Interview last night with Joyner after a CH win over DeSoto (the interviewer is terrible) but she does talk about why she committed to Texas and her future. She's a bit off on the Longhorns' record but I think we can give her a pass. http://fridaynightglory.com/cedar-hill-lady-longhorns-f-joyner-holmes/
Nice! She's right about one thing, she is not going to be able to "lazy" at all when she gets here. Great to see her interview pretty well and do the "hook 'em" at the end. Can't wait to see those four in that class on campus.
Didn't realize Audrey-Ann had suffered an ankle injury and missed 5 games; she has returned to the court for her undefeated JUCO team: http://www.newsherald.com/article/20160112/SPORTS/160119787 http://www.newsherald.com/article/20160113/SPORTS/160119618 http://www.mypanhandle.com/sports/gulf-coast-lady-dores-basketball-team-earns-500th-win
I posted about it on the 12th. Glad to see that she's back!! Awesome performance for her first game back.
From the Dallas Morning News: "Texas signee Jada Underwood had 25 points, 17 rebounds and five assists as No. 13 Mesquite Horn beat No. 22 Richardson 66-57 on Friday in a matchup of state-ranked Class 6A girls teams."
According to her AAU coach, Jada Underwood is the REAL DEAL. Although not as highly recognized as Holmes or Sutton, she is going to bring a physical presence and skillset to this team that we haven't seen in quite a while. This is a VERY talented young lady!!!!!
I think ESPN is the only one asleep when it comes to Jada. ProspectNation has her in the Top 50 and other sites that focus on the state rank her higher than a few Texas girls in ESPNs Top 100.
Underwood is the DFW North Texas area leader in rebounds at about 13 rpg She's also amongst the top five in scoring at just over 22 ppg. Pretty impressive and, at 6'0", plays guard, wing and forward if I'm not mistaken.
I think Jada's versatility, strength, and college-ready physique will contribute to her seeing plenty of minutes on the court at Texas next season; hoping she has a healthy finish to her senior season.
DFW area stat leaders: http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/hig...a-girls-basketball-statistical-leaders-jan-27
Thanks for the link. Jada is filling stat sheets: 5th in points (22.6/game), 1st in rebounds (12.1), 5th in assists (3.9). Ironic that her numbers would probably be better on a weaker team - Mesquite Horn has a few 40+ point blowouts on their schedule so she probably didn't play much more than a half. As mentioned earlier in the thread, a 6A player in the DFW area putting up those numbers has legitimate skill and ability.
Audrey-Ann and Gulf Coast State College has taken the #1 spot in the JUCO rankings! http://www.njcaa.org/sports/wbkb/2015-16/div1/polls
Texas signee Jada Underwood had 25 points, 17 rebounds and five assists as No. 13 Mesquite Horn beat No. 22 Richardson 66-57 on Friday in a matchup of state-ranked Class 6A girls teams. The win by Horn (25-5, 10-1) left the teams tied for first in District 10-6A. Richardson (20-8, 10-1) won the teams' first district meeting by two. Richardson opened the game with an 8-0 run and led by four after one quarter, but Horn seized control by outscoring Richardson 22-10 in the second quarter. Horn took a 12-point lead into the fourth quarter but had to withstand a huge fourth quarter by Richardson's Arleighshya McElroy. McElroy, a Texas A&M signee, scored 16 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 30. Brianna Thomas made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for Mesquite Horn.
http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/high-schools/2016/02/12/girls-basketball-playoff-preview-unbeaten-duncanville-timberview-begin-title-quests-plus-players-watch-best-1st-round-matchups Cedar Hill will play Colleyville Heritage in BiDistrict Monday at 6 pm in Mansfield. Mesquite Horn will play Irving in BiDistrict Monday at 7:30 PM at Ellis Davis Field House.
I don't know of any ties she has to UT but she bleeds burnt orange - even got her surgeon to hook 'em.
Joyner and Jada's teams win first round playoff games on Monday night: http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/hig...ryan-mcdonalds-american-powers-cedar-hill-win
Joyner has been on a tear recently: http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/hig...orward-second-round-girls-basketball-playoffs
Both Joyner and Jada lead their teams to regional quarterfinals. From the DMN: Cedar Hill and Plano West will face off 02/23 in the regional quarterfinals Updates on next week’s games for Dallas area teams: http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/hig...ar-hill-survives-lauren-cox-done-flower-mound From jadyjagsbball tweet: Mesquite Horn will play Waco Midway 02/23 at Waxahachie in regional quarterfinals
Tonight, I am trecking over to Rockwall-Heath to watch Plano West (Chou) vs Cedar Hill (Holmes) at 6:30 pm. I have seen both play in playoffs last 2 years but not against each other. Since they will be playing against each other for the next 4 years, thought it would be good to see how they match up. Lets pull for the Longhorns (Cedar Hill) and the future Longhorn(Holmes). Will report back to ya'll if there is anything of significance other than the winner.
I'll be at Rockwall-Heath as well. Will be interesting to see how this one turns out. Cedar Hill won earlier in the year.