2020-21 Previews: Danville, Davenport Central, Davenport North

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Danville Bears</strong> 9-14 last year 37.7 points scored, 44.7 points against 7 returning players</p> Scoring was difficult for Danville last year, as the Bears scored just under 38 points a night, finishing with nine wins. Leading scorer Isabella Smith has graduated, but Ava Smith will be counted on after posting 139 points with team-leading 179 rebounds and 83 assists. Drew Fox is also back after finding her role as a starter and scoring 196 points with 155 rebounds and 28 blocked shots. As a team, Danville made just 52 three-pointers while shooting 46 percent from the free throw line. Improvements in those two areas should lead to better results and more wins. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Ava Smith - 6.0 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.6 APG, 2.4 SPG Cassidy Yaley - 4.0 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 1.5 SPG Drew Fox - 8.5 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.2 BPG</p> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Davenport Central Blue Devils</strong> 9-12 last year 52.3 points scored, 51.5 points against 10 returning players</p> Leading scorer and rebounder [player_tooltip player_id="129058" first="Adriauna" last="Mayfield"] returns for her junior season to lead Davenport Central. Mayfield scored 207 points with 95 boards last year. The Blue Devils had three close losses, which could have turned a sub-.500 season into a winning one. Davenport Central loses just three players due to graduation, as [player_tooltip player_id="165024" first="Acorianna" last="Lard"], Sydney George, Aliiyah Morgan, Aniah Smith, Kaitlin Carr, Bria Clark and Brynn Davis return with starting experience alongside Mayfield. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">[player_tooltip player_id="165024" first="Acorianna" last="Lard"] - 8.3 PPG, 3.4 APG, 3.1 RPG, 2.1 SPG, 1.5 BPG [player_tooltip player_id="129058" first="Adriauna" last="Mayfield"] - 10.4 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.0 SPG, 1.8 BPG Sydney George - 6.3 PPG, 3.7 RPG Aniyah Wilson - 4.7 PPG, 2.2 RPG</p> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Davenport North Wildcats</strong> 18-5 last year 56.8 points scored, 45.9 points against 9 returning players</p> Davenport North placed second in the Mississippi Athletic Conference and reached a Class 5A regional championship before falling to Cedar Rapids Prairie. The Wildcats must replace top scorer [player_tooltip player_id="135061" first="Camry" last="Dillie"] and leading rebounder [player_tooltip player_id="135002" first="Anne" last="Awour"], but distributor [player_tooltip player_id="131218" first="Bella" last="Sims"] returns after recording 108 assists and nearly a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio as a junior. Sims also had 21 made three-pointers, 106 rebounds and 47 steals, with fellow starters Me’Kiyah Harris and Jordan Burch joining her. Burch had 128 points with 21 made triples, with Harris adding 232 points and 23 made three-pointers. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Me’Kiyah Harris - 10.1 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.6 APG Jordan Burch - 6.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 1.2 APG [player_tooltip player_id="131218" first="Bella" last="Sims"] - 9.1 PPG, 4.7 APG, 4.6 RPG 2.0 SPG</p> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: left;"></p>