Alayna Hughes
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Evan Bell | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alayna is a guard from Clarkston that I was excited to see on the registration list for the P2W Headliners Invitational Showcase after I watched her stand out for Clarkston during a middle school game last fall. She is going to be a great addition to their backcourt next year. Alayna kept her eyes up and showed excellent fundamentals during the ball-handling drills. She changes speeds, heights, switches hands, and pounds the ball to keep control. Her balance, finishes, and step-through footwork were also among the best in drills. In games, Alayna was very impactful for Team Wings. She demonstrated a great basketball IQ after a penetrating drive into the lane. Alayna landed with a jump stop, pivoted, and fired a skip pass to an open shooter on the opposite wing for a triple, instead of forcing up a contested shot. She side-stepped a defender on a drive to score a contested layup, and I noted that her euro-step footwork was “smooth”. Alayna pushed the ball up the court and glided to the rim using a showtime fake-pass euro step to freeze the defender, then scored the high rip finish. She crashed the offensive glass, swiped the ball away on defense, and dished out assists.
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Evan Bell | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alayna is a guard from Clarkston that I was excited to see on the registration list for the P2W Headliners Invitational Showcase after I watched her stand out for Clarkston during a middle school game last fall. She is going to be a great addition to their backcourt next year. Alayna kept her eyes up and showed excellent fundamentals during the ball-handling drills. She changes speeds, heights, switches hands, and pounds the ball to keep control. Her balance, finishes, and step-through footwork were also among the best in drills. In games, Alayna was very impactful for Team Wings. She demonstrated a great basketball IQ after a penetrating drive into the lane. Alayna landed with a jump stop, pivoted, and fired a skip pass to an open shooter on the opposite wing for a triple, instead of forcing up a contested shot. She side-stepped a defender on a drive to score a contested layup, and I noted that her euro-step footwork was “smooth”. Alayna pushed the ball up the court and glided to the rim using a showtime fake-pass euro step to freeze the defender, then scored the high rip finish. She crashed the offensive glass, swiped the ball away on defense, and dished out assists.
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