Every offseason, basketball prognosticators, coaches, and even some fans churn out rosters, postseason awards, I’ve been busy looking up last year’s stats.
However, one element is always missing in their research. Rookie. Most of his freshmen spend most of his basketball season playing with his freshman or junior varsity team or on the varsity bench, but some Some have a big impact on the national team season.
MaxPreps decided to find out which Cornhusker State freshmen are playing like veterans this winter. And there are some good newcomers.
It all starts in Omaha South, where Sierra Thomas is running her Monster Rookie campaign. The 6-foot forward not only scored 15.8 points, but pulled down 11.6 rebounds, 2.1 swiped opponents’ balls, and gave 0.5 assists, a game-changing he’s hitting 1.8 opponents’ shots overnight. .
Abi Gibbs of the Omaha Brownell Talbot finished second with 12.7 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Malcolm’s Halle driver had 17.6 points in one out, 1.3 shots blocked and 7.0 rebounds to put him in third place.
Ayanna Hill of Omaha North and Aubrey Russell of Winside finished in the top five with scoring averages of 17.6 and 17.7 points respectively, placing them in 4th and 5th respectively.
Classes A, C1, C2, D1 and D2 are all in this week’s Top 10. But that doesn’t mean his freshman players in Class B aren’t competing at a similarly high level. South Sioux City shooting guard/small forward Bailey Durant averaged 10.2 points, 1.0 assists, 5.2 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 0.2 blocked shots, leading the way to his second-largest classification in Nebraska. I’m here.
To be named in this week’s Top 10, players had to average 10+ points or reach certain criteria in one of the other four stat categories.
When looking at this week’s Top 10, the top row shows the player’s school, height, and position played. Rows 2 and 3 are reserved for player stats and shooting stats respectively. The statistics rows used in this week’s Top 10 were pulled from MaxPreps’ statistics database on Monday morning.
Nebraska’s Top 10 Women’s Basketball Rookies
1. Sierra Thomas, Omaha South (Omaha)
15.8 points | 0.5 assists | 11.6 rebounds | 2.1 steals | 1.8 blocked shots
43 2PM-94 2PA | 0 3PM-1 3PA | 40 FTM-72 FTA | 126 points
2. Abi Gibbs, Brownell Talbot (Omaha)
12.7 points | 3.0 assists | 10.8 rebounds | 4.5 steals | 0.8 blocked shots
38 2PM-69 2PA | 1 3PM-8 3PA | 4 FTM-8 FTA | 83 points
3. Halle Driver, Malcolm
17.6 points | 1.9 assists | 7.0 rebounds | 2.8 steals | 1.3 blocked shots
48 2PM-74 2PA | 6 3PM-26 3PA | 27 FTM-36 FTA | 141 points
4. Ayanna Hill, Omaha North (Omaha)
17.6 points | 2.0 assists | 4.0 rebounds | 4.0 steals | 0.3 blocked shots
40 2PM-88 2PA | 10 3PM-27 3PA | 31 FTM-43 FTA | 141 points
5. Aubrey Russell, Winside
17.7 points | 2.3 assists | 5.3 rebounds | 1.8 steals | 0.2 blocked shots
34 2PM-73 2PA | 7 3PM-31 3PA | 17 FTM-32 FTA | 106 points
6. Tierston Moore, Mullen
9.6 points | 2.6 assists | 9.6 rebounds | 4.0 steals | 0.0 blocked shots
18 2PM-48 2PA | 0 3PM-2 3PA | 12 FTM-21 FTA | 48 points
7. Maia Turman, Hay Springs
9.0 points | 3.8 assists | 9.3 rebounds | 2.5 steals | 0.5 blocked shots
14 2PM-29 2PA | 6 3PM-38 3PA | 8 FTM-24 FTA | 54 points
8. Taryn Arbuthnot, Sumner Eddyville Miller (Sumner)
10.7 points | 2.3 assists | 7.0 rebounds | 3.7 steals | 0.3 blocked shots
30 2PM-56 2PA | 1 3PM-9 3PA | 12 FTM-27 FTA | 75 points
9. Miley Tikota, Yutan
10.5 points | 2.8 assists | 4.5 rebounds | 4.8 steals | 0.0 blocked shots
14 2PM-26 2PA | 4 3PM-12 3PA | 10 FTM-14 FTA | 50 points
10. Zarya Townsend, Buena Vista (Omaha)
8.5 points | 0.4 assists | 10.4 rebounds | 0.6 steals | 0.4 blocked shots
21 2PM-51 2PA | 1 3PM-7 3PA | 23 FTM-58 FTA | 68 points
