
Tiffany Moore
Texas RSA Tip Sheet II
By Chris HansenNational Director of Scouting
Posted Wed, 06/04/2008 - 10:26 Our second Tip Sheet focuses on the 2010 and 2011 classes at the Nike Regional Skills Academy in Houston.
STORY BY CHRIS HANSEN; PHOTOS BY GLENN NELSON

Kelsi Baker
HOUSTON, Tex. – Not to be outdone, the underclass prospects at the Nike Regional Skills Academy showed the talent pool is deep and for years to come. Texas may be the Lone Star State but this weekend showed there are many budding stars in the making. Kelsi Baker (Mesquite, Tex.) is a strong and powerful forward. At 6-foot-1 she isn’t the tallest interior player but she uses her body as well as anyone around the basket. She can hold her position well and showed very good agility for her size. She has good lift and that along with her knack for protecting the ball with her body she was a consistent finisher around the cup. Maegan Conwright (College Park, Tex.) is a 2010 guard prospect. She excelled when learning the two-footed floater. She has nice touch on the shot. She also has a quick trigger on her jumper. Her shooting arm elbow is out a bit but she shot a high percentage in both the drills and scrimmages.


Tiffany Moore of Frisco High School.
Krissy Grant (Arlington, Tex.) is an impressive hard working guard. The 2010 prospect has good strength and presence on the court. She showed her strength in maintaining great pushup form, even when balancing on a basketball. As fatigue set it she slowed down while keeping perfect form where many of her peers weren’t strong enough either mentally or physically to push through it. She is a good defender that could become a great defender if she wants to. She showed good shooting form as well and repeated it on each shot.
Keena Mays (Arlington, Tex.) showed great comprehension on the drills focused on moving without the basketball. She picked up both the high side and low side swim move to get around a defender. She also showed good touch on her close-in and mid-range jumpers. The 2010 guard needs to show more determination on defense though.
Tiffany Moore (Frisco, Tex.) is so similar to Sheryl Swoopes it’s scary. There really isn’t anything this 2010 guard can’t do well. She has the quickness to be an impact player on both sides of the court. More impressive though is her control. She never plays out of control, even at full speed. Her shot starts with a quick and high release that even taller defenders will have trouble bothering. She has nice arc on the shot and it falls softly. Her strength allows her to shoot well out to three-point range and she is a solid shooter off the dribble as well. She was also one of the few who held perfect form on her pushups and without a coach standing over her.
Chiney Ogwumike (Cypress, Tex.) was considered by many the top 2010 in the country last year and she’s improved. The composure and maturity manifesting in this uber-talent is astonishing. Just a few months ago it was her older sister, Stanford-bound Nneka Ogwumike, who was the floor leader for the Texas 5A state champion Cy-Fair and now she has readily accepted the job. Her fluidity as an athlete is the most striking thing about her. She can learn new skills and make them look easy as if she’s been doing them forever. At 6-3 she has great length and is very smooth with her pivot moves offensively. Her upside is incomprehensible and with her positive attitude and work ethic the word potential won’t last long with her.

Freshman guard Alexia Standish.
MacKenzie Robertson (McGregor, Tex.) is the daughter of Baylor coach Kim Mulkey so it is no surprise she has a high basketball IQ. She fits the coach’s daughter mold perfectly. She maintains spacing on offense and shows an understanding of weakside man-to-man defensive principles. She is a crafty passer and she seems very comfortable shooting from the mid-range, even off the bounce. Being more consistent from behind the three-point arc is an area for improvement in this young guard prospect.
Odyssey Sims (Irving, Tex.) is one of the most talented point guards in the country in any class. The lefty has tremendous speed and handles the ball extremely well at full throttle. She sees the court well and is a play maker extraordinaire. Consistency is a must a team’s floor leader and this is an area Sims could improve on. Whether things are going good, bad, or somewhere in-between, teammates are going to look to her for leadership.

Amber Henson (Round Rock, Tex.) is one of the nation’s top 2011 prospects. She’s been battling Osgood Schlatter’s disease and a growth spurt. The disease includes pain in the legs and knees related to activity. Her quickness wasn’t as sharp as during the April viewing period but she still played very well and never complained about the pain. She has great pivots, a high release on her jumper and has a very strong upper body for her age. At 6-3 she has the ability to play three positions and as she matures and starts to play more aggressively she will be a handful.
Alexia Standish (Colleyville, Tex.) is just a freshman but she plays with the confidence of a senior. She is just 5-7 but plays the game as if size doesn’t matter. She has a great first step and she is very good about driving her body into the defender’s hips. She keeps her body compact on her dribble attacks and is always ready to exploit a mistake by the defense. Standish is also a cold-blooded shooter. She has no problem pulling the trigger late in a game and breaking the opponent’s backs. Her aggressiveness helps her on defense as well where building more strength will allow her to become a stellar perimeter defender. You won’t catch her taking plays off. If Dick Vitale watched her play he would definitely break out the phrase “Diaper Dandy”.
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Chris Hansen is the National Director of Scouting for Women’s Basketball at HoopGurlz.com. He leads the panel that evaluates and ranks girl's basketball prospects nationally for HoopGurlz. Chris has been involved in the women’s basketball community since 1998 as a coach, trainer, evaluator and reporter. He can be reached at chris@hoopgurlz.com.
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