Lessons learned from Middle GA region torurneys
MIDDLE GEORGIA -- Our region tournament travels took us on the road again for Wednesday games and we took in a couple of key match-ups in the Peach State. Here are the four takeaways from the action.
Khavon Moore, Georgia's top 2018 prospect, showed the full arsenal on Wednesday in a Westside Macon 56-53 win over Southwest Macon. The 6-foot-7 do-everything forward shined as a passer. Moore (pictured above) was good on the glass and was a match-up problem inside and out. Moore finished with 12 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and a pair of steals. Westside clinched a berth in the GHSA tournament with the win. With his mixture of size, speed and versatility, Moore is one of the state's most intriguing players regardless of class.
SanAntonio Brinson will be a guy to watch this spring and summer. The long and lanky class of 2016 wing is a silky jump shooter. He hit four good-looking midrange jumpers in Aquinas's win over Stratford Academy. While he's not going to go to war from a physical standpoint, Brinson is smooth as a jump-shooter. His shot is text book and effortless. Brinson finished with 23 points in the Region 7-A win on Wednesday afternoon at Wilkinson County High School.
Middle and South Georgia is full of undersized productive post players. Point in case: Tyler Wheeler of Westside. The 6-foot-5, strong-bodied paint punisher finished with 20 points and nine rebounds in the win over Southwest. There's nothing fancy about what he does. He just does the simple things. Wheeler, like so many guys at the high school level, are the nuts and bolts for a key post-season run.
While it wasn't his best effort of the year, Quintez Cephus of Macon's Stratford Academy is one of the very best at getting to the rim in the state. His jumper wasn't falling to start the game. Then he did what the good ones do - go to what they do best. Cephus scored 20 points in the second half and helped his team make a comeback all the way to the final possessions. Cephus finished with 28. It will be interesting to see if the Class A Power Rankings are kind to the Macon private school.