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#GACup I Eye-Catchers; Part III

29, Mar 2019

#GACup I Eye-Catchers; Part III

The first Georgia Cup of the season was full of impressive players. The Cup stage allows our staff a good, long look at prospects in an intense setting. A good number of players stood out to our Justin Young from the weekend. Here’s a deeper look into his evaluation notebook. Who stood out? These guys certainly did.

Pat Burke, Tri-City Elite, 15U: The Alabama guard was a point scoring machine at the Georgia Cup. Burke pumped in the buckets from three, from the foul line and in transition. He’s a volume scorer that lit up defense after defense.

Trey Howze, Team Forrest, 16U: The 6-foot-3 guard from Alcovy (GA) High School was an eye-catcher with his length at the guard spot and multi-positional production. Howze has great long-term size and so much intrigue moving forward. We’ve seen players like him make big jumps between their sophomore and junior campaigns in high school. Keep a close watch on him moving forward because there is plenty of skill to work with and develop into a really nice college prospect. 

Jared Russo, Atlanta AllStars, 15U (pictured above): The big man was a really nice player in the games I saw from his with his talented All-Stars group. The 6-foot-6 post player is skilled enough to run the floor, knock down a three in the halfcourt and be a go-to presence inside as a rebounder. Very impressed with his skill set and look forward to watching more from the class of 2022 big man in the months to come. 

Mansir Williamson, Double Trouble, 14U: One of the really nice prospects of the event. Tai Young was very impressed with the class of 2023 guard. Williamson showed the ability to be a dominant two way prospect in his class. Given his size and upside, his future is encouraging. We look forward to seeing more of him moving forward. 

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Justin Young has been the editor-in-chief of HoopSeen.com since 2013. He manages the day-to-day operations on the site and in conjunction with our national and regional events. He was the national basketball editor for Rivals.com and a contributing editor at Yahoo! Sports. Young has been earned numerous awards for his work in sports journalism, including the Georgia Press Association Columnist of the Year. His Justin Young Basketball recruiting service has been in existence since 2002 and worked with over 300 schools from all levels. He is the director of HoopSeen Elite Preview camps and our national Preview camp series. 

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