Ella Kreuzer – Future Bison
After 6 days of Run 4 The Roses madness, there are tons of players to talk about, but one deserves her own headline today. Ella Kreuzer Ella Kreuzer 5'10" | SG Chatham | 2025 State NJ has announced her commitment…
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Continue ReadingAfter 6 days of Run 4 The Roses madness, there are tons of players to talk about, but one deserves her own headline today. Ella Kreuzer Ella Kreuzer 5'10" | SG Chatham | 2025 State NJ has announced her commitment to Bucknell University. Coach Woodruff and his staff have added one of the most well-rounded basketball players I have seen on the AAU circuit this season. I have watched Ella guard 1-5 with ease. If she lacks a little speed against some elite PGs or size against some elite pivots, she makes up for it in the basketball IQ department. She uses that IQ advantage to control nearly every situation she is in defensively and her coaches have complete trust in her defensive abilities. Offensively she is a throwback player to me. Offense is never about her. For Ella it looks like it’s about 5 players working together to score points. I have watched Ella with her United 17U Select 40 team where she repeatedly passes up good shots to get her teammates better shots. I have also seen her step up and take over the scoring when her team needed her. She trusts that making the right pass is the start of the ball finding its way back to her as part of the offense. She is just as comfortable running the show as she is moving off the ball. She has a quick release on her jumper and is an absolute sniper from 3. Just when you think you can take the 3-ball away from her, she will get by you and get in the paint. She is as good as there is with the ball using her eyes and head and shoulder fakes to get defenders leaning so she can utilize her quick crossover to get downhill and finish in the paint. Together with Mia Semioli Mia Semioli 5'9" | SG Chatham | 2025 State NJ they form one of the best public-school backcourts in NJ and Chatham HS Coach Joe Gaba gets them both for two more years which is scary for the rest of the Group 3 teams in NJ. She is as impressive off the court as she is on the court. Ella is a great teammate, leader, and a gym rat. When Ella is not playing you will find her on the bench of all the other United teams cheering. I even caught her in Louisville sitting on the bench working on her shooting form. I don’t know that I have ever seen this young lady when she doesn’t have a ball in her hand. Her mind is always on getting better. She will blow past 1,000 points in her junior year at Chatham and will lead a young Cougar team by example making sure the culture she loves will remain intact when she is lighting it up in Lewisburg, PA. But don’t worry NJ high school basketball fans, you still get two more years to enjoy the Ella Kreuzer Ella Kreuzer 5'10" | SG Chatham | 2025 State NJ Show. Don’t miss it!