Prime Time 2025 Guards & Wings

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='324084' first='Jordan' last='Scott'] (2025) of Castle High School and IGB S40-Scheidecker 17U.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This past weekend marked the annual Prime Event Midwest put on by Select Events at the Pacers Athletic Center. It has become one of the premier non-live Spring events in the Midwest over the past few years. My availability allowed me just a few hours on Sunday, but in my time in Westfield and Lebanon, I was able to see several players perform well. I was also hunting some teams I haven't seen or seen much of thus far this Spring. Below is a look at eight guards &amp; wings in the 2025 class who I felt were worth a mention based on what I saw.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="FFFFFF">.</font></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":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='923153' first='Ava' last='Cousin']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'4u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12121","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Lawrence North","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='712550' first='IGB' last='']-Gesell","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"At her high school, Ava had to deal with a very deep and talented backcourt, but she is a tough-nosed, hard-working little guard herself. 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She has a fairly long, wiry-strong frame, she is a fluid athlete, and she can get up and down the floor well. In what I've seen, she strikes me as a kid who has probably worked her way to the perimeter after being an interior player as a youngster. She is really good at and looks to go to the mid-post for a basket, but she is comfortable and has some skill around the perimeter. I also like her defensively versatility and her rebounding ability.","_player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_6_player":["295794"],"_player_evaluations_6_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_6_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_6_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_6_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_6_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_6_evaluation":"I commented on Marissa earlier this Spring, and I had a chance to watch quite a bit of their morning game Sunday. 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