All the hoop heads around North Carolina know junior Elijah Jamison is an absolute bucket getter. Eleven games into his junior season, he has scored 1,562 points already in his high school career averaging 26 points per game, but this further shows what we already know.
College coaches see it too, he currently claims offers from Ole Miss, James Madison, and Elon. This type of scoring prowess and this type of recruitment, why are we writing this piece. Many people still have not seen Elijah Jamison play.
Louisburg High School is in a small area, 35 miles in the middle of Raleigh, Durham, and Rocky Mount. The school has only 537 kids enrolled, 9th-12th grades. In order to go to Louisburg, you have to mean to go to Louisburg.
In a previous viewing of Jamison, Jamie Shaw of Phenom Hoops wrote, “Jamison uses excellent body control to score a vast majority of his points. It is intriguing to see how this Louisburg team uses him as they line him up all over the floor. From possession to possession he lines up as the primary initiator, to the high post, to the low block and as a playmaking wing. He is able to score or attack from each of those positions as well. Jamison also does a great job of both turning defense into offense as well as rebounding and pushing.“
So far this season, Jamison has scored 356 points in 11 games played. In breaking down his points, he has scored 30 from 3 (10-36), 11 from free throws (110-154) and 216 from 2 (108-192). He is an aggressive downhill player who scores the majority of his points going downhill toward the rim.
Not only is Elijah Jamison naturally gifted, but he is also one of the hardest workers and a selfless teammate. Before the season he told Phenom Hoops’ Patrick OBrien, “Basketball has been going very well for me lately, I’ve just really been working hard all summer. Before the summer started, I told myself that this summer I was going to separate myself from the rest of the players in my class and just work really hard to improve not only my jump shot but my skills as a whole. This summer with Team Loaded, I felt it was a big success because I talked to tons of college coaches at the highest level and got a lot of good feedback that makes me even more excited for this upcoming high school season.”
Not only is Jamison a scorer, but he is also an excellent rebounder and a very instinctive defender. This season he is averaging 13.4 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. Rick Lewis of Phenom Hoops wrote, “Jamison is also very underrated in other facets of his game. First of all, there may not be a better rebounding guard than Jamison in the state regardless of class. He simply has natural basketball instincts and does has a knack for being at the right place at the right time and his 13.4 RPG illustrates just that. In addition, while Jamison is best creating his own shots off the dribble, he does have good court vision and will make timely assists to open teammates.”
So in the long run, Jamison is a pure basketball player who people need to see. This weekend Jamison will lace them up at North Raleigh Christian Academy, against North Raleigh Christian Academy at 8:00 PM, in the fifth and final game of the day.