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Player Standouts at Carmel MLK Showcase (Part Two)
6’4 ’27 King Gibson (The Burlington School) The noteworthy freshman continues to turn heads while getting steadily more comfortable and assertive. Gibson is a long, athletic wing with great size, feel, and a useful amount of skill. In this contest, he displayed an excellent understanding of when to defer versus when to take control. Gibson knocked down jumpers, attacked off the...
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Player Standouts at Carmel MLK Showcase (Part One)
6’5 ’25 Reece Starnes (Butler) The strong-bodied big man was critical to Butler’s success. Starnes scored within the flow of the action, consistently running the floor and positioning himself to take advantage of second-chance opportunities. However, his pure dominance as a rebounder is what made him a true nightmare for opponents. Starnes utilizes his body well, displays great...
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Easy to See: 2024 6’6 Tyler Showalter (Butler)
Player: Tyler ShowalterClass: 2024Height: 6’6School: Butler High School 2024 6’6 Tyler Showalter has been a player on the Phenom Hoops landscape for some time now, watching him through the years develop into the player he is today. And with our most recent viewing, we continue to say that this is a player that should be garnered by several programs around the region because his game...
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Steady Improvement: 2025 6’5 Zacch Wiggins (Wesleyan)
Looking around the class of 2025 here in North Carolina, a player we recently had multiple viewings of for the season was Wesleyan Christian’s 2025 6’5 Zacch Wiggins. Certainly a familiar name we have watched over the years, but not only in a recent conference game and at our Carmel MLK Showcase in Charlotte, it is clear that this is a young man that has made steady progression in...
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POB’s Best of the Best: Carmel MLK Showcase
2025 Reece Starnes (Butler): Starnes started the event off in a big way, as he was imposing with his overall presence. The 2025 big man was all over the boards, racking up double-digit boards in the first half and ultimately ended with 22 rebounds total. He was incredible both offensively and defensively, battling through opponents and contact. Offensively he was able to use his frame to score...
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Carmel MLK Showcase Scores and Stats
Game 1 Butler 67 – Hunter Huss 54 Stats:Butler: Tyler Showalter 25pts, 8rebs / Reece Starnes 16pts, 22rebs / Eli Grier 8ptsHuss: Zamarius Gladden 22pst, 7rebs / Satchelle Pettis 15pts, 5rebs, 4asts, 3stls Game 2 Hickory 51 – Wesleyan Christian 49 Stats:Hickory: Izaiah Littlejohn 14pts, 7rebs, 5asts / Jordan Lineberger 11pts, 5rebs, 3asts, 4stls Wesleyan: Zacch Wiggins 16pts, 5rebs /...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Cox Mill
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Carmel Christian
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Cannon School
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Chambers
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Northside Christian
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: The Burlington School
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Wesleyan Christian
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Hunter Huss
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Team Previews for Carmel MLK Showcase: Butler
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops will host our annual Carmel MLK Showcase at Carmel Christian School. The event features five matchups featuring ten noteworthy programs from North Carolina. Despite being a one-day event, there should be a ton of excitement for the programs on display. Between the mix of local talent, state contenders, and prospects in general, it should make for a high-level day of...
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Kick Off 2024 in style with the Carmel MLK Showcase (January 13)
2023 is now gone and we are looking into 2024, and we can’t wait to kick off the year with a tremendous event with the Carmel MLK Showcase. We will be back in Matthews (NC) on January 13, 2024 for a 1-day event that should certainly be one you won’t want to miss. A full day of basketball with some exciting matchups to watch out for. Check out the event page here with all the...
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HIGHLIGHTS: TOP NC Teams FACE OFF! Carmel Christian vs Myers Park Went Down to the WIRE!!!
Carmel Christian and Myers Park, two of the top programs in the state of North Carolina, squared up against each other at the Carmel MLK Showcase. Check out all the highlights from this intense showdown.
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Takeaways from Carmel MLK Showcase
Asheville School Full of Intriguing Pieces Given their success over the years, it should come as no surprise to see the Blues rolling out another incredibly exciting squad full of notable college prospects. Although he’s up to a dozen offers, it still feels like Derin Saran is still somewhat underrated by the masses. He continues to make his case as the best true point guard within the current...
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Start Noticing More: Carmel MLK Showcase
We at Phenom Hoops aren’t done with highlighting players that college coaches and others need to start looking at, so here are few juniors and sophomores that we believe should be on lists to watch more this season and into the summer. 2024 Ryan Soulis (Asheville School): I got a feeling that Soulis is going to be a name you start hearing a lot more about and will be catching on with college...
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Seniors rising to the Occasion: Carmel MLK Showcase
There are plenty of unsigned seniors around the region in North and South Carolina, and a few of them were on display at the Carmel MLK Showcase. If schools are looking for players in the Class of 2023, here are a few you may want to check out and rewind the tape with what they showed at the event. 2023 Zion McDuffie (Butler): McDuffie finally catching on with a few programs, which is...
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Stars of Stars Show Out: Carmel MLK Showcase
What an incredible one-day event it was in Matthews, North Carolina for the Carmel MLK Showcase. Terrific matchups and competition, and the electricity throughout the crowd were off the charts. On the biggest of stages and the brightest of lights, these were the stars that showed out in impressive fashion. 2023 Jaydon Young (Greensboro Day): One of the best performances from the day was from...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: Myers Park vs. Carmel Christian
The final game of the night and coming in, it was looking like the game of the year between two of the top teams in the state. Myers Park hit the road to travel just a few miles down to take on Carmel Christian in its home gym, and to say hat this place was packed may be an understatement. Carmel Christian got things going behind ’24 Jaeden Mustaf and ’23 Khamani Wertz, but Myers...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: Greensboro Day vs. Chambers
oro With an absolutely packed house already, Greensboro Day headed down I-85 to take on Chambers in what looked to be an absolute show. Both teams started to look strong early and wanting to play their game, as GDS hit a few early shots but then Chambers started to get going. Chambers was able to get a late bucket to go up two points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, it was...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: East Meck vs. Cannon
We continued the evening, as Cannon and East Meck were up next. Cannon was able to come out strong behind its three leaders on the court, helping jump out to a 17-9 first-quarter lead. They were able to only build upon that lead before halftime, as ’24 Sean Birmingham led the charge with 10 points, while Isaiah Henry and Austin Swartz combined for 15 points. ’23 Jordon Nevill was showing why he...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: Indian Land vs. Concord Academy
Third game on the day, we had two very good teams coming together between Concord Academy and Indian Land. Concord was able to come out strong but Indian Land was able to punch right back, as the guard play was strong for both and ’23 Petar Asceric was able to do some work early on for Concord. Both teams made some strong plays early on, helping their teams to tie it up at 18 after...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: Asheville vs. Rocky River
Second game of the afternoon, as Asheville School and Rocky River hit the road to Matthews to square off against each other. Asheville started out strong to jump out to an early double-digit lead, being up 15-5 after the first quarter. But Rocky River started to pick up its energy on both ends and playing with a bit more pace, as they were able to chip into the lead before halftime,...
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CCSMLK23 Game Report: Butler vs. Covenant Day
We got the event underway with an enticing matchup between Butler and Covenant Day. Butler came out strong with its outside shooting, as 2024 Tyler Showalter was firing from behind the arc. It is what helped Butler get out to a quick double-digit lead, but Covenant Day was able to settle down and cut into the lead before the end of the first quarter, as Butler led 19-12. The lead was able to...
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Carmel MLK Showcase Previews: Carmel Christian vs. Myers Park
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops is hosting our annual Carmel Christian MLK Showcase in Matthews, North Carolina. The schedule is set to feature six games of competitive battles, as public-school teams will face private-school opponents. Given all the open discussion surrounding the “who’s who” of North Carolina basketball, this event should be a strong indicator of what teams are beginning to hit...
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Carmel MLK Showcase Previews: Chambers vs. Greensboro Day
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops is hosting our annual Carmel Christian MLK Showcase in Matthews, North Carolina. The schedule is set to feature six games of competitive battles, as public-school teams will face private-school opponents. Given all the open discussion surrounding the “who’s who” of North Carolina basketball, this event should be a strong indicator of what teams are beginning to hit...
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Carmel MLK Showcase Previews: Cannon vs. East Mecklenburg
On Saturday, Phenom Hoops is hosting our annual Carmel Christian MLK Showcase in Matthews, North Carolina. The schedule is set to feature six games of competitive battles, as public-school teams will face private-school opponents. Given all the open discussion surrounding the “who’s who” of North Carolina basketball, this event should be a strong indicator of what teams are beginning to hit...
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