HS Girls Basketball Players Avery Vansickle, Fran Belibi Connect for Alley-Oop
Jan 12, 2019
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Two players on a Colorado high school girls basketball team completed a jaw-dropping alley-oop during a dominant Saturday:
These HS girls went D-Wade & Bron on the alley-oop 😮
According to Sentinel Prep Sports, Avery Vansickle tossed up a perfect pass, and Fran Belibi threw it down with a one-handed dunk for Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado.
Per espnW.com, the alley-oop was the biggest highlight of Jesuit's 90-14 demolition of Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado).
While Vansickle is a sophomore guard, Belibi is a senior forward who is committed to Stanford.
ESPN.com rates Belibi as a 5-star recruit and ranks her as the No. 23 overall prospect and No. 3 forward in the 2019 class.
According to espnW, Belibi finished with 23 points and 23 rebounds.  Â
Maori Davenport Ruled Eligible to Play vs Carroll After Judge's Emergency Motion
Jan 11, 2019
Charles Henderson High School (Ala.) basketball star Maori Davenport was ruled eligible to play against Carroll High School on Friday after a judge granted her an emergency motion.Â
According to AL.com's Josh Bean, Davenport was eligible pending a hearing before Pike County Circuit Judge Sonny Reagan.
ESPNÂ noted she poured in 25 points during the game, helping lead her team to a commanding 72-17 victory.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association suspended Davenport in November after she mistakenly received a check for $857.20 from USA Basketball for playing in August's FIBA Americas U18 Tournament.
Davenport is a highly touted recruit who has committed to play at Rutgers beginning next season. ESPN rates Davenport as the No. 15 overall prospect in the 2019 class and the No. 2 post player.
Per Bean, Davenport is the most likely to be named Miss Basketball for the state of Alabama.
The payment Davenport received from USA Basketball broke an AHSAA amateurism rule that typically results in a one-season suspension.
USA Basketball said it unintentionally sent the check to Davenport, and there has been no evidence Davenport sought payment.
Friday marked Davenport's first appearance for Charles Henderson since she was initially suspended in November.
LaMelo Ball Scores 14 Points in Spire's Win over Trinity at Mustang Madness
Jan 5, 2019
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 07: LaMelo Ball attends a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center on November 07, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
LaMelo Ball dropped 14 points while leading Spire Institute to an 89-69 victory over Trinity International (Nevada) at the Mustang Madness in Paducah, Kentucky, on Saturday.
While Ball has been accustomed to putting up big numbers (like 24 points, 12 assists, nine rebounds and four steals on Friday), this was a game in which he did not have to do much. Spire jumped out to a double-digit lead in the opening minutes and never looked back—and all without its star player lighting up the scoreboard.
Ball didn't record his first points of the day until he hit a three in the corner midway through the first half. He was able to follow that up moments later by going up and throwing down an alley-oop with one hand to give him five quick points.
Even with a relatively quiet first half from Ball, Spire still took a 45-23 lead into the locker rooms.
It didn't take long for Ball to get on the board in the second half, though, as he followed up a missed layup by slamming home the rebound to help silence a mini-rally put together by Trinity.
Per Overtime, Ball finished the game with eight assists and eight rebounds to go along with his 14 points:
The 17-year-old attempted to show off his range a few times throughout the game by pulling up from well beyond the arc, but he was only able to convert two of his attempts from three.
Ball finished the game with relatively modest numbers, but with him leading the way, Spire was able to cruise to victory behind its fast-paced offense.
