Alicia McClain
Alicia McClain
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Jonelle Streed | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alicia McClain
Alicia
McClain
5'9" | SF
Scotland | 2025
State
NC
does it all for her team on the basketball court. She is a great athlete who plays hard. She has phenomenal timing on defense and blocks several shots per contest. McClain runs hard in transition and can score at the bucket at full speed and through contact. McClain has the entire package. She can score in the paint or from the three as well. She is ready for a special summer on the court with her squad.
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Alicia McClain is an athlete sure to get you several good statistical categories with each performance. She is a three-level scorer who rebounds well on both ends and likes to block shots using her length. She can elevate over her opponents knocking down shots from deep, and she can attack the basket driving down in the paint to score no matter what hands may be in her face.
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Read EvaluationMindy McCarthy | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alicia McClain has certainly been showing off her ability to score some points this season. She’s been making her defenders pay for leaving her open around the arc showing off her range shooting the ball. She gets inside, too, making cuts being ready for the pass and scoring two off the glass. She’ll get inside fighting for rebounds on both ends of the court.
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Read EvaluationMindy McCarthy | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alicia McClain is a player who can do it all. She can handle the ball attacking the basket and score off the glass. She can step outside the perimeter and score around the arc. She gets inside grabbing rebounds on both ends of the court, and she can use her strength and length to score against contact on the block. She is sure to deflect passes knocking the ball away from her opponents.
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Alicia McClain
Alicia
McClain
5'9" | SF
Scotland | 2025
State
NC
uses her length on defense blocking shots and deflecting passes. She hustled back on defense being ready to block shots in transition. She can strip the ball from a defender and immediately find her teammate cutting up the court. On offense, she cuts in and out of the paint looking for the pass stretching her arms out to make herself a big target.
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Read EvaluationMindy McCarthy | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alicia McClain crashed the boards getting inside for rebounds. She blocked shots, too, causing problems for anyone wanting to score by the basket. On defense, she jumped into passing lanes smacking the ball out of the way preventing her opponents from getting their offense going. Her long strides get her around her defender as she drives to the basket, and she makes her free throws count. She found her teammate flashing up the court for a fast break. She drove to the hoop opening up the paint for her teammates.
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Thompson’s teammate at Scotland,
Alicia McClain
Alicia
McClain
5'9" | SF
Scotland | 2025
State
NC
, is also averaging double digits in points and over 11 rebounds a game doing a little bit of everything for her team. She can use some fakes to get open for her shot beyond the arc, or she can attack the basket finishing on either side of the rim. She elevates over her opponents for her jump shots, and her ability to block shots is almost a guaranteed thing every game.
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Read EvaluationMindy McCarthy | Prep Girls Hoops Scout
Alicia McClain may just have one full high school season under her belt, but she has already shown how versatile she can be for her team. She can knock down shots from all over the court, and she controls the game on the block. On defense, she can step outside to defend the basket from guards trying to get around her, and she does well dominating the space on the block making sure post players don’t score against her. She does well grabbing rebounds and immediately pushing it up the court finding her open teammates or dribbling it up on her own.
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