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Post by hawkeye on Sept 13, 2010 5:59:29 GMT -5
jodydemling.courier-journal.com/2010/09/two-more-local-commits.htmlTuesday, September 07, 2010 Two more local commits Two in-state girls' prospects have made verbal commitments. Sheldon Clark High School guard Carla Booth has committed to Eastern Kentucky University. The 5-8 Booth is considered one of the top senior guards in the state and averaged 19.9 points and 5.7 rebounds a game as a junior. She picked EKU over Marshall, Morehead State and Middle Tennessee State. Ballard High School senior Jaylan Bodiford has committed to North Carolina A&T. The 6-2 Bodiford averaged 8.3 points and 8.5 rebounds a game as a junior.
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Post by hawkeye on Nov 18, 2010 6:19:53 GMT -5
www.salisburypost.com/Sports/111810-Jasmine-Parker-qcdA.L. Brown's Jasmine Parker signs with N.C. A&T Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:00 AM By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — A.L. Brown’s 6-foot-1 center Jasmine Parker had planned to attend UNC Asheville for months, but North Carolina A&T changed her mind with a fall recruiting push, and she signed last week. The Aggies are getting a physically imposing player whose best days definitely are ahead of her. Parker, who averaged 10.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks as a junior, is still learning and still getting better every time she steps on the court. “I remember the first time I met her and how excited I was that we had a tall kid,” Brown coach Tosha Robinson said. “We’ve always gotten on Jasmine a lot, but that’s because we really like her and want to push her. She’s never stopped working to improve her game.” Parker’s worked diligently at ladder drills to improve her agility. Her biggest opponents are still fatigue and foul trouble, but her stamina is improving, and so is Brown’s personnel and depth. “A lot of times in the past I was our only tall player and I’d get double-teamed all game,” Parker said. ‘But this year, I think I’ll have a lot of help in the post.” Parker said she was introduced to basketball at a young age. “I was 4 or so when I started, and I always loved it,” she said. “But I wasn’t always tall. I didn’t really grow until the sixth grade. Then when I came back for the seventh people were wondering what had happened.” ............
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 18, 2010 12:10:45 GMT -5
We are loaded in the back court for the next few years. Now it looks like Bibbs is focusing on the front court.
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Post by Bigboy on Nov 18, 2010 12:58:57 GMT -5
I know this thread is about A&T recruits but I want to mention a recruit that got away. I am talking about Amanda Hairston 6' (Dudley). She was recruited her jr. year by Robinson before he went to Va. After he left, coach Bibbs decided not to sign her for whatever reason. She eventually signed at B-CU (Bethune) and in her first game as a freshman she had 16 pts. and a team high 11 rebounds. She can play center or strong forward. I think we might regret not signing her. We will see how she performs when she comes into Corbett this season.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 13:07:40 GMT -5
 still no explanation why mitchell will not be playing for us? it seems it was anticipated considering her name never was on the roster... |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 13:18:11 GMT -5
I know this thread is about A&T recruits but I want to mention a recruit that got away. I am talking about Amanda Hairston 6' (Dudley). She was recruited her jr. year by Robinson before he went to Va. After he left, coach Bibbs decided not to sign her for whatever reason. She eventually signed at B-CU (Bethune) and in her first game as a freshman she had 16 pts. and a team high 11 rebounds. She can play center or strong forward. I think we might regret not signing her. We will see how she performs when she comes into Corbett this season. looks like we let paris alston get away from us too. she's also from greensboro, went to se guilford high school. she was a freshman last year at scsu who made the meac all rookie team and she gave us fits. she was scsu's leading rebounder last year and she's now a 6'2" sophomore center. no question we could certainly use her in our lineup this year... |
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Post by krazykev on Nov 18, 2010 14:12:56 GMT -5
I know this thread is about A&T recruits but I want to mention a recruit that got away. I am talking about Amanda Hairston 6' (Dudley). She was recruited her jr. year by Robinson before he went to Va. After he left, coach Bibbs decided not to sign her for whatever reason. She eventually signed at B-CU (Bethune) and in her first game as a freshman she had 16 pts. and a team high 11 rebounds. She can play center or strong forward. I think we might regret not signing her. We will see how she performs when she comes into Corbett this season. looks like we let paris alston get away from us too. she's also from greensboro, went to se guilford high school. she was a freshman last year at scsu who made the meac all rookie team and she gave us fits. she was scsu's leading rebounder last year and she's now a 6'2" sophomore center. no question we could certainly use her in our lineup this year... She is not all that good and Mitchell is still having issues with her back plus being lazy. That is the ultimate reason that you will not see her on the court this year or next. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 15:24:29 GMT -5
looks like we let paris alston get away from us too. she's also from greensboro, went to se guilford high school. she was a freshman last year at scsu who made the meac all rookie team and she gave us fits. she was scsu's leading rebounder last year and she's now a 6'2" sophomore center. no question we could certainly use her in our lineup this year... She is not all that good... i'd have to strongly disagree with you, kev. paris alston led scsu (as well as a&t) in scoring as a true freshman when scsu "upset" us in the meac tournament last season. she scored 16 points, was 6 out of 8 (75%) from the floor, made 4 out of 5 (80%) free throws, and had 6 rebounds. she played more minutes (36) in that game than anybody else on scsu's team. mind you, these are stats against us (as a true freshman) during the most important time of the season. i honestly can't possibly see how you would consider her not very good. no one on our team scored more than 14 points in that game. like i said previously, she gave us fits... |
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Post by krazykev on Nov 18, 2010 15:38:54 GMT -5
She is not all that good... i'd have to strongly disagree with you, kev. paris alston led scsu (as well as a&t) in scoring as a true freshman when scsu "upset" us in the meac tournament last season. she scored 16 points, was 6 out of 8 (75%) from the floor, made 4 out of 5 (80%) free throws, and had 6 rebounds. she played more minutes (36) in that game than anybody else on scsu's team. mind you, these are stats against us (as a true freshman) during the most important time of the season. i honestly can't possibly see how you would consider her not very good. no one on our team scored more than 14 points in that game. like i said previously, she gave us fits... Were you at that game? Most of the shots she hit were luck shots. On three occasions she just threw ball up to beat the shot clock and they went in. She was not the person that beat us in the game it was the guard that hit those 3's. Plus, she only average 8 points on the season. She led them in scoring in only three games during the season (18 N Florida, 13 Central & 16 A&T). She was the only big that they had last year and played almost the whole game (36 min). |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 18, 2010 15:42:04 GMT -5
There are only a limited number of schollys a team can give out each year. Which one of last year's signees would you prefer to give up for Alston? Mitchell, Calvin, Gorham or Berry?
Or course Mitchell is looking like a bust now, but back then she was looking like the stud of the entire class.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 16:05:04 GMT -5
she could have mitchell's or deblanc's or tierra's or murdaugh's or reisha bullock's or anybody who was near the end of the bench that had a scholly. don't know how many schollies coach bibbs had, but this young lady was right in our backyard and now, we're really hurting for post players. that's all i'm saying.
and i'm not criticizing coach bibbs, she's by far my favorite aggie coach. i'm just saying this kid could have really helped us. i mean, how many times did gorham score 16 points on 75% shooting from the field against an meac top seed? aren't bigs harder to find than guards? that's all i'm saying.
i don't even know if coach bibbs went after her or not. if she did and couldn't sign her, then ya can't really blame coach bibbs. i just hate to see a local product get away that could really help us. but usually when that happens, its because the kid just wants to get away from home...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 18, 2010 16:24:14 GMT -5
You would have honestly preferred signing her last over a 6-5 center from Oregon State?
C'mon now. Unless you were a psychic you were not thinking that at the time.
And I would still choose Gorham straight up over Alston right now.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 16:25:12 GMT -5
i'd have to strongly disagree with you, kev. paris alston led scsu (as well as a&t) in scoring as a true freshman when scsu "upset" us in the meac tournament last season. she scored 16 points, was 6 out of 8 (75%) from the floor, made 4 out of 5 (80%) free throws, and had 6 rebounds. she played more minutes (36) in that game than anybody else on scsu's team. mind you, these are stats against us (as a true freshman) during the most important time of the season. i honestly can't possibly see how you would consider her not very good. no one on our team scored more than 14 points in that game. like i said previously, she gave us fits... Were you at that game? Most of the shots she hit were luck shots. On three occasions she just threw ball up to beat the shot clock and they went in. She was not the person that beat us in the game it was the guard that hit those 3's. Plus, she only average 8 points on the season. She led them in scoring in only three games during the season (18 N Florida, 13 Central & 16 A&T). She was the only big that they had last year and played almost the whole game (36 min). kev, she was a true freshman. most freshmen blossom toward the end of their first season. how many true freshmen do you know that lead their team in scoring? that's an unrealistic expectation for a freshman. and i don't see how you can say she was lucky 3 times in the meac tourney game against us. lucky? maybe once, unlikely twice, but definitely not 3 times. the kid made the north carolina east west all star team for crying out loud. was that luck too? come on, kev. be real, man. the kid can play. and as far as minutes are concerned, 4 of our 5 starters (cook, calvin, smalley, sams) played at least 31 minutes in the meac loss to scsu including tweet who also played 36 minutes. yet, no one on our roster could even come close to matching alston's "overall stats" in that game. and you think alston wasn't a major reason we loss that game? whitney wiley's game winning 3 point shot would have never occurred had it not been for alston's full game contributions. man, i know you're a homer and so am i. but dayum, at least be objective enough to admit a kid can play when she has proved it on the court... |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 18, 2010 16:28:52 GMT -5
You would have honestly preferred signing her last over a 6-5 center from Oregon State? C'mon now. Unless you were a psychic you were not thinking that at the time. And I would still choose Gorham straight up over Alston right now. not saying that. i'm just saying if we could've signed her, i would have found a way to get it done. bullock didn't play at all last season. who had her schollie? and what about partial schollies? or maybe someone could've paid their own way for one year. i don't know, but i would've found a way to get it done... |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 18, 2010 16:28:56 GMT -5
Like Kev said, Alston got so much run at SCSU last year because they didn't have any other bigs. Gorham would have likely scored over 20 a couple of times if she was at SCSU last season. Totally different situation.
I am sure someone can look at the best player on Norfolk State and make a case for signing them.
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