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| DANYLA KILPATRICK & NATALIE TURNER |
This was a very talented group of players heading to the 6th grade but always remember to keep working because this can flip in the blink of an eye. I speak about "on the court" progression a lot, I will always keep it real because I HAVE BEEB THROUGH THIS multiple ways so if I say something, hopefully, it's absorbed but here ya go
Isabella Perez showed the pull-up jumper several times and was able to knock it down with a hand in her face. She does a good job creating her shot for that jumper or attacking the basket off the dribble. Her ballhandling was solid, and so was her court vision but she also did a good job defending
Natalie Turner showed me a whole lot yet her rebounding and going coast to coast was one thing, her court vision in the set as well as in transition was very good. She already has the change of pace going full speed down, her attacking and finishing are solid, first step sets it up, but she can drop the jumper and she plays the passing lane
Aubrey Agnew does something I love to see and that's playing the passing lane yet her handling the ball afterward to either take it to the basket to score was nice, yet so was her seeing the floor and making good decisions on which teammate to pass the ball to
Danyla Kilpatrick is already showing signs of being explosive off the dribble and even better, she's under control while doing it. She has the HEZ and the STUTTA to get the defender to lean and her body control on her finishes is ahead of her years
Jayde Blanton is tall and agile and may reach that magic number of 6'0 yet her skillset at this stage is good, she comprehends simple things like boxing out and running the floor but she did a good job rebounding and finishing around the basket plus she showed she could drop the jumper from midrange
Kennedy Clearman showed that defensive pressure off the top and watching her apply "on the ball" heat baseline to baseline over and over was refreshing, to say the least. Her energy level stays the same, she also picked some pockets and her seeing the floor set her teammates up for easy looks
Delaney Herrera gave me a great look at her crossover and watching her use it in the open court as well as in the set to get by defenders was nice yet even nicer was her court vision and "on the money" passes in traffic. She scored off the dribble and had nice body control and dropped the jumper
Zay'Lynn Guerrero is an athletic guard that understands how to use her athleticism on both ends, check her defense above, she does a good job "on the ball" but she also did a good job of attacking the basket, the first step is deceptive yet it got her by the defender and she also dropped the jumper
Olivia Snyder rebounded and handled the ball afterward which is always a good sign but watching her attacking the basket in the set and finishing with either hand dropped the mic, well my notebook because that is HUGE. Her body control is nice, and so is her court vision
Riley Phillips has good size and does a really good job of going after the ball off the rim. She was yet another player that could handle the ball and go coast to coast to finish after rebounding but she also did a good job of attacking the basket and finishing in the set. Oh yeah, she played the passing lane
Victori Villareal has a lot of intangibles going starting with playing the passing lane yet she's long and athletic, that's another nd can score off the dribble, body control helps her finish after contact. She also rebounded and went C2C, coast to coast, and her mid to long-range jumper added even more
