2024s to See in Eastern NC
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We’ve looked at the juniors that have been making some noise this season from the western part of the state. It’s time to go out east and check out some players that you should catch. Kayla Wilkins POS PG CLASS…
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Continue ReadingWe’ve looked at the juniors that have been making some noise this season from the western part of the state. It’s time to go out east and check out some players that you should catch.
Kayla Wilkins
Kayla Wilkins
Kayla Wilkins scans the offensive side of the ball evaluating the best ways to make her moves. She uses her ball moves like between the leg dribbles and crossovers to create space, and she finds her open teammates cutting to the hoop. She understands opponents’ offenses jumping into passing lanes to grab the steal and take the other direction.
Shontalae Evans
Shontalae Evans
Shontalae Evans is a tough defender stripping the ball from her opponent and taking it the other direction, especially as she sets the right traps on her full court press. She makes sure to clog the paint preventing anyone from scoring around her. On offense, she goes up high grabbing the entry pass if needed, and she knows how to move spinning to the basket for some points.
Mikayla Taborn gets inside on both ends grabbing rebounds, and she uses offensive rebounds to get her own points. She is strong with the ball using ball swings protecting the possession. She slides down to the block making sure she is a big target for the pass, and she uses power dribbles to score some points. Her ability to constantly seal off opponents certainly takes a lot of strength.
Nylah Daniels
Nylah Daniels
Nylah Daniels does a nice job driving hard to the basket scoring through contact when needed. She’s intimidating on defense constantly keeping her opponents in front of her making it difficult to get by her with the ball. She cam grab steals taking them coast to coast for some fast break points. She is sneaky getting inside crashing the boards to grab rebounds on both ends.
Candice Williams Candice Williams 5'8" | CG Greensboro Day | 2025 NC
Candice Williams Candice Williams 5'8" | CG Greensboro Day | 2025 NC
Candice Williams Candice Williams 5’8″ | CG Greensboro Day | 2025 NC does a nice job attacking the passing lanes grabbing steals and pushing them up the court. She can take it all the way to the hoop for a layup or use some power dribbles to settle down and put up the shot. She can certainly knock it down from deep even making some nice four point plays through contact.
Madysan Hammonds
Madysan Hammonds
Madysan Hammonds showed her range scoring first for the Fighting Scots. She knocked down three just in the third quarter coming out hot after halftime. She jumped into passing lanes, too, grabbing steals to push the other direction.
Kelyce McSwaine
Kelyce McSwaine
Kelyce McSwain was a force in the paint using a nice drop step to get around her defender and on to the hoop. She used her length to deflect passes on the paint, and she was constantly on the boards grabbing rebounds. She seemed impossible to stop when going after rebounds and scoring off of offensive boards.