10 Prospects From The Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As usual, there was a lot of very high quality basketball going on throughout Michigan over the weekend. I made at stop at the Icebreaker Challenge hosted by Arbor Prep. This was a collection of some of the most talented players and teams in the state. Over the course of 2 games, a Heritage victory over Lansing Catholic and an Arbor Prep win against Tecumseh, there were 10 Prospects who's names kept showing up in my notes. Let's take a look at these 10 players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["335976"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Mitchell was lights out in an impressive team win. 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