Finley Blackmore Finley Blackmore 5'11" | SG Ankeny Centennial | 2025 State IA is one of Iowa’s most underrated prospects when you break it down. Blackmore is a Guard with a nasty dribble, solid shooting ability, smart head-on her shoulders, and that was a full display this past weekend in Coralville. If you sit down to watch Blackmore throughout the high school season, you know what Blackmore brings to the table. She is an accurate offensive weapon and she can stick with anyone at the Guard position defensively. This Pure Prep 17U group is a sound one. They have a  play maker at Point, knock down shooters and scorers from the Wing spot, and two or three big Posts that can eat up space in a hurry. As long as everyone plays for one another and they trust to make that extra pass every time, they are going to put together a really impressive next few months on the road.

Finley Blackmore Finley Blackmore 5'11" | SG Ankeny Centennial | 2025 State IA is getting some love from the college level right now. Blackmore is an offensive juggernaut. An athlete who can score in a plethora of ways and in a hurry. This was on full display this AAU season for her Pure Prep 16U E40 team. When their teams 1-2 duo of Tillie Smith Tillie Smith 5'4" | PG Ankeny Centennial | 2025 State IA and Morgan Mann Morgan Mann 5'7" | SG Humboldt | 2025 State IA created for their shooters, they were ready, Blackmore being included in that group. Other than that, Blackmore also did a great job of being an even level scorer. Which means that she scored not only from three point land or at the rim, but all three levels on the floor at a consistent rate. Over these next few months I expect Blackmore to bring in some more offers before the high school season kicks off. She is the type of player, that if she works on the correct things in her offseason, she could be a major contributor once again this winter.

The question about Finley Blackmore Finley Blackmore 5'11" | SG Ankeny Centennial | 2025 State IA is not if she is skilled at the sport of basketball but HOW good can she really become? What is her ceiling? Well as of late, she has been killing it. A player that has always had her name floating around the 2025 class has been putting on a show from all over the court on offense, while being a stifling on-ball defender, when it comes to that side of the game. Something else that is impressive about her overall play-style is her knowledge of what is going on around her. She always understands the situation and the best route of attack from there. When you get into the Top 20-30 players in the 2025 class in Iowa, we are talking about several division 1 athletes. I’ll be interested to see if she can keep her momentum going into this fall and make another jump on this list moving into the high school season. Something do-able but we will just have to wait and see.