The Lady Diamonds gave me a good look when they played in the Simmie Colson Classic last season and here we go, I always look for progression and they traveled from the Rio Grande with 6 players who all gave me an even better look this past weekend, here ya go
Evan Ayala- scores off the dribble after attacking the basket from multiple spots and watching her finish after contact was nice, especially when you factor in her body control. Her first step is nice, she creates her shot under pressure and knocks down the mid to long-range jumper with a hand in her face
Jay Berlanga- her court vision is ahead of her years and watching her see the floor from the set as well as in the open court tells me a lot because she can thread the needle and hit teammates going full speed. She also scored off the dribble, also has nice body control plus her timing to block shots was also nice
Alyssa Ramirez- mixed it up offensively very nicely and her deceptive first step had the defender off balance. She goes baseline and showed the reverse layup but add her court vision as she hit teammates while attacking the basket. Her pull-up jumper was nice and she dropped it from mid to long-range
Alisela Rangel- just fills up the stat sheet as she understands how to get hers in the flow yet she also does things that don't appear on the stat sheet like forcing players into the trap which leads to turnovers. She attacks with either hand, showed the HEZ to get the defender to lean, and dropped the jumper
Gena Benavidez- does a good job of playing within herself yet her defensive pressure was nice, both in the set and baseline to baseline and she understands positioning which enabled her to outrebound taller players. Her first step is nice, she got the basket and finished strongly and her body control was solid
Ragelani Garcia- I wrote BATTLES for a number of reasons and watching her go after loose balls, off the rim as well as on the floor, just had me smiling. She scored on putbacks against taller players yet she attacks the basket strongly and finishes after contact. Her court vision was also nice, as well as her defense
