Top Five South Jersey 2025 Prospects

With over 140 prospects included, Prep Girls Hoops New Jersey’s 2025 prospect rankings are the most comprehensive rankings that the site has done to date. That also means there are also roughly 100 new players or so to talk about. PGH NJ continues its look at the 2025 class with the top five prospects from South Jersey. <strong>No. 6: [player_tooltip player_id="414340" first="Macie" last="McCracken"] - 5-6 SG, Wildwood</strong> McCracken very much embodies the 3&D type of player, but brings so much more to the table for Wildwood. It starts with her three-point shooting of which she’s been a spark-plug for this program. McCracken hit 65 last season, just over 2.3 a game, and was incredibly efficient as well as dominant. She sits just outside of our top five, but has the talent already to be a top five player within months’ time. Her 15.4 points a game and 2.3 steals a game stand out prominently and her defense is nothing to overlook. It’s the other major component to her game that’s made McCracken so successful thus far. <strong>No. 7: [player_tooltip player_id="414395" first="Reese" last="Downey"] - 5-7 PG, Absegami</strong> When we saw Downey play in February, it was quite immediate the level of potential superstardom that she brought. Averaging 16.4 points a game with 72 made three-pointers, nearly four assists a game and over 110 steals, she was the real deal. Downey can shoot from beyond the arc without a hitch and looks comfortable as a perimeter shooter. Her sheer quickness allows her to intercept passes with regularity and her split-second decision making has produced some great defensive stops. <strong>No. 11: [player_tooltip player_id="414392" first="Madison" last="Eli"] - SF, Deptford</strong> Eli can get things done on both sides of the basketball, possesses some shot-blocking ability and is a defensive stalwart for Deptford. She’s not overly dependent on three-point shooting, though she’ll go to it at times. Playing in the lane is her game and she does it well, drawing contact often. It’s going to be interesting watching her next season as defenses adjust to Eli, but she weathered the storm well as a freshman and was incredibly productive and electric to watch. <strong>No. 12: [player_tooltip player_id="414393" first="Nal’La" last="Bennett"] - SG, Timber Creek</strong> Bennett has had the great pleasure of playing with senior [player_tooltip player_id="319020" first="Amaya" last="Burch"] this season, of which she’s already learned plenty from her game. She’s trying to carve out her own game and her own legacy with the Chargers, and her three-point shooting is definitely going to help her get there. Hitting two threes a game on average, she’s not just a spot-up shooter, but can also create her own space getting to her hot zones. She’s a great under-the-radar passer as well and has utilized the success of her teammates to her advantage, finding them open for scoring opportunities often. <strong>No. 13: [player_tooltip player_id="414305" first="Molly" last="Sholders"] - 6-1 C, Gateway</strong> Sholders missed out out averaging a double-double as a freshman by less than a point and just over a rebound a game. Those numbers are nothing to shake a stick at for the forward, who was an elite shot-blocker, averaging 1.9 blocks a game. Sholders has used her size to her advantage and doesn’t back down easily in the lane. As a post player, she can work off a pick-and-roll or a simple give-and-go to get that open lane to the basket. When those don’t work, she’s able to create space on her own. That also goes with her rebounding as something as simple as boxing out, she does to near-perfection.