Standout Slashers from PGH Dynasty Region Kick Off (2026-27)
Here is my list of some impressive ladies who really showed off their ability to attack the basket and get downhill at the Prep Girls Hoops Dynasty Region Kick Off! These are some of the best slashers that I saw…
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Continue ReadingHere is my list of some impressive ladies who really showed off their ability to attack the basket and get downhill at the Prep Girls Hoops Dynasty Region Kick Off! These are some of the best slashers that I saw from the 2026 and 2027 classes.
Paige Williams 2026 5’6 Kipp MS, OK (Krush Queens 2026)
Paige is an impressive slasher who thrives at finishing through contact and subsequently the free throw line. She showed an ability to finish through anyone who stood in front of her, and get to the free throw line. She is good at using her frame to get by her defenders by dipping her shoulders and beating her opponents off the dribble. Once she gets two feet in the lane she makes the right read to dump off to his bigs or go through the chest of her opponent. Her aggressiveness on both ends of the floor really stood out. On the defensive side of the floor, she is an active trapper in the full court who knows how to harass the ball handler when she comes over as a second defender. Her ability to move and slide her feet allows her to pick up high level ball handlers, and force turnovers in the full court.
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.
Hayden McDowell 2026 5’7 Collinsville High School, OK (Tulsa Hawks 2026)
Hayden is a great player who thrives at getting downhill and getting into the paint. She is aggressive when driving to the rim, and is able to fight through contact in the lane. She can do it with a live dribble, but is also an aware cutter without the ball. I loved her awareness in the full court, she always stayed in the right passing lanes to space the floor and cutting to the rim to force the last defender make a decision. On the perimeter, she is a willing passer for her teammates and is not afraid to make the extra pass to find a better shot within the flow of the offense. I would like to see her work on her ability to create spacer for a jumper off the dribble, there were a few instances where the defense is playing back and she could have risen up for a better shot in the midrange. As she becomes a more deadly weapon on the outside, the paint will continue to open up for her.
Camille Mason 2027 5’6 Moore West MS, OK (Lion’s Elite Gold 2025)
Camille is an aggressive player who thrives at putting the ball on the floor and getting to the rim. She consistently bullies her opponents into deep positioning in the paint and rises up and forces them to foul or allow her to finish at the rim. I was very impressed with her ability to live at the free throw line as a result of her aggressiveness on that end of the floor. She is a good rim protector who showed an ability to slide over and contest shots in the paint using her length. As she continues to grow I would like to see her become a more dynamic athlete from the perimeter. I would like to see her work on her ability to shoot off the dribble and staying up right whenever she is trying to get downhill in the full court.
Benita Byrd 2027 5’5 Kinkaid High School, TX (Just Play Elite 2026 JT)
Benita is a skilled and lanky guard who can score from all three levels of the floor, but also plays hard on both sides of the ball. She is skilled enough to manipulate the defense with a live dribble and initiate offense for her teammates. She routinely scored off the bounce from the midrange and beyond the arc. She always seemed to knock down open looks when she got to set her feet. She consistently finished in the paint and was good at sneaking around her defender and then sealing them on her back for easy looks down low.
I was very impressed with her ability to find space and use it to get through traps and turn the corner on her opponents within the half court. In the full court she is dynamic and a real problem to opposing defenses with her ability to make the right decisions and also get around her defenders. Another thing I loved seeing about her game was her willingness to dive on the floor after loose balls. She consistently fought on the ground for loose balls and long rebounds. I loved seeing all of that fight she had in her game.