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Message: [QUOTE="Zarathustra, post: 5313402, member: 11285"] Good Point, I agree. Part of my reasoning was that the Centre of Excellence is a pool of exceptional players and IMG and Monteverde also have teams noted for above average (sometimes exceptional talent). For example, on the GEMS team in the U19 FIBA tournament there were two players with a Center of Excellence association: Sitaya Fagan, #12, 6'2" and Zana Russell, # 8, 6'1". Fagan was on the ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM (if memory serves me correctly). The tournament MVP was, of course, Saniyah #6, 6'1" who will be a senior at Monteverde Academy this coming fall. Just in passing, some stats by Kayleigh Heckel: Kayleigh was #2 in minutes per game with 25.0 minutes/game (second to Sienna Betts at 27.8 minutes per game... Jordan Lee (Texas "rising sophomore" was third at 24.9 minutes).) While Boneyarders have noted K9's low 3 point %: 27.3, the effect of eliminating those attempts gives Kayleigh a 54.3 two-point shot %. Also, Kayleigh's Assists per game was 3.6 a/g and her turnover rate was 2.7 per game. Her turnover number IMHO was hurt by the opposing teams utilizing a full court trapping zone against the USA in a number of games, rather effectively. The USA inbounders who pass into Kayleigh who immediately was attacked by two opponents. This resulted in a number of various turnovers. My point is the USA (again IMHO) did not do much to make adjustments to their inbounding scheme. Some of these turnovers were more of a USA "team" problem and less a reflection on Kayleigh. See the French Game as an example of this. This pressure came up a number of times in the last few games. From the Free Throw line Kayleigh shot a very respectable 80.0% tying for third on the team behind Jordan Lee at 88.2 % and Saniyah Hall at 82.4%. [/QUOTE]

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