Brice Sensabaugh, the 2021-22 Orlando space and state participant of the yr for Lake Highland Prep, introduced Saturday that he might be headed to the NBA after one season of school basketball at Ohio State.
“After steady thought and consideration, I am excited to announce I have decided to enter my name into the 2023 NBA Draft with the option to return to OSU,” Sensabaugh acknowledged in a social media put up.
He has not relinquished NCAA eligibility and new guidelines give Sensabaugh till June 12 to determine which path he’ll take. That is 10 days forward of the June 22 NBA Draft.
The 6-foot-6, 235-pound freshman ahead averaged 16.3 factors and 5.4 rebounds for an Ohio State staff that had a disappointing 16-19 season. Sensabaugh made 40.5% of his 3-point shot makes an attempt (60 of 148).
Sensabaugh averaged 25.1 factors as a Lake Highland senior and received the Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Basketball award.
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Montverde eyes GEICO repeats
Montverde Academy’s girls and boys basketball groups are prime seeds for the nationally-televised GEICO High School Nationals event, which might be performed Thursday by means of Saturday in Fort Myers.
Both need to defend 2022 titles.
The nationwide No. 1 Eagles boys staff (23-2) has received the GEICO title the previous two years and seeks its seventh championship in 12 tries since 2013. Montverde’s stacked roster, with seven gamers ranked within the prime 35 of their class, makes it the favourite going right into a Thursday 6 p.m. quarterfinal (ESPNU) in opposition to convention rival Sunrise Christian of Kansas (20-7).
Montverde seniors 6-9 Kwame Evans (Oregon) and 6-8 Sean Stewart (Duke) are prime 20 Class of 2023 prospects and each are set to play in Tuesday night time’s McDonald’s All-American sport on the Toyota Center in Houston at 9 (ESPN).
Derik Queen and Liam McNeeley are prime 10 juniors and Montverde sophomore Cooper Flagg is rated No. 2 within the Class of 2025.
A victory would ship the Eagles to a Friday 4:30 p.m. semifinal (ESPN2). The championship sport is Saturday at midday (ESPNU).
Other groups within the area are Link Academy of Missouri, which was final season’s runner-up to Montverde, New York state champ Long Island Lutheran, Prolific Prep (Calif.), St. Paul VI (Va.), AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.), and IMG Academy of Bradenton.
The Montverde women (24-1), led in scoring (11.2 ppg.), assists (3.2) and steals (4.7) by Mississippi State recruit Miracle Sheppard, performs Pennsylvania champ Westtown (21-4) at 12:30 p.m. in a Friday semifinal (ESPNU.
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DP goes nationwide
The women basketball season continues subsequent week for back-to-back Florida High School Athletic Association Class 7A state champion Dr. Phillips.
The Panthers, winners of fifty of 52 video games since December 2021, play on the nationwide stage on the State Champions Invitational in Washington D.C.
DP (30-1) faces Las Vegas Centennial (24-1) on Thursday, April 6 at 2 p.m. The sport will stream stay on ESPN+. Centennial ranks No. 21 nationally within the ESPN SCNext Top 25.
The winner matches up with No. 2 Sidwell Friends (28-3) of D.C. on April 7 at 2 p.m. on ESPNU. The championship sport is scheduled for April 8 at 10 a.m.
The Panthers are the lone entry that’s outdoors the Top 25. The area contains No. 9 Lone Peak (23-3) of Utah, No. 19 Desert Vista (28-3) of Arizona and No. 23 Morris Catholic (28-3) of New Jersey.
Dr. Phillips head coach Anthony Jones was named Florida Dairy Farmers coach of the yr on Monday. Jones, a 5-time state champion, led this system to 2 GIECO Nationals event wins in three years from 2011-13.
Junior guard Trinity Turner, the 7A participant of the yr, completed second in voting for the general award to St. Johns Country Day senior Taliah Scott, who averaged 36.2 factors per sport.
DP returns to D.C. for the second time this season. The Panthers suffered a 64-61 loss vs. Georgetown Visitation Prep (24-6) in December.
Miami Columbus (26-4), Florida’s repeat Class 7A boys state title staff, was projected to be one of many favorites within the boys State Champions occasion, however the Explorers opted out of that six-team area.
Instead, Columbus is taking part in a brand new nationwide event, The Throne, which is backed by the NBA Players Association. That 16-team occasion, Wednesday by means of Saturday at Morehouse College in Atlanta, might be streamed on the FOX Sports Network, NBA TV and the NBA App.
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Dairy Farmers awards
Orlando space faculties have been shut out of the 2023 Dairy Farmers boys basketball honors.
The gamers of the yr by classification have been excellent sophomore Cameron Boozer of Columbus (7A), Miami Southridge senior Koree Cotton (6A), Wesley Chapel junior Trey Murray (5A), Villages Charter senior Sam Walters (4A), Tampa Catholic junior Karter Knox (3A), Crossroad Academy senior Kris Parker (2A), and Hawthorne sophomore CJ Ingram (1A).
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This report was first printed at Orlandosentinel.com. Varsity Content Editor Buddy Collings might be reached by e mail at [email protected].
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