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April 10, 2017While the Final Four was being played in Dallas, future Final Four hopefuls were battling it out at the WPA Bruins Spring Tip-Off Tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Teams from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia got ready for the upcoming April Evaluation Period.
Tournament host WPA Bruins-Cash met Team Takeover EYBL in the finals of the Blue division with Team Takeover taking the 58-50 win. After a year of being young on the GEYBL circuit, Team Takeover is primed to make a run at the GEYBL title with Tennessee commit 2018 Amira Collins, Kansas State commit 2018 Savannah Simmons, Penn State commit 2018 Lauren Ebo, and Boston College commit 2018 Kate Klimliewicz leading the way. 2019 Jakia Brown-Turner could have a break out summer.
In their first season on the Adidas Gauntlet circuit, WPA Bruins- Cash walked away with the Summer Championship title. With key contributors graduating, they will rely on 2018 Amani Johnson, 2018 Ayanna Townsend, and a healthy 2018 Alexa Williamson to continue their winning tradition on the Adidas circuit. 2019 Tayonna Robertson is a name to watch.
In the Black division championship, Michigan Crossover GEYBL squared off with All Ohio Express and came away with the 57-37 win. Michigan Crossover’s pressing style was lead by 2019 Rickea Jackson and 2018 Alyza Winston. They were without the services of Marquette commit 2018 Kaela Webb. 2020 Aryana Naylor will turn some heads on the GEBYL circuit this summer.
All Ohio Express was a nice surprise for the tournament. They execute and play very well as a team. 2018 Allayah Huges is an athletic guard that is surrounded by shooters such as 2018 Abby Voss and 2018 Malika Wildon. 2018 Tihanna Fulton is a blue collar forward who works for offensive rebounds.
Additional Standouts
2018 MacKenzie Davis (Capitol City Comets Fowler)- athletic guard who is a quality defender and creates best off the drive
2018 DeAsia Reid (Cincy’s Finest 2018-Black)- hard nose forward who is a confrontational scorer in the low post
2018 Faith Williams (Diamond on the Hill 17U)- athletic guard who can knock down the three and pull up jumper
2018 Lauren Mills (Central PA Elite)- blue collar, skilled wing who rebounds and can knock down the three
2019 Johnnia Steele (Michigan Storm)- Long, athletic forward who rebounds on both ends
2019 Jayde Boyd (SLAAM 2019)- skilled point guard who can knock down the three off the bounce and catch
2019 Gabriella Legister (WPA Bruins- Zeise)- Mobile post who can score over either shoulder in low post