Derek Dixon
-43% 3 point shooter in the EYBL this year. 43% 3 point shooter in the EYBL last year. 40% 3 point shooter in the WCAC, the toughest high school basketball league in the country. This is one of the deadliest 3 point shooters, midrange shooters, and overall shooters in all of high school basketball. Period. And is a 90% free throw shooter to go with it.
-Averaged over 15 points per game in the EYBL on one of the best teams in the EYBL that lost 1 time going into Peach Jam finals with a 3-1 assist to turnover ratio. The leading scorer on his team with a Peach Jam semi finals appearance. Repeat 1st team ALL EYBL performer
-Played on one of the best high school teams in the country last year and lost the WCAC finals. Will be a preseason Top 5 team
nationally in the entire country,
will be the team captain, and
will be the preseason favorite for the WCAC title to cut the nets down this coming season.
Why I like him... He can shoot the lights out and can score both in the PnR, the catch and shoot, all types of ball screens, and can easily score off the bounce and has shown ability to score with either hand on the inside. He's very efficient, he can distribute with crafty passes, he can lead, and he puts points on the board in a hurry. He's not the tallest player or the most athletic player and he is going to stick around in college for a long time while other teams pray he leaves while he picks them apart. Likely 4 year player.
Player comparison: Ashton Gibbs-Pitt, Salim Stoudamire without the attitude problem, Arizona
If you are young, old, or in the middle, this is Ashton Gibbs when Pitt used to dominate
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-Derek Dixon is a heavy Pitt lean
Blurbs from around the college basketball world.
From 247:
“
Omari Witherspoon makes his ranking debut at the No. 104 spot and I think we could have went higher on him. He has positional size and long arms to go along with the ability to create offense off the dribble for himself and others. Witherspoon committed to
Pittsburgh this week." —
Jenkins
From rivals
“I love Omari Witherspoon to Pitt. He’s one of those tough underrated guys who will thrive at the next level; a DC kid who plays in the grueling WCAC and dominated the Under Armour Association this summer. He finished the summer averaging 18.4 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals a game for DC Premier. He has great size at 6-foot-4 with efficient three-level scoring ability and a chip on his shoulder. Jeff Capel does well with that profile of guard.” – Jordan
The rivals rankings should be updated this month.
