Updated 2023 New Mexico Rankings Centers: Positional Breakdowns

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Girls Hoops New Mexico has updated our 2023 Prospect Rankings! The list now stands at 119 total prospects ranked. Since our last update, our team of scouts has continued gathering new insights on this crop of players by keeping tabs on players throughout the last few months.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To follow up on the latest ranking release, we already posted the guards and forwards, so here's positional breakdowns of the 2023 Class of the Centers. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>#1</strong> Class of 2023 | <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='353909' first='Leilani' last='Love']</strong> | C | Albuquerque:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Albuquerque's Star Center <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='353909' first='Leilani' last='Love']</strong> was selected as the 2023 New Mexico Girls Gatorade Player of the Year. She did an amazing job leading Albuquerque to the best record in the 5A Class this year at 25-3. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='353909' first='Leilani' last='Love']</strong> led them to the 5A Girls State Tournament by averaging a near double-double of 19.3 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. She ranked 5th in the state in scoring and 11th in rebounding. On the season she recorded 11 double-doubles and 12 20-point games. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>#5</strong> Class of 2023 | <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='391172' first='Kathleen' last='Obisike']</strong> | C | Hope Christian: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='391172' first='Kathleen' last='Obisike']</strong> had a huge impact on the Hope Christian Huskies making a trip to the 4A Girls State Semifinals this past season. An argument can be made she was a top three center in the state by being in the conversation with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='353909' first='Leilani' last='Love']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='357657' first='Taejhuan' last='Hill']</strong>. Her numbers spoke for themselves, and she was as dominant as any star in the state this year. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='391172' first='Kathleen' last='Obisike']</strong> averaged a monster double-double averaging 19.3 points per game and 15.5 rebounds per game. She led the state in rebounding and was the states 4th leading scorer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->