17U Top Performers #PGHDynastyClassic

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some of the other standouts that captured my attention </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kyndall Roberts-5'7 G (Houston Lady Nets 2024) Nimitz [2026]</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roberts fit the GAMECHANGER role to a T, tee, or tea, whichever you choose, her performance was hot and sweet because she changed the momentum off the bench. Down double digits, her explosiveness off the dribble to score along with her "on the ball" pressure that helped create turnovers, which led to baskets was part of it. Another part was her clutch outside shooting from long range and her biggest 3 came as the half was closing down. She continued to have a solid second half on both ends </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Taniya Boylan (Team Passion) 2024</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Boylan is athletic and used her athleticism on both ends and her baseline-to-baseline defense was smothering at times, plus she did a good job of not only playing the passing lane but handling the ball afterward. She also attacked the basket with an explosive first step and finished strongly, at times acrobatically, after contact. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Keivonla Knight (Team Passion) 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Knight has UPS and elevated for rebounds on both ends plus she did a good job playing the passing lane as well as defending both in the set as well as applying full-court pressure. She also attacked the basket off the dribble, with either hand, her first step is nice, so is her body control on her finishes and she scored after contact while attacking </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kennedy Ford (Gulf Coast Legacy)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ford did a job creating her shot and made good decisions on her shot selection along with getting hers in the flow. She showed the pull-up jumper in the set, along with the "catch and shoot" with a hand in her face but her defense was solid and she did a good job playing the passing lane </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kirsten Lippold (Gulf Coast Legacy)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lippold is "long and athletic" which is and will always be the base and her intangibles start with her timing as she blocked, altered, and (or) deflected shots. She did a good job rebounding, she also scored around the basket, and also showed the pull-up from midrange </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kayla Collins-5'4 G (DFW Lady Magic 2024) </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Collins played within herself and picked and choose the right time to set the defender up and her deceptive first step enabled her to attack the basket yet it also helped her get separation to shoot the midrange. She also dropped the 3 ball and showed she too could "catch and shoot" it</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='884016' first='Jasmine' last='Gilbert']-5'7 G (DFW Lady Magic) Marcus [2025]</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gilbert started and finished the same way, applying "on the ball" pressure on the defensive end, whether it was in the set or the length of the court, she kept bringing it. She also brought it off the dribble as she attacked the basket strongly to finish, she even dropped the FLOTA </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Shayda Fletcher (Dash) 2024</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fletcher is an athletic guard and she's another player that understands how to use her athleticism on both ends. She falls into that "never takes a play-off" type of player because she goes hard and her defensive pressure has stood out all club season on the PGH Circuit. She shot the ball well, mid to long-range, and dropped some clutch shots from DEEP</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Lauren Stephens-5'9 (Team Stay Ready 2024) Guyer [2024]</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stephens has got to be one of the most improved players I have seen over the past season. Athleticism and desire were always there as she outrebounds and scores over taller players, putbacks included, yes she has UPS but she's shooting the midrange consistently both in the set as well as in transition</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jaslynn Marsh-5'4 G (Lady Sharks 2024) North Forney [2024]</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Marsh gave her team several sparks with her solid defense and helped to create turnovers by beating the offensive player to the spot and using her quick hands to come away with steals but she also played the passing lane, handled the ball in the open court, and saw the floor. She also scored off the dribble and finished strongly </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->