FOP Basketball International Friendly: 2024s

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>FOP Basketball hosted an international friendly with players from across the Atlantic when the Manchester Magic and Mystics were able to come to town to compete.  Athletes from all high school ages competed against one another learning and growing from different styles of play.  Let's take a look at some of the stand out 2024s from the event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":722731,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Favor 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