The Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tenn.) is one of five new teams to enter the MaxPreps Top 25 this week after the Feet nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the high school girls basketball season. They enter the rankings at No. 14.
The Webb School was five seconds from sending the GEICO Girls Basketball Invitational championship game against No. 2
Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) to overtime. The Feet got the equalizer on a
Bree Robinson 3-pointer but a defensive lapse allowed Sidwell's
Jadyn Donovan to leak out and
Leah Harmon found her teammate for an uncontested layup at the buzzer.
The Webb School's Bree Robinson nearly led the Feet to an upset of No. 2 Sidwell Friends on Saturday in the GEICO Girls Basketball Invitational. Webb School enters the MaxPreps Top 25 at No. 14 this week. (Photo: Carl Edmondson Jr.)
Record: 21-0 |
Last week: 1
Kept rolling along as
MacKenly Randolph went for 31 and 11 in a league win over Harvard-Westlake after a 24-14 double-double against Marlborough. The Trailblazers have six regular-season games remaining before starting the grueling CIF playoffs.
2. Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.)
Record: 14-2 |
Last week: 2
The Quakers showed their depth in grabbing the GEICO Girls Basketball Invitational title over the weekend.
Jadyn Donovan led them on Friday before
Khia Miller stepped up to pace them in the championship game.
3. Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
Record: 20-1 |
Last week: 4
The lone loss came against No. 2 Sidwell on Jan. 16.
4. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.)
Record: 13-2 |
Last week: 3
Bounced back from their seven-point loss to Montverde by crushing West Catholic (Philadelphia).
5. Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis)
Record: 15-0 |
Last week: 7
The Red Knights bumped their win streak to 83 with a pair of wins over Kentucky opponents, including a 60-48 victory over No. 18 Sacred Heart.
6. La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla, Calif.)
Record: 19-3 |
Last week: 5
Breya Cunningham fouled out in the Torreys' loss to The Webb School, but she had a monster bounce-back game dropping 36 in a 73-67 win over No. 23 Conway.
7. St. John-Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.)
Record: 17-0 |
Last week: 6
The Lancers remained perfect with a trio of blowout wins. Their signature victory this season is a 59-48 win over No. 4 Long Island Lutheran.
8. Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minn.)
Record: 15-0 |
Last week: 8
Macaya Copeland led five Royals in double figures in a 26-point non-conference win over Minnetonka.
9. Morris Catholic (Denville, N.J.)
Record: 15-3 |
Last week: 9
Mia Pauldo scored 29 and the Crusaders hung tough before falling to No. 3 Montverde by 11 at the Big North Shootout.
10. Etiwanda (Calif.)
Record: 21-1 |
Last week: 10
The Eagles notched wins over Los Osos (Rancho Cucamonga), St. Lucy's (Glendora) and San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno), starting a new win streak after the loss to Morris Catholic. A Jan. 28 meeting with La Jolla Country Day is the last big hurdle before the postseason.
11. South Bend Washington (South Bend, Ind.)
Record: 21-0 |
Last week: 11
Rashunda Jones continues to shine, going for 28 in a win over Fort Wayne Northrop before scoring 19 against Jimtown (Elkhart) as
Monique Mitchell led the way with 20 points.
12. Clovis West (Fresno, Calif.)
Record: 22-0 |
Last week: 12
Grabbed a pair of blowout league wins last week before downing Marin Catholic 56-38 at the Si20 (Sabrina Ionescu) Showcase at Carondelet High School.
13. Duncanville (Texas)
Record: 22-4 |
Last week: 13
The Pantherettes took down Mansfield Legacy 87-39 after winning a district grudge match 74-69 over DeSoto. Duncanville is the class of Texas but unable to participate in postseason play after UIL sanctions.
14. The Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tenn.)
Record: 18-4 |
Last week: NR
Knocked off La Jolla Country Day and took Sidwell Friends to the wire at the GEICO Girls Basketball Invitational.
Bree Robinson scored 13 against Sidwell, including the game-tying 3-pointer with five seconds left.
15. Hazel Green (Ala.)
Record: 25-0 |
Last week: 15
The streak hit 84 for the Trojans, who beat Sparkman (Harvest) by 26 and Buckhorn (New Market) by 46. They can break the state mark for consecutive wins on Jan. 28 against Riverdale (Murfreesboro).
16. Paul VI (Haddonfield, N.J.)
Record: 14-1 |
Last week: 16
Hannah Hidalgo continues to shine for the Eagles, dropping 48 on 16 of 24 shooting in a 72-69 win over Westtown (West Chester, Pa.) on Saturday.
17. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.)
Record: 16-2 |
Last week: 17
The Monarchs handled Arizona's Valley Vista (Surprise) 74-41 on Friday before notching an 85-36 win over WCAL foe Valley Christian.
18. Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.)
Record: 17-3 |
Last week: 18
ZaKiyah Johnson scored 16 and grabbed 10 boards in the 12-point loss to Incarnate Word. She is averaging 22.3 per game in a dynamite sophomore campaign.
19. Hoover (Ala.)
Record: 25-1 |
Last week: 19
The Bucs kept rolling with a 73-42 win over Thompson (Alabaster) on Friday. They own several out-of-state wins to balance the lone loss to Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa).
20. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)
Record: 12-3 |
Last week: 20
The class of the Beehive State grabbed a pair of 30-plus point wins last week as
Kailey Woolston is averaging nearly 20 points per night. All three losses are to MaxPreps Top 25 teams.
21. Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.)
Record: 21-1 |
Last week: NR
The Panthers jump into the rankings after beating previously-ranked Lake Highland Prep (Orlando). Junior
Trinity Turner led the way with 34 points.
22. Coppell (Texas)
Record: 29-2 |
Last week: NR
The 6A championship is wide open without Duncanville in the playoffs and the Cowboys have positioned themselves for a run through the daunting UIL postseason.
Julianna LaMendola dropped 31 in a district win over Marcus (Flower Mound).
23. Conway (Ark.)
Record: 17-5 |
Last week: 14
The Wampus Cats fell to Sidwell Friends and La Jolla Country Day, but the 61-59 conference loss to Central (Little Rock) is the reason they slid nine spots this week.
24. Mason (Ohio)
Record: 16-1 |
Last week: NR
A pair of conference wins and an out-of-state 44-43 victory over Bolingbrook (Ill.) helped propel the Comets into the rankings. Sophomore
Madison Parrish (14.1 points per game) and senior
Carly Prows (12.4) lead the team.
25. Piedmont (Calif.)
Record: 18-0 |
Last week: NR
The Highlanders have dispatched of all Northern California foes, including No. 17 Archbishop Mitty, and also have wins over ‘Iolani (Honolulu).
On the bubble: Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.), 16-0;
Monterey (Lubbock, Texas), 23-3;
Desert Vista (Phoenix), 17-3;
Buford (Ga.), 17-1,
Camden (S.C.), 18-2
