Piper placed herself firmly on our radar with explosive performances during the travel season and again at the Zero Star Showcase. Her elusive ball-handling, speedy downhill drives, athleticism, ability to finish acrobatic layups in traffic, and pinpoint accuracy from three-point range give defenders headaches. She pressures the ball and creates turnovers with her quick hands/feet. Piper received All-U.P. First Team honors as a sophomore and is off to the races again for Sault Ste. Marie as a junior. She erupted for 34 points in a win against Alpena and 28 points vs. Petoskey.

I expected Piper to stand out as one of the best prospects in the gym at the Zero Star Showcase–that’s exactly what she did. Piper swished a couple of moonshot three-pointers from well beyond the college line during the games. She blew by a defender baseline and made a quick transfer to her left hand for the finish off two feet. Piper used a shifty crossover to score a drive-by again with her left and scored another contested layup off two feet. She never quits on a play, securing an offensive rebound off a miss and delivering the assist. Piper created steals with her active defense and penetrated gaps with explosive quickness off the dribble. She is a 2027 point guard who has the qualities needed to be a heavily targeted college prospect and earned recognition as a Top Performer.

Piper is an explosive point guard from Sault Ste. Marie, who will be a must-see prospect at the Zero Star Showcase tomorrow. She drives by defenders with a burst and has a full bag of dribble combinations that keep defenders off balance. Piper is a ruthless on-ball defender who chases the ball sideline to sideline to create steals. She’s an excellent facilitator and full-speed finisher who can bury three-pointers.

Piper plays basketball exactly how she races dirt bikes–full throttle. She’s ranked #6 in the nation for Motocross, quite the stunt, and is also a gifted point guard prospect. At the MBA Mother’s Day Classic, Piper went into turbo mode, harassing ball-handlers with an all-out blitz of pressure. She relentlessly chased the ball sideline to sideline. No matter the time or score, Piper defended with the same effort and that separated her from the pack. She stole passes and pushed the ball in top gear to score layups off two. Piper dished assists in transition and split defenders on an explosive drive to cause a foul. Piper had the ball on a string. One of her highlight reel moments happened when she sent her defender tumbling to the floor with a lightning quick hesitation double-crossover move. She knocked down a mid-range jumper off the bounce and swished a wing triple with a hand in her face. Piper scored an offensive rebound put back, sealed her defender down low to score a layup, and never stopped competing on the court for Zero Star 16U.

Piper is a dynamic guard–lightning in a bottle. She had a huge season for Sault Ste. Marie, earning All-UP First Team honors. Piper is deadly from 3-point range and finishes layups in top gear at the rim.

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Piper is an explosive guard who is quickly making a name for herself by performing at a high level against tough competition. She is an acrobatic finisher around the rim, aggressive defender, and sniper from beyond the arc. Piper is an exciting prospect on a competitive Sault St. Marie team.

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Piper is a dynamic prospect for a dangerous Sault St. Marie squad that is 4-1 to start the season. She is a playmaker who creates steals on defense and then races down the floor to score layups or dish assists in transition. Piper drives by defenders from the perimeter to score tough layups around the basket and had an extremely athletic reverse against Alpena last week. Piper buries perimeter jumpers off the hop with a smooth high-arcing release and is a talented two-way yooper hooper to watch this winter.