Friday Night Insights: February 2nd-3rd Edition (Part 1)
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Ebany Hill Ebany Hill 5'6" | SG Washburn | 2026 TN POS N/A CLASS 2026 Ebany Hill Ebany Hill 5'6" | SG Washburn | 2026 TN School: Washburn As the Washburn girls move to 17-4, this is that point in…
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Ebany Hill Ebany Hill 5'6" | SG Washburn | 2026 TN
As the Washburn girls move to 17-4, this is that point in the season that the creation of new normal….is now just normal….make sense?
And Ebany Hill Ebany Hill 5’6″ | SG Washburn | 2026 TN scoring 17 points per game, on high efficiency marks from both inside and outside of three is the new normal. Hill also gives you 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and gritty competitieveness on D. This Washburn team always seems to give themselves a chance to win because of their defense…and then if they are hitting shots from the perimeter…they are just blowing people out at this point.
Hill’s stats when you look at them on a per/32 minute basis…and all of a sudden she’s a top 5 scorer in the state (according to MaxPresp’s). She’s averaging 3.2 made threes a game on 42% from three. Her total of 64 made threes is tops in the state for ’26s (MaxPreps). She’s shooting 47% overall. Kid is a stud.
Washburn is blessed with two high-level perimenter scorers. It’s like the old Trail Blazers with Dame and CJ….excepts Ebany Hill Ebany Hill 5’6″ | SG Washburn | 2026 TN and Saylor like play legit D. It’s so much fun to watch two high-level perimeter kids get put together on a high school team…and then watch the IQ take over as they learn to play off one another.
Clay’s stat line is like a mirror of Hill’s: averaging 17 points on 3.2 made threes per game, on 41% from 3.
Are you serious? How do you ever guard that!!
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Payton Rollins Payton Rollins 5’8″ | PG South Doyle | 2027 State TN continues to roll. She led her South Doyle team to a 3 win week, and helped them secure 2nd in the district. It wasn’t long ago that South Doyle was at the bottom of the standings, and their resurgence has been fun to watch!!
In Friday’s win, Rollins went for 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and block. Rollins continues to look more and more confident as the season progresses, and it feels like she’s kinda start to flex a bit.
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Butler had a terrific night versus rival Stone, as she went for 24 points and two made threes. Keely Mullins Keely Mullins 6’1″ | SG N/A | 2025 State TN had 15 points, and Chloe Jenkins added 15. When Livingston is getting 55 points from their top 3…..you just won’t beat them. They seemingly hold everone under 50.
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Cawood is another young kid that kinda seems to just be getting into a rhythm as the season progresses. She continues to put up big numbers….but they are growing…and the Green Waves keep winning! In Friday’s win over Greenback, she finished with 31 points, 12 rebounds, 7 steals, 4 assists, and shot 75% from the floor in the near triple-double.
Cawood’s stat lines make you wonder what she is going to look like in a year or two. Can she be a Reese Beaty Reese Beaty 5’8″ | PG York Institute | 2025 State TN of 1A and lead Midway to big-time places? Abbie Parks added 11 points and nine rebounds, and Addie Armes added 8 points, 3 and 3. It was a really nice team win for Midway.
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Hodge is playing chess…while the rest of us are playing checkers. Against a Farragut team that simply keeps pushing EVERYONE, Bearden won 52-44 in a really tightly contested game. Hodge, however, once again simply showed how different she is: she dropped 35 points against one of the best defensive teams in the region, and led her team to victory on a night that Bearden’s second leading scoring had just 6.
Again….this is not necessarily bad! As a coach, you want to win in as many ways as possible before the postseason hits. For Bearden, they want to have won games that Hodge is both bad..good…mediocre…etc. As a coach, you want to look your player in the eye in a timeout, and be able to say, “Settle down…we’ve been here before.” Great team win.