Don’t Sleep: 2025 Guards to Know Coming into Spring

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Don't sleep! We have a healthy dose of under-the-radar hoopers coming at you with this one. Tune in!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='645720' first='Tori' last='Griffin'], 5'6 G - Rise to the Top Varsity Class of 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A spritely PG who likes to set teammates up, Griffin provides a balanced diet of initiation, creation, and distribution. She probes defenses well, reading the coverage and countering. Tori knows how to collapse a defense and play advantage basketball as she feeds others with space. Yet she can also score it a bit at the rim and off the catch from 3. Defensively, I like the activity. She has the agility to pressure the rock, recover, and contain. Then in transition she makes plays. Solid guard.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='645694' first='Eloise' last='Liley'], 5'8 G - Rise to the Top Varsity Class of 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The physical, defensive-leaning guard continues to up her offensive repertoire. Eloise relishes a tough matchup, always ready to go head up against talented guards with ball pressure and constant challenges. Plus, she's a rugged rebounder and retriever of loose balls. Offensively, Liley has put together a solid skillset as the initiator, yet the combo-guard thrives playing off the catch as a shooter, slasher, and connector. Liley's effort never wavers and she's always up for a challenge. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='542229' first='Clara' last='Wilson'], 5'7 G - Green Mountain Select Varsity Class of 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wilson is a classic PG who organizes the O, gets everyone involved, and is an opportune creator. Wilson's on-ball work is snappy; the ball doesn't stick and she keeps defenses moving with her movement once she's passed. That movement often culminates in advantages as she cuts wisely into space, can hit the spot-up 3, and has a quick first step to slip into the paint and finish with an array of shots. Clara defends with vigor and rebounds well as a guard, instantly transitioning into the fastbreak. A reliable presence. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='645782' first='Taylor' last='Keel'], 5'6 G - Green Mountain Select Varsity Class of 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's ball pressure, it's outworking your opponent, and in doing so, creating advantages by wearing opponents down. Keel goes 84x50, recovers, and rotates with excellent hustle to make everything difficult and challenged. In turn, Taylor creates plenty of transition opportunities, thriving in the open court as a lane runner, handler, and finisher. In the halfcourt, Keel is steady. It's quick ball movement, cutting and screening, and 2nd layer finishing that shines through. Tough. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='645704' first='Kaitlyn' last='Jovell'], 5'8 G - Blueprint Basketball Class of 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kaitlyn's game comes with no frills, it's smart, straight to the point basketball. Jovell is that connective 2-guard who punishes sleeping defenders with wise off-ball movement, spot-up shooting, and savvy cuts for finishes off the catch. Her passing is snappy and she reads developing actions well, able to slice well-timed passes through windows for open looks. Defensively measured, Jovell is most impactful with her help defense and rotations, glueing everything together behind the scenes. A reliable perimeter presence. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->