WBB: Updates on the high school seasons for current signees/verbals

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2022 -- Shantavia Dawkins (Southwest Academy, Ontario): Her team plays in the top-level Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA), which is a bloodbath, as most (if not all) of the schools are sports-focused prep schools. Her team, which also has top-level recruit Lemyah Hylton (Arizona commit we recruited) and Keira Spencer (who we have offered), is 8-9 in their pool, which gives you an idea of the level of competition. Stats are very incomplete. Pool play is almost done (and Southwest Academy is done with their games). There is some some sort of tournament in March, but I don't know any details -- given the short schedule, I'm guessing all teams will participate.

 

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2023 -- Arianna Jackson (Des Moines Roosevelt): Roosevelt is the #2 seed in the 5A state tournament, playing 1:30 pm on Monday Feb 28. They are 20-2. Jackson leads them with 14.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 2.4 spg. Around two-thirds of her shot attempts are threes, which she's hitting at 40%.

 

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2023 -- Jalynn Bristow (Rider HS, TX): Rider is done after losing a regional playoff game on Feb 17th. They were 20-10 overall. I can't find season stats, but Bristow had 39 points in the season-ending 77-70 loss.

 

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2023 -- Kelsey Joens (Iowa City High): City High is the #5 seed in the 5A state tournament, playing 11:45 am on Monday Feb 28. They are on the opposite side of the bracket from Roosevelt, so Jackson and Joens will only play if they both make the final. City High is 19-4. Joens leads the team with 21.5 ppg, 1.4 spg, and 0.7 bpg, and is second with 6.2 rpg. A little over 40% of her shots are threes, and she's hitting around 35% of them.

 

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2024 -- Aili Tanke (Johnston): Johnston is the #1 seed in the 5A state tournament, playing 10 am on Monday Feb 28. They would play City High in the semi if both win their quarterfinal games. Johnston is 23-0. Tanke is the #4 scorer on a very balanced team that features senior Jada Gyamfi, an Iowa signee who leads her team in every per-game statistic. About half of Tanke's shot attempts are threes, which she's hitting at 40%.

 

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Long story short, if you want to see some future Cyclones, check out the 5A tournament. Three of the four quarterfinals have future Cyclones, and the other has a potential one (Waterloo West's Sahara Williams). Additionally, Audi Crooks and her Bishop Garrigan team are in the 1A tournament starting March 2.

All games will be on https://watchighsau.com/ except the championship game, which is on Iowa PBS and various streaming platforms (including youtube).

https://ighsau.org/upl/downloads/library/basketball-2022-finalstatebracket.pdf

 

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Bumping this as a reminder that three ISU commits are playing in the state tournament this morning:
#1 Johnston (2024 verbal Aili Tanke jersey #30) 10:00 AM
#5 Iowa City High (2023 verbal Kelsey Joens jersey #10) 11:45 AM
#2 DM Roosevelt (2023 verbal Arianna Jackson jersey #2) 1:30 PM

Bonus game: #6 Waterloo West (2023 recruit Sahara Williams) 3:15 PM

All are streaming on https://watchighsau.com/

 

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Shantavia Dawkins update: Southwest Academy did quality for the March tournament without needing a play-in game (every team had a shot, but the bottom teams had to win play-in games). I believe they are the 6 seed, so they have the following schedule:

Quarterfinal: Thurs March 3 12:00 PM
Semifinal: Sat March 5 12:00 PM
Final: Sun March 6 4:00 PM

All games are supposedly streaming here: https://www.ontariosba.ca/osbatv
(EDIT: Direct link to the youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/osbatv )

All details: https://www.ontariosba.ca/news_article/show/1211322

 

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2023 -- Kelsey Joens (Iowa City High): City High is the #5 seed in the 54A state tournament, playing 11:45 am on Monday Feb 28. They are on the opposite side of the bracket from Roosevelt, so Jackson and Joens will only play if they both make the final. City High is 19-4. Joens leads the team with 21.5 ppg, 1.4 spg, and 0.7 bpg, and is second with 6.2 rpg. A little over 40% of her shots are threes, and she's hitting around 35% of them.

Class 54A? That has to be one BIG class

 

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Class 54A? That has to be one BIG class

Fat-fingered it. Fixed!

 

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I added jersey numbers to my post above.

 

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MRed…what do you know about Johnston’s Anna Gossling?

 

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MRed…what do you know about Johnston’s Anna Gossling?

Not much. Per her twitter, she's a senior going to Grand View next year.

 

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Not much. Per her twitter, she's a senior going to Grand View next year.

She has some skills….just short. Our ISU recruit has been pretty much a non-factor through the first half

 

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Our ISU recruit has been pretty much a non-factor through the first half

She seems to defer offensively to the older players (she's a soph). I'm curious to see her progression the next two years.

 

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IGHSAU is having some issues. The video stream stopped and their live stats link is broken.

 

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Crooks is supposed to announce after the tournament.

 

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IGHSAU is having some issues. The video stream stopped and their live stats link is broken.

They are back now

 

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They are back now

didn't the older two Joens girls play for West?

 

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didn't the older two Joens girls play for West?

Nope. All are City High.