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But in reality, those meetings are decidedly atypical: De’Janae, a junior, is one of the area’s most coveted basketball talents, a member of USA Basketball’s U16 national team who received her first college scholarship offer in seventh grade and could have had her pick of any of the area’s private school basketball powerhouses. Instead, she chose Flowers and the occasional hallway meeting with Joshua, a sophomore, who is legally blind and asked his sister to join him at the family’s neighborhood public school before his freshman year.

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Wow. What a touching story and a great relationship with her family and brother. She sounds like just a fantastic kid and hope she chooses UCONN...
 
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Excerpt from the story that caught my attention:

De’Janae continued to stand out against older competition through pre-teen camps, Boys and Girls club teams, and into the elite AAU circuit. When she was still in middle school, De’Janae was playing with the 16-year-old age group. Her team played a game against current University of Connecticut sophomore Breanna Stewart, who earned the Final Four’s most outstanding player honors last season.

“I didn’t know who I was playing against, I was just playing,” De’Janae said. She played well enough that day that Louisville gave the then-seventh-grader her first scholarship offer after the game.


Something that I did not know, maybe it can come kind of full circle as UConn teammates, at the Louisville game

Great story though
 

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I think I had seen that article, or a similar one, previously. It explained why she left Riverdale Baptist.

If I have good info on the time and location, I'll watch DJB tonight. I'm looking forward to it. Last week, I had bad info on the time. :(
 

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Our Man in London is on-site in Oxon Hill watching De'Janae in person. Look for a report later.

Initial observations:

Tall--looks like Diamond

Athletic

Skilled

Big hands

Not an outside shooter. On edit--has nice form and some outside game.

She looks like a woman among girls. There is no question who the star is.
 
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So Milford.... Are you going to escort her to Storrs??? :)
 

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32-8 at the half in favor of Flowers. It was 23-1 at one point, sort of like a UConn game.

I think DJB has about 15 pts and 8 boards.

She's long, lean, athletic, coordinated.

She passes off the dribble, never touching the ball with the other hand.

She's not a ball hog, but didn't give up the ball on two 2-on-1 situations.

Pretty good shot selection, 3 hoops on jumpers/set shots. 1-3 from the arc.

She shot twice with the left (1 miss, 1 foul).

I think she was 6-6 on FTs.

Not a Maya-type dominance.

Nice complementary player with good upside.
 

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32-8 at the half in favor of Flowers. It was 23-1 at one point, sort of like a UConn game.

I think DJB has about 15 pts and 8 boards.

She's long, lean, athletic, coordinated.

She passes off the dribble, never touching the ball with the other hand.

She's not a ball hog, but didn't give up the ball on two 2-on-1 situations.

Pretty good shot selection, 3 hoops on jumpers/set shots. 1-3 from the arc.

She shot twice with the left (1 miss, 1 foul).

I think she was 6-6 on FTs.

Not a Maya-type dominance.

Nice complementary player with good upside.
If you run across a Maya-type be sure to let Geno know.... :)
 

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A little more on DJB ...

She's 6'2" at least, the tallest player on either team by about 3". She was the only D1 prospect on the floor. The game was very one-sided. With about 2 minutes left, the score was 60-13.

Some excellent skills--she passes off the dribble like Magic Johnson.

Her shooting was roughly 8-20, about 1-5 from the arc. FTs were about 6-6. Her jumper is nice, with a medium height release.

Nice quickness and athleticism.

She hustled some, including to stop a fast break the other way.

At times, she demanded the ball. She played within the offense. Seemed to have a good attitude. I saw no tattoos.

She grabbed defensive boards, spun, and threw home-run passes for fast breaks. One, slightly awry was was thrown left-handed. That's impressive.

On a 2-on-1 break in the second half, she gave up the ball nicely.

She dribbled a little with her left and shot 3-4 underneath with her left.

She made some tough shots underneath and missed a number. She needs to get stronger. She's lanky, but not skinny. She's built much like Diamond.

She could be quite good, not likely a superstar. I think she's ranked about #10 in the junior class nationwide. That seems about right.

I need to note that my girls' HS hoops experience is limited: in person, 2 AA games, Kaleena as a senior, and Charde as a senior; on DVD, Maya as a senior and EDD as a junior. De'Janae is good, but not at the level of those players; however, she is only 3/4 of the way through her junior year.

She clearly has UConn potential, but is still raw. With UConn work habits and coaching, she could be very good and a WNBA prospect. I'd like to see her against better competition.
 

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thanks for the report... watching any HS game teaches you how to appreciate and understand how special Maya, KML and EDD were coming out of HS
 

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thanks for the report... watching any HS game teaches you how to appreciate and understand how special Maya, KML and EDD were coming out of HS
The DVD that you kindly sent me about 7 years ago showed Superwoman playing for Collins Hill. She is now conquering China.
 
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