Also on Westlake is Keonte Kennedy (Xavier). Westlake has an incredible team this year.

Tompkins has CJ Washington (UAB) as well.

Westlake obliterates Tompkins 82-62.

Westlake was just clearly the more talented, better coached team. They'll be a state championship favorite for sure. Hope we can land this Will Baker kid next year.

Houston Christian vs Yates next is the day's premiere matchup.

Players of note:
Houston Christian-
Miller Kopp (Northwestern)
Sahvir Wheeler (A&M)
Jalon Clark (Texas A&M-CC)
Blake Foley (Basketball University AAU team)

Yates-
A bunch of fast, athletic dudes that press, just like every year. Their team definitely has some of the best names in the country, such as: Jabraylon, Jaquarious, Danquale, Jock, Wellington, Kehlin Farooq, Jeshon, Latrell, and Rubin.

My alma mater looks real good

Miller Kopp looks really good.

21-19 Yates at the end of the 1st Q

Yates has Jock Hughes, who's committed to Coach Keller at SFA. Has most of the Yates points.

Kopp just had a NASTY one handed putback dunk. Got the whole arena standing up. White boy can get UP.

Wheeler has a great attitude on the court. Really receptive to coaching.

Probably leaving this one early. HC clearly the better team. Been pretty funny watching Yates guys attempt to pick up Wheeler full court.

I was sitting right behind the A&M staff. Random thoughts on the day:

Kopp looked really, really good. I too was impressed with Wheeler's handling of press. Would like to see him do some high level PG stuff (like find the kid who looked 12 and had buried 2 3s in a row and was wide open for a third) but he has improved and put on some muscle. His ball handling was outstanding. Still, Jalen Jackson from Wagner looked to me to be the most D1 ready 2019 PG I saw today.

Was also impressed with Baker. Every bit of 6-11 and really should have touched the ball on every possession. I could definitely see him as a fit for for the Ags.

I don't think Westlake can hang with Falls because their guard play is underwhelming. To be honest, that was the first remote test for Wagner and I think they end up the best team in Centex. But Westlake's size is impressive and they play really heady basketball.

Concordia's Pierce Hellums might be the best HS shooter in the State. Watched them warm up prior to the Silsbee game and I don't think he missed a shot. I didn't even see one touch the rim. He can flat out shoot the rock. Concordia moved to 18-0 after an 8 pt win over a silsbee team missing over half their players to football. Not sure how you play 18 games by November 22.

And an aside having nothing to do with today - I would love to see the A&M staff jump on Morton Ranch's Eddie Lampkin. He's a 6-9 2020 big whose older brother starts on OU's defense. Doesn't fit nearly as well in Norman and reminds me a LOT of a young Tyler Davis. His stat line vs Shadow Creek Tuesday night - 15 pts, 22 rebs, 11 assists. Crazy vision out of the post.

It's so weird hearing westlake is good at basketball now. When I went there men's and women's basketball was our Achilles

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Yates-
A bunch of fast, athletic dudes that press, just like every year. Their team definitely has some of the best names in the country, such as: Jabraylon, Jaquarious, Danquale, Jock, Wellington, Kehlin Farooq, Jeshon, Latrell, and Rubin.

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Danquale? For real?