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Top girls high school basketball players highlight Nike Hoop Summit roster

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Jazzy Davidson
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Some of the nation’s best girls high school basketball players will take the floor together this spring at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon.

The event, in its 26th year, features a men’s and women’s game of the top American high school athletes facing off against a World Team of top u-19 international players. It will be played Saturday, April 12, at the Moda Center, home of the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers.

This year’s roster includes some of the nation’s best girls basketball recruits: Dee Alexander (No. 11 in the On3 Industry Ranking, Sienna Betts (No. 3), Aaliyah Chavez (No. 1), Aaliyah Crump (No. 5), Jazzy Davidson (No. 2), Alexandra Eschmeyer (No. 32), Madison Francis (No. 30), ZaKiyah Johnson (No. 10), Grace Knox (No. 7), Emilee Skinner (No. 6), Jordan Speiser (No. 13) and Hailee Swain (No. 8). 

The players represented are committed to Duke, Stanford, USC, LSU, and UCLA, among other top women’s college programs.

Betts, Davidson, Francis and Johnson captured the gold medal at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup in Barcelona for Team USA last year. And nine of the 12 players have previously participated in Team USA Junior National Team minicamps.

Leading the USA women’s team will be head coach Dan Rolfes of Incarnate Word Academy (MO) with assistant coaches Karen Self of Seton Catholic Prep (AZ) and Alicia Komaki of Sierra Canyon (CA).  

No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez making international debut   

While the majority of the roster has some international experience, Chavez, the nation’s top recruit, will be making her Team USA debut. A 5’9 guard from Lubbock (Texas) Monterey, she has put together one of the most prolific high school basketball careers in recent memory.

Earlier this season, she combined for nearly 100 points in back-to-back games, including 53-point effort that matched the final score of her team’s opponent that day. The first performance was the sixth 50-point game of her career, and she has gone over 40 on more than 25 occasions.

As a junior, Chavez averaged 35.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. She is less than 600 points shy of 5,000 for her high school career with 138 career games under her belt. And she will have a chance to add to that total in her team’s remaining regular season games as well as the state playoffs that begin next month.