The South Texas Hoyas defeated Elevate New Orleans last night and they closed it out with a bang winning big. The more I see this young team, the more I'm impressed with these young ladies as I see progression which is what I love watching at this age. I've spoken so much about 2020 Deja Kelly who is going to be a huge star, no question about that and although Kelly went off throughout the event, championship Sunday others came up just a big
Khatlyn Ghavidel dropped nine threes on Championship Sunday, six in the semifinal game and continues to show the ability to put the ball on the floor and score attacking the basket which is going to be huge down the stretch to give her more next level options. She and Sophia Ramos are the lone 2018 players on the team and Ramos stepped up as well all tournament draining shots from everywhere, coming up with huge steals and rebounds plus creating some problems on defense.
Speaking of creating problems on defense, 2019 Ta' Niya Jackson was all over the place as she was grabbing steals and forcing turnovers galore and in the final game she helped get the team going scoring five of their first seven on her way to 18 for the game. This is what's so impressive about the young squad, several players can go off at any time. Jessica Paz Y Puente and Jackson's games are somewhat similar, both high energy players that score and defend, which make a perfect time to drop Sara Gwin's name in the mix. Gwin is one of the most improved players I've watched over the past two seasons and she was solid as well
Kayla Bogan is also showing a vast amount of improvement. She already has good size and athleticism plus her skills set just keeps getting better. Like Kelly, she's a 2020 and like every other player I saw during the event, she has time. Speaking of having time, Lexy Valdez who is known as "Big Baby" just keeps blowing me away at the little things I'm seeing from her as she's already around six feet. Her ability to go coast to coast with the ball and score facing the basket will be huge in the long run, did I mention she was a 2021
