GBCA Live Girls Can’t-Miss Performers Pt 2

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Georgia Basketball Coaches Association does an incredible job here in the state organizing these types of events and hosted another round of the GBCA Live series, this one at LakePoint for the ladies before a big turnout of Coaches.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three days of tremendous basketball unfolded, I caught some of Thursday's slate and came away with 12 players who were "Can't-Miss." Part 1 has dropped, here are 6 more:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='674574' first='Carly' last='Bass'] | Guard | Sequoyah | 2027</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hit the spring travel season running after a terrific debut season as a frosh starter for the Lady Chiefs, as hard a worker as you'll find off the court, that work was particularly evident in Game 2 Thursday as she went on an 11-straight point heater at one point vs Walton en route to leading them to a convincing W, picture-perfect stroke from distance combined with the instincts of a future D1 guard on both the attack and dish means it only takes a few possessions to see the startling upside of this current and future combo star.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='904616' first='Hailey' last='Houlder'] | Guard | Whitefield Academy | 2028</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":928769,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgirlshoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/20240613_144850-rotated-crop-2740x1799-1718892986.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-928769" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='904616' first='Hailey' last='Houlder']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Speaking on the players on the come you have to look no further than this highly regarded incoming freshman for what will be a rapidly improved Whitefield squad, you see the drilling and naturally gifted savvy that combines for a much more mature PG package than you normally see at her age, controlled out in space and heady in the halfcourt she quickly has the keys to the Wolfpack offense, can affect the game merely with her stellar on-ball defense or as a slick distributor but also has advanced offensive skills from multiple levels for someone so young, combines with fellow 2028 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='910015' first='Amelia' last='Newman']</strong> in what is surely one of the better incoming freshmen duos in the ATL-Metro.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='302976' first='Milanni' last='Abdus-Salaam'] | Forward | Sequoyah | 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":928771,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgirlshoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/20240613_131436-rotated-crop-2740x1799-1718893061.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-928771" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='302976' first='Milanni' last='Abdus-Salaam']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Skilled post who impressed me last season as a junior as well and appears to have taken another step forward, at 6-1 has the size and physical mindset to overpower defenders but there's good quickness and natural footwork gifts that add variety beyond the pure [power game, love the soft shooting touch when she steps away from the block adding yet another dangerous perimeter threat to an already good shooting Lady Chiefs, rebounds and passes like the classic bigs of old.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='476460' first='Ellison' last='Steinhauer'] | Guard | Pickens | 2026 </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":928773,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgirlshoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/20240613_181045-rotated-crop-2740x1799-1718893176.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-928773" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='476460' first='Ellison' last='Steinhauer']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the day's top performers overall in my view as she had my eyebrows raised during most of their big win over Parkview, it's the full package of cerebral play together with God-given gifts together with obvious hard work on the training side as she makes a lot of plays look routine that aren't, can play on or off the ball equally adept in a Pickens system that has machine-like precision and a depth of options on the roster, they share the ball so well yet Steinahuer knows when to take over and doesn't pass up strong looks from deep or neglect to find an open gap for the creative drive, again the full gamut was on display and this is a must-know name.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='593665' first='Emahni' last='Chambliss'] | Guard | Whitefield Academy | 2026</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":928776,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgirlshoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/20240613_143427-rotated-crop-2740x1799-1718893443.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-928776" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='593665' first='Emahni' last='Chambliss']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"16px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:16px">A third new cog in the Whitefield wheel is Chapel Hill transfer Chambliss adding experience and wiggle to the young pieces featured above, plays with poise and confidence and gets after it on the defensive end, can handle the ballhandling duties with shifty effectiveness or play off of rising 2028 [player_tooltip player_id='904616' first='Hailey' last='Houlder'] and be a dangerous threat out past the arc, in the brutal A-D1 region it will be interesting to see how this new look but exciting Wolfpack group handles the rigors of the level ahead of them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='434275' first='Bella' last='Martin'] | Guard | Pickens | 2025</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":928778,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgirlshoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/06/20240613_1811140-rotated-crop-2740x1799-1718893506.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-928778" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">[player_tooltip player_id='434275' first='Bella' last='Martin']</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Great to see Martin back on the floor and fully recovered from an ACL tear back in the winter of '23 that ended that season early and kept her from playing a full junior season with the Dragonettes after transferring from King's Ridge, all that behind her we saw some of the shooting prowess that characterized her rise as a young player as she is so pure when left unattended at the 3-pt line, its the kind of stroke you'd want any young player to emulate and when you add her advanced basketball IQ to the mix as the daughter of a Coach you get an easy to like college-ready package that extends well beyond just the high-level shooting.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->