COACHES if you're looking for that on-ball lockdown defender, look no further. The Top 5 steals per game leaders through Session 1 of NikeGirlsEYBL
# T-2. Jezelle Banks, 5'8 CO2027- 3.4 spg Coming in as just the second Freshman to appear on the leaderboards, Jezelle has already won the Delaware High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year award. She's a combo guard who plays with a ton of intensity for 32 minutes. The ability to jump passing lanes and strip defenders comes very easy for her. She almost never gets tired, and might be one of the fastest A-B runners in the entire circuit. Because of this she's able to hound her girl all 94-feet. She's so much faster than some girls that they don't even think to go by her. She moves her feet so effortlessly on defense and always has her hands active. On the small occassion where she does get tired and tends to reach more, she's still able to get her hands on a few of those balls because of how quick her anticipation is. She gets a lot of steals because she goes for a lot of steals and has the hands and quickness to do so, but she also does well staying out of foul trouble. Having twice as many steals than fouls playing as aggressive as Jezelle does shows you how much she's already learned as a freshman playing at a high level. She's just a big-time competitor and a special athlete. A couple more years of her getting to know the game at an even higher level than she's already acheived, she could be one of the most intense perimter defenders in the country, with the competitiveness to want to guard every teams #1. Her offensive game is just as electric, but more on that later as she's featured on another list releasing soon....