Prospect Spotlight: Eddy Collins (2017)
McCutcheon is off to another great start after advancing to the state finals last year. Much of this success this year is due to shooting guard Eddy Collins. Having had to play without one of the top players in the…
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Continue ReadingMcCutcheon is off to another great start after advancing to the state finals last year. Much of this success this year is due to shooting guard Eddy Collins. Having had to play without one of the top players in the state for some of their early season games, they really came together and still were winning games.
“Playing against the top teams in the state really just pushes us and shows us what team we are without Rob (Phinisee),” Collins said of playing without the #3 ranked junior in the state. “It just pushes us really.”
Collins is scoring 17.5 points a game thus far this year and shooting 49 percent from behind the arc. This is something that really helps McCutcheon because when Haden Deaton or Phinisee drive the ball, they can kick it out to Collins who is averaging 1.6 points per shot this year. But Collins also has the ability to kick it to a teammate for an even better shot.
“The basket just gets very big. It gets very big. I just try to stay aggressive and find my teammates,” Collins says of his ability to score.
Other than his shooting ability Collins has multiple skills that he can use. He has solid court vision and is quick on defense averaging multiple steals and assists per game.
“I think my best attributes are my ball handling, my shooting, and creating space to get my shot off,” Collins said.
So far Collins has taken one visit to Greenville in Illinois but with a continued hot shooting year we can expect that number to rise as more colleges look for a sharpshooting guard.
Collins is in a perfect system for his game since he has teammates that drive and pass it out to him. Collins spent lots of time developing his shot and it really paid off in his junior year and now his senior year.
“I developed my shot my sophomore year at Lafayette Jefferson. I just kept shooting, putting up reps, shooting on the gun, and when I came to McCutcheon I fit in the system so well because Rob penetrates and kicks it so I’m ready to shoot all the time.”