Chaz Owens ’20, Scotland Campus: At 6-foot-6, Owens is a powerful above rim finisher who can stick his head on the backboard. He had multiple games of 10+ rebounds in his prep season and compiled several double doubles. With his engine, vastly improved ball skills, and ability to step outside and knock down the 3-pointer, he’s got a multi-faceted game.
He’s got the physical attributes that enable him to snare boards over bigger players and also finish through hard contact, as he put together several traditional three-point plays in his prep year.
Stephan Dieujuste ’20, Central Pointe Post Grad: The 6-foot-2 guard has a deft handle and a unique ability to create space for his left handed sling shot. He has developed a knack for pulling off stepbacks and pull ups and beating guys in the one on one game.
The kid they call “juice” proved he can play at the highest level during a tough loss to a top-3 National team in Scotland Campus Sports during the 2020 Scotland Invite. The Palm Bay, Fla. native shed no fear of the Star spangled D-1 opponent and wound up scoring 23 points on the full monty of 3-pointers, hard slashes, and crafty finishes in traffic. He would up gaining the respect of several of Scotland’s upper tier players, including 6-9 225 manchild Abou Ousmane (North Texas) and stout on ball pest/high level scoring guard Tres Berry (Rhode Island).
Erik Neusel ’20 , Central Point Post Grad: This 6-foot-7 forward from Germany brings high rising athletic ability, the toughness of an American, and ability to to kick start the break fresh off the defensive board a la Joel Ntambwe in his Aspire Prep heyday.
The true draw of Nuesel’s game is that he’s multi positional on both sides of the ball and can knock back the feathery left handed 15-18 footer with ease.
A fluid athlete, Neusel can go end to end with wowing dunks and make vital stops with his wingspan and XL sized hands. The Class of 2020 product possesses good concepts of the game and plays with an unselfish style that enables him to make that heads up pass. A high academic prospect, Neusel possesses a 4.0 GPA
Fernando Caballero, ’20 KEBA Prep: The 6-foot-3 guard established himself as one of the best playmakers and pure passers on the prep scene this year, piling up multiple games of 11+ assists.
Perhaps his most significant showing was a 40-point, 12-assist eruption during against a Miami Prep team with plenty Division-1 talent at the IMG Beach Blast.
Caballero, who shot 55 percent from the 3-point land as a senior in Puerto Rico, displayed tremendous range and the ability to stretch the floor out with straight away 3-pointers.
He has the college ready build and toughness that allows him to transition seamlessly to the collegiate level. In the classroom, Caballero boasts a 3.9 GPA.
Torrin Andrews ’20 Central Pointe PG: The hot-shooting 6-foot-4 guard pieced together multiple games of 5+ 3-pointers during his prep year, including a wowing 4-for-4 from downtown during a come from behind win over Combine Academy during The Skill Factory event in Atlanta.
You can’t pigeonhole the high scoring guard as a shooter either. He gained a solid 15 pounds of muscle and bought into the culture of getting better everyday.
He showed increased vertical explosiveness, finishing above the rim and utilizing the gain strength through traffic and with traditional 3-point plays. With a high level catch and stick game (3 three-pointers during a 1:15 segment during a loss against Montverde’s national team), the South Florida native proved the issue he creates for defenders.
A high academic prospect who has Ivy League interest, Andrews would be a tremendous late get. He comes from a good bloodline of basketball coaches and is keeping tradition intact.
