was very impressive. In the full court she always has her head up as she slashes to the rim and can make the right dump off passes to her bigs, or set up her shooters on the outside after forcing the last defender to slide over.
Avery Ragland 2026 5’5 Mustang High School, OK (Team Griffin OK PWR 2025 Aeschelman)
Avery is a skilled guard who thrives at finishing in the paint and dancing around her opponents with a live dribble. Her ability to manipulate the defense through her ability to get downhill, and creating space with crossovers and behind the backs. She has a great handle with a quick crossover that seemingly freezes her opponents. She has a soft touch on her floater that she loves getting off in the paint.
It was fun watching her set up her teammates in the full court and the half court, she displayed a beautiful touch on all of her passes that seemed to softly land in her teammates hands. She is good out of the pick and roll and can make all of the right reads and makes nice bounce passes and passes over the top to her cutting bigs. I was very impressed with the ease in which she created look after look for her teammates. I would like to see her work on firing hard one handed passes, especially when trying to find a teammate streaking to the rim on the fast break. Her soft touch passes work to perfection within the half court, but there will be times she needs to get a pass off hard and quick to her teammates.
Tamaria Cummings 2026 5’11 TX (House4Hoops 2026)
Tamaria is an athletic big who moves incredibly well and showed an ability to defend high level guards on the perimeter while also having a defensive impact in the paint. Her ability to slide her feet and keep everything in front of her was very impressive, but the versatility she showed on the offensive end really stood out. She can operate out of the mid post and create looks for her cutting teammates as she draws the other big out of the lane, or can dominate you with her size and aggressiveness in the paint.
I was very impressed with her ability to do it all on the offensive and defensive glass, she routinely sealed off her defenders from every having a chance at a rebound. She high pointed the ball well and was strong with the basketball when she came down. Her ability to use her size to keep her defender on her back will allow her to continue to live at the free throw line and give herself easy second chance points. Her ability to keep her opponents off the glass allowed her guard to scoop up long rebounds and run on the break.
Emma Wilkerson 2026 5’5 Negreet High School, LA (O.W.E. Family Renegades 2026)
Emma is a skilled guard who thrives at absorbing contact and finishing in the lane. Her consistency at the rim made her a weapon in the full court, and no one wanted to contest her shot if she got a full head of steam. She routinely finished through contact, and lived at the free throw line after converting a few and one’s. She is very strong in the paint on both ends of the floor for her size.
I was impressed with her intensity and ability to move her feet as she trapped her opponents in the full court. Her active hands and feet harassed her opponents when they had the ball and allowed her and her team to poke the ball free and run on the fast break. She is great on the glass as well, she seals her opponents and boxes out very hard for her size and position. I would like to see her work on tightening up her shot mechanics and work on her ability to score from the perimeter.
Nariah Washington 2026 5’9 TX (A1 Sauce 2026)
Nariah is an athletic wing with good size and length. She has real defensive instincts and has a knack of taking the ball from the passing lanes, and plays intense on ball defense. Where she specializes on the defensive end is coming over as a second defender by either trapping the play or rejecting shots in the paint. She is a strong rebounder for her position and uses it to dominate on the glass on both ends of the floor.
She made strong defensive rebounds and routinely found her teammates with the right outlet passes to jump start the fast break. She also had a good feel for delivering pocket passes to her cutting teammates in the half court as well. On the offensive glass, she got easy second chance buckets through her positioning and willingness to box out.