Despite suffering a knee injury in a pre-season scrimmage that kept her out this season, Timberlynn Yeast Timberlynn Yeast 5'8" | SF Mercer County | 2023 State KY was still named a 2023 Miss Kentucky Basketball finalist for all of the things she accomplished in her high school career. She scored over 2,000 points and grabbed 1,000 rebounds in her time at Mercer County. Once she got hurt, you could always see her cheering on her teammates from the sideline. Yeast is extremely athletic and a very shifty player. She is an excellent defender, but she is just as valuable on the offensive end of the floor. While Yeast did not get to play her senior season, you can expect her to be ready to go next season as she suits up for Becky Burke at the University at Buffalo.

Yeast missed her Senior season due to an ACL injury but still had enough respect to earn regional Player of the Year honors. She should be back to her old self when she gets to Buffalo next season.

Yeast has an extremely impressive resume going into her senior season. She’s won a KHSAA State Championship, been to multiple 2A State Championships, finished as the 12th Region runner-up the past 2 seasons, and the list goes on. Individually, her numbers are as solid as it gets. She shot 52% overall last season while averaging 20.9 ppg and 8.4 rpg. However, she’s one of the most unselfish stars around, so even those impressive numbers are slightly deceiving. Whatever Yeast is asked to do, she does it and she does it well. She’s one of the top defenders in the state and she consistently does the little things on the court. Yeast will certainly be in the conversation for 2023 Miss Kentucky Basketball before she moves on to play at the University at Buffalo.

Timberlynn is a certified bucket and one of the best all around scorers in the state. She will finish her career as one of the best players in Mercer County history and they have had some big time players in the last decade or so. Committed to Buffalo, Yeast could easily end up as Miss Basketball this season.

Timberlynn may have ended up with a longer scholarship offer list than anyone else in the class and she deserved all of them. Yeast has had a decorated career and will surely put up big numbers again in her Senior season.

Yeast is one of the most athletic players in the state. In fact, she’s also a star on Mercer County’s track and field squad. Yeast won multiple track events at the 2A state championships (and led her team to win the 2A state title) back in June of this year. However, you can’t deny that she’s one of the best basketball players in the state as well. Yeast led Mercer County in points and rebounds last season, helping them finish the season with a 24-8 record. That’s nothing new for the Buffalo commit though. Yeast has actually led the Titans in points and rebounds every season since her 8th grade year. In her junior season, she shot 52% overall while averaging 20.9 ppg and 8.4 rpg. More recently, she was a starter and key contributor for the 2022 GUAA champions, WV Thunder, so she’s a high impact player no matter who she’s playing with or against.

The versatility in Yeast’s game truly separates her from other players. She can legitimately play or defend any position. She’s such a smooth, offensive threat. It doesn’t matter how good the defense is, Yeast will find ways to score. Floaters over defenders, crafty finishes around the rim, elevating above defenders on her jump shots, knocking down 3’s. She can truly beat you in a variety of ways and that makes her extremely tough to defend. However, I also want to point out that Yeast is a true team player and that was extremely evident when you watch how she contributed to her WV Thunder squad. She was a lockdown defender when they needed one, she got constant deflections and steals in their press, she rebounded, she made hustle plays, she created for her teammates, etc. Yeast is one of the best all-around players in the state and if you get a chance to watch her in her final high school season, I highly recommend it.