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2011 Bama PrepGirls Top Post Mokube Commits to ACC School

Prentice — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:38:48 +0000

Bama PrepGirls just got a text from Central Phenix City 2011 6′3″ Kristi Mokube that she has committed to play for the Florida State Seminoles. Mokube had a outstanding summer and received offers from several ACC and SEC schools. Mokube is a talented player with the ability to play multiple postions. Mokube will be a welcome addition to Coach Semrau Florida State Seminoles. Looking forward to following her career.

Basketball on the Bayou

Prentice — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:54:11 +0000

BP was in New Orleans along side coaches from all across the country attending Basketball on the Bayou. Alabama girls basketball was well represented. Several Alabama travel teams were in attendance I had the opportunity to watch and evaluate a majority of them. The following players caught my attention. Listed by class.

2011

5′2″ Jatori Carter Jeff Davis HS Super cat-quick PG, great handles, excellent defender

5′11″ Samantha Thomas Jeff Davis HS Nice college body and good rebounder

5′7″ Ester Stokely Faith Academy Good shooter scrappy defender

5′10″ Colby Ryan Spain Park HS Nice 3pt shooter college ready body

5′8″ Micha Brooks Davidson HS Very good scorer and good defender

6′1″ Allison Whitley Spanish Fort HS Runs floor well with nice touch good defender

5′4″ Elissa Vandewaa Spanish Fort HS Floor general with nice 3pt range.

5′9″ Taylor Sippial St. Jude College body, attacks the glass both ends, nice mid range game

2012

5′1″ Jasmine Steele Midfield HS Alabama commit fearless, attacking, uses her speed and quickness to her advantage, not afraid to challenge the bigs. Nice stroke for the outside.

6′1″ Chardonae Fuqua Hoover HS LSU commit Very athletic wing, loves to attack the basket good rebounder. Hugh upside.

6′3″ Alexandria Lewis Ramsay HS Nice size runs floor really well good rebounder

5′9″ Katherine Golsby Fairfield HS Nice body, plays under control, nice shooting touch, good defender

5′7″ Akexis Horton Andulusia HS Gritty guard loves to attack nice 3pt shot.

5′8″ Margret Perdue Jeff Davis HS Very athletic nice body, good defender, nice combo guard attacks the rim. good defender jumps passing lanes. Nice upside

5′8″ Jada Williams Jeff Davis HS Long athletic body, good combo guard decent stroke from 3pt range, good defender jumps passing lanes, good handles. Nice upside

5′6″ Monterika Warren Jeff Davis HS Scrappy defender, good 3pt shooter, attacks the rim

6′2″ Yorisha Bryant Altamont HS Nice size cant coach size.

6′1″ Jasmine Peeples Selma HS Very active body, attacks the glass both ends, good rebounder, runs floor extremely well, good defender

5′7″ Latreka Jenkins Baldwin County HS Attacks the hoop, very active on both ends, nice shooter

2013

6′0″ Gabrelle Holston Erwin HS Runs floor extremely well, very active, good rebounder, good defender. Nice upside.

6′0″ Marques Webb Brewbaker Tech College body, very physical, great rebounder, nice post game finishes extremely well around the basket, good defender, huge upside. Definitely one to watch.

6′0″ Camry Johnson nice body good rebounder good defender

6′1″ Keonna Farmer Ramsay HS Long athletic body, very aggressive on both ends, good rebounder and shot blocker. Definitely one to watch.

5′6″ Sydney Westry Faith Academy Good ballhandler, nice 3pt stroke, scrappy defender

6′0″ Vamikka Smith Murphy HS Good rebounder, physcial player

Special note: Bama PrepGirls would like to thank Kimberly Davis-Powell and her staff for their hospitality! Your the BEST!

2011 Prospect Pick Up Offers

Prentice — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:07:06 +0000

At the midway point of the July evaluation period Alabama 2011 top prospects are drawing a great deal of interest and offers from major DI’s across the country. 5′8″ Amara Mayers from Madison Academy has offers from several schools. Her teammate Kyera “KeKe” Fletcher has verbal to Samford. Minor’s 5′6″ PG Amanda Tolliver and St. Jude’s 6′2″ Kaseama Ashbourne both have been getting a lot of interest as well. A pair of Central Phenix City players 6′3″ Kristi Mokube has offers from several major and mid majors. 6′0″ Monique Jackson has offers from Ole Miss, Alabama and Boston College.

2011 Prospects Standout at USC Camp

Prentice — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:59 +0000

I had the pleasure of working Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Camp. I had a opportunity to get a up close and personal look at three of Alabama top 2011 prospects 6′3″ Kristi Mokube, 6′0″ Monique Jackson both from Central of Phenix City and 5′8″ Amara Mayers from Madison Academy. Mokube displayed exceptional handles for her size, she is very athletic and is a definite tweener with a nice blend of finesse and power female version on ex Bull Scottie Pippen. Jackson’s has a power game, she rebounds extremely well; she has a knack for getting to where she wants on the paint and either scores on creates contact to get on the foul line. Jackson is female version of ex Jazz PF Karl Malone. Mayers has a college ready body with combo guard skill set to match. She has the knack for breaking down the defense and has the ability to finish at the rim or dish. She can also knock down the midrange jumper or 3 pointers. Mayers is a female version of ex Pistons guard Joe Dumars. BP is looking forward to following these ladies

Hoover’s 2012 Fuqua Verbals to SEC School

Prentice — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:05:43 +0000

Hoover’s 2012 6′1″ Wing Chardonae Fuqua has verbally committed to play for Van Chancellor’s LSU Lady Tigers. Fuqua a silky smooth athletic wing was offered while attending camp. Fuqua help lead the Hoover Lady Bucs to the 6A State Championship and a national ranking. In Fuqua LSU is getting a potential 2012 Top 100 prospect. BP is really looking forward to watching her grow as a player. Fuqua has a tremendous upside.

Midfield’s 2012 Mighty Steele Verbals to SEC School

Prentice — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:45:10 +0000

LSU had Shaq the Man of Steel. The SEC can look forward to another Steele in Midfield’s 2012 5′0″ PG Jasmine Steele. Steele recently verbally comitted to Wendell Hudson’s Alabama Crimson Tide. Steele may be small in stature but she more than makes up for her size with unlimited energy and effort. I like to call her Mighty Steele after the cartoon character Mighty Mouse. Midfield Coach Reggie Ware calls her “Little Giant” mainly because Steele “doesn’t use her size as an excuse she sees it as a positive attacking bigger players and basically playing big herself.” Steele help lead Midfield to back to back 4A State Championships while being named Final Four MVP. Coach Hudson and the Crimson Tide Staff, in Steele, land a potential 2012 Top 100 prospect.

USA 18U Trials Shanence McKinney Blog

Prentice — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:09:15 +0000

Former Leflore standout and current LSU Lady Tiger Shanence McKinney was gracious enough to blog in from USA 18U Trials being held in Colorado Springs June 8-11 . Here is her daily Blog.

Day 1
Tryouts were nice today… competition is definitely here and im all for it! ready for day 2! saw lots of familiar faces! Me and Kane here to rep Bama! very excited to be here and of course I mean the state of Alabama lol.. Geaux Tigers! lol

Day 2
First session over! Naptime!!!!
2nd and 3rd session were nice… the intensity was very high today and it showed in scrimmages and drills…I’m definitely ready for tomorrow to scrimmage 17U team…

Day 3
4th session was fun.. we scrimmaged the 17U team basically the whole time…we have last session today at 4:30 where we’ll pretty much be doing the same thing…

Tribute to John Wooden

Prentice — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:31:43 +0000

John Wooden was and will always be considered the greatest coach of all time but Coach Wooden was much more than a basketball coach. His coaching style transcends all sports. He was a perfectionist, disciplinary Christian with an unwavering will to help everyone around him succeed and excellence. Coach Wooden was a Coach of LIfe he used basketball as a tool to communicate not only to his teams but to the world the right way to achieve their goals. Not only did the coaching profession lose an icon the world has lost a piece of humanity. Coach Wooden will be missed but not forgotten.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
John Wooden

Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
John Wooden

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden

Be prepared and be honest.
John Wooden

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden

Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John Wooden

I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John Wooden

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden

It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.
John Wooden

It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden

It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John Wooden

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
John Wooden

Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden
Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
John Wooden

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John Wooden

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
John Wooden

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden

Alabama Professional Women’s Basketball

Prentice — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:05:20 +0000

Bama PrepGirls ventured outside the norm and into the world of women’s professional basketball. I had the pleasure of catching a exciting game between the Montgomery Dream and the Mobile Hoopers both members of Women’s Blue Chip Basketball League. The Dream jumped out to early lead and withstood two furious Mobile comebacks, the Dream led by as many as 18 points. The last Mobile run cut the Dream lead down to 85-81. But the Dream finished with a pair of runs themselves. The last run 15-3 came late in the fourth quarter which enabled them to hold on to a 100-84 victory. The game had a decent crowd held at Jeff Davis HS. The Montgomery Dream has a pretty good team and should compete for league supremacy. If you get a chance you should really try and catch a game it was definitely a fun brand of basketball. The players play hard for 40 minutes. The Dream is represented by several players that played in Montomery-Selma area players Yaleshia “Boo” Barnes who led Carver HS to the 1993 6A AHSAA state championship, Santana Seay led Selma HS to a 6A Final Four appearance, and Marquita Greene help lead Jeff Davis to a 6A Final Four appearance as well. Two former Alabama State players Adria Harris from Mobile and Latasha Thomas from Opelika along with Brerante Dudley from Pinson and Shon Moton round out the Alabama players that help make up the Montgomery Dream.

Hoover’s Rising Twin Towers

Prentice — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:51:26 +0000

Hoover’s 2012’s Twin Towers 6′2″ Kayla Anderson and 6′1″ Nicole Tanner both coming off good showings at Boo Williams Tournament has resulted in several offers from Big Ten, SEC and Conference USA schools. Anderson and Tanner both had very productive high school season helping lead Hoover to the 6A crown. Their stock is rising fast among college recruiters. I look forward to watching them further develop their skills sets and compete in the July exposure events.