Bret McCormick and Dan Olson agreed Monday that Bre’Amber Scott’s verbal commitment to the Mississippi State women’s basketball team gives coach Vic Schaefer another talented wing player for the Class of 2017.
Multiple reports on Twitter on Monday broke the news that Scott, a 5-foot-11 guard from Little Rock Central (Ark.) High School, had made a verbal commitment to play for Schaefer and the Bulldogs. She was an integral part of the Central High team that advanced to the Class 7A State semifinals this past season. She plays her Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball with the Arkansas Mavericks Elite team.
“She is a really great athlete who can score,” said McCormick, a former women’s basketball coach and a longtime recruiting analyst for All-Star Girls Report, a national recruiting service. “I don’t think she got recruited much, but she has a that motor Vic likes.”
Scott is the third commitment MSU has received for the Class of 2017. She is expected to join Myah Taylor, a 5-7 guard from Olive Branch High, and Nyah Tate, a 6-foot forward from Terry High. Verbal commitments are non-binding. Players can make their commitments official in the early signing period, which runs from Nov.9-16. College coaches can’t comment on verbal commitments.
McCormick has Scott ranked No. 164 in the Class of 2017. Reports said Scott picked MSU over Arkansas State and Southern Mississippi. She is listed as the No. 3 player in the state of Arkansas, according to Arkansas Basketball Rankings.
“She is strong, she can post up, and she can score in the open court,” McCormick said. “She also has deep 3-point range and gets into the passing lanes, which is something else Vic loves.”
Olson, another former college coach who is the owner of Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and a recruiting analyst for espnW’s HoopGurlz, hasn’t re-evaluated all of the players he has seen this summer, but he figures Scott will be ranked No. 275. He said she played pretty well this summer on the travel basketball circuit.
“She is a pretty athletic guard with some size,” Olson said. “She is athletic and has a strong body. She can break you down off the dribble, stick the 3-pointer, and is good in transition and can jump and trap and press.”
All of those skills figure to fit nicely into Schaefer’s system, which relies on defense. But McCormick said Scott has the potential to bring an offensive flavor to Starkville.
“She is not Victoria (Vivians, MSU’s leading scorer), but she can score,” McCormick said. “She can elevate on her jump shot and even post some players up. She can score in all ways.”
MSU is coming off a program-record 28-win season that saw it advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the second time in program history.
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