At the end of the day, the top two teams battled it out in the Platinum Championship with MBA holding off LH Swoosh 32-30. Even more importantly, both teams turned in their rosters as well as DS Lady BBall so here are the standouts
Brielle Montalvo (MBA) has an amazing upside because she's a 4th grader and she's playing up and handling the pressure with ease. She handles the ball and sees the floor in traffic, she also reads the floor on the defensive end and plays the passing lane. She created her shot to attack the rim or drop the jumper
Abrielle Garcia (MBA) already gets at it as she not only creates her shot, but she understands how to create separation but her deceptive first step was huge because it had the defender leaning so she could attack and score, well or dish. She also showed she could drop the mid to long-range jumper while being defended but her "catch and shoot" had me smiling, and so did her playing the passing lane
Emma Vaughan (LH Swoosh) showed she understands the game starts at the 1 and she's already showing she can control the tempo, meaning when to push it and when to slow it down yet she also does a good job of getting her teammates involved early and setting up for good looks. She scored off the dribble, and she also did a good job dropping from outside yet her "catch and shoot" 3 is going to create problems
Kennedy Keel (LH Swoosh) created her shot nicely under pressure yet she played within herself meaning "nothing out of the ordinary" She's also heady and made good decisions on who to give the ball to and when to give it so the court vision is there. She also does a good job of getting hers "in the flow" however don't get it twisted, her pull-up jumper from mid to long-range was effective
Jianna Billings (DS Lady BB Club) hit the boards hard on both ends and even showed she could handle it after rebounding. She scored around the basket, putbacks included yet her court vision in the set as well as in transition had me smiling. She's a "long and athletic" guard with some impressive upside and watching her set the defender up in the set and blow by them to score spoke volumes
NOTABLES
Gia Moreno (MBA)
April Valle (MBA)
Sophia Cantu (MBA)
Abigail Filler (LH Swoosh)
Dylan Hanson (LH Swoosh)
Rowan Parra (LH Swoosh)