Marissa made a great first impression during a high school game for Fowlerville as a freshman. She continued to show her next-level potential at AAU practice and tournaments during the spring. Marissa can play the dunker role inside effectively, but she also has the versatility to create space off the dribble and sink threes. She’s an athletic forward with length who will be an integral part of the Gladiators’ lineup.

Marissa is a mobile forward with an athletic build, length, and versatile skills that are difficult for traditional bigs to match up against. She showed an element to her game that I hadn’t seen before by sinking shots from the outside. Marissa swished a three from the slot and drained multiple catch-and-shoot threes from the corner. She scored a tough layup with a high rip move in traffic. Marissa caught passes in the paint with soft hands and converted multiple layups. She buried a long jumper off a filthy between-the-legs crossover step-back dribble and went back to the well for another long jumper off a step-back move. Marissa was active on the boards and dished out an assist after grabbing an offensive rebound. She had a solid practice and will be a key player in the lineup again for Fowlerville this winter.

Marissa is a promising power forward in the Fowlerville program. Her high effort, toughness, and scoring gave the Gladiators a spark. Marissa drove hard to the basket and finished at the rim. She showed good anticipation on defense, maintained an athletic stance, and had great help-side awareness. Marissa used both hands inside, worked hard to grab rebounds, and knocked down consecutive free throws at the line. She led the team with 10 points.