The Clash- Haleigh’s Top Lockdown Defenders
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Last but not least here are the top defensive defenders that really showed out their defensive skills. Defense wins games and these girls know how to play defense! Kaytlynn Murphy HEIGHT 5'7" POS N/A CLASS 2027 View Profile Kaytlynn Murphy…
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Continue ReadingLast but not least here are the top defensive defenders that really showed out their defensive skills. Defense wins games and these girls know how to play defense!
She gets her hands on a lot of steals just by her reading the next pass, which she’s really good at. She communicates when screens are being set, makes transition plays after she gets steals. Very active hands and will pick pocket you any day, her IQ for the game is high and she can shoot the rock from deep as well. Closes out with high hands and body control and beats her defender on the first step.
Carter sees the court quite well and distributes the ball to her open teammates. She plays under control, attacks, and locates the rim to score. As soon as Janay catches the ball, she’s ready to score. Her quickness really helps her get a lot of steals and second chance buckets after a missed shot. She will boxout and put her body into you. Active on both ends of the floor and high agility to jump.
She finishes hard at the rim and takes off on transition plays when she can. She is a total hound when it comes to defense and has great shooting form on her pull-up jumper. Excellent ball handling skills and floor vision. Once a shot goes up you can count on her to box out and give it her all to get the ball. Very quick player with a lot of skill sets on both ends of the floor.
She finishes hard at the rim and takes off on transition plays when she can. Mya is quite long, and has quickness and speed. Although she can make an open jump shot, she’s very good at splitting thorough the gaps of the defense to score at the rim. She effectively manipulates passing lanes and creates deflections and steals with her length and speed when playing defense. She can guard on and off the ball very well.
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She is not afraid to get into the paint to score or grab rebounds. Her defensive efforts are out of this world, she really makes her opponents make errors because of her quickness and ability to read the passes. She switches off screens and uses her speed to get fast break points. When a loose ball is on the floor she will get after it, gave it her all every play and didn’t hesitate to take the ball to the rim.