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National Hoopfest Sunday: Anthony Edwards & Cam Reddish go to battle

WASHINGTON, DC – The final day of our tour of the nation’s capital finished with the culmination of the ARS National Hoopfest. Just as he had done on Saturday, Cameron Reddish continued to make his push for the top ranking in the 2018 class but it was others including Trevor Keels and Anthony Edwards that continue to make headways with their games and recruitment.

ANTHONY EDWARDS IS AN ELITE BUCKET GETTER

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He already holds over 20 scholarship offers so it is easy to see that we are not the only ones that have come to value all that Anthony Edwards does and is about. The 6-foot-4 scoring guard is arguably the top scoring weapon in his class nationally, an artillery that was on total display on Sunday. With shades of a younger Bradley Beal within his repertoire of abilities, Edwards finds no issues creating his own offense within the half-court, hitting jumpers with a hand in his face out to as far as 22-feet. He is also an underrated passer that can throw down an impressive dunk every now and again. Practically the entire SEC is on board with Edwards, though he did tell Rivals that Florida State was the early leader in his recruitment.

CAM REDDISH MAKES HIS STATEMENT

It would be difficult to not touch on all that Cam Reddish did on Sunday. He more than held his ground with a 34-point outburst on Saturday but to finish his time in DC, the five-star wing made another emphatic push for the number one ranking in the 2018 class. Completing things with 53 points, buckets that came off of swift dunks, impressive pull-up jumpers and put-backs in the lane, there wasn’t a thing that Reddish didn’t do well. His playmaking abilities concocted with his 6-foot-7 standing stature makes him one of the toughest players to contain in high school basketball. Others including RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson and Bol Bol have their own fair argument as the best player in the senior class but no one has had a better string of days during the early portion of the high school season than Reddish.

TREVOR KEELS HAS NEXT UP

Over the past few years, VJ King and Brandon Slater have taken up most of the attention surrounding the Paul VI Catholic High program. Five-star sophomore guard Jeremy Roach has begun to do just the same but there needs to be room leftover for Trevor Keels. A 6-foot-4, strong and competitive 2021 guard, Keels was sensational on Sunday to a tune of 23 points and six rebounds. He made timely plays and shots down the stretch of his team’s close loss and finished the day by picking up his first scholarship offer from Wake Forest. Keels is expected to be one of the more highly recruited prospects from the 2021 class and one of the top recruits from the always loaded DMV region.

KANSAS' FUTURE WITH SILVIO DESOUSA

Kansas doesn’t have anyone on its current roster that boasts similar strengths as that of Silvio DeSousa. A physically sculpted power forward that can produce regardless of whether the game is built more through the half-court setting or if it is a heavy possession affair, DeSousa’s early enrollment, an opportunity that his high school coach discussed with Rivals on Saturday, could be the tipping point to KU’s season. On Sunday during its upset loss at the hands to Arizona State, KU scratched out just one bench point showing just how thin their roster is. Better yet, only one player 6-foot-6 or taller converted a field goal. DeSousa would immediately legitimize KU’s frontline and their fight for its second national within as many years.

MARYLAND STARS SHINE

Maryland ran his staff three-deep on Sunday as each assistant on hand was spotted with a giant smile on their faces as they watched its two future stars shine competing against each other. Just as he did on Saturday, four-star wing Aaron Wiggins displayed just how versatile and good he really is. He made contested shots, finished through contact and even moved over onto the ball and created for his teammates whenever the opportunity presented itself. Finishing with 28 points and six rebounds, Wiggins shared MVP honors with five-star Terps’ signee Jalen Smith. Sticks, as he is known to most, has become knocked for his inconsistent motor in the past, a question that looks to have begun to shrink following his dominant 25 points and 15 rebounds affair. Wiggins and Smith will be day one producers in College Park and fit in seamlessly within the confines of Mark Turgeon’s system.

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