Green Hill Hawks Season Preview
The final October week Green Hill Head Coach Troy Allen shared time with @PrepHoopsTN, discussing and previewing the Hawks’ second high school basketball season. What will the Green Hill Hawks look like? First, graduation took away Riggs Abner Riggs Abner…
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Continue ReadingThe final October week Green Hill Head Coach Troy Allen shared time with @PrepHoopsTN, discussing and previewing the Hawks’ second high school basketball season.
What will the Green Hill Hawks look like?
First, graduation took away Riggs Abner Riggs Abner 6'6" | SG Green Hill | 2021 State TN . Without him the rebounding takes an immediate dip. Expect Blake Stacey to see time at the “4” now.
“Blake will start,” said Coach Allen. “He is our 4-man. He was our 6th man last year. He had a real good summer shooting the ball. Expanded his range. We played good this summer. He played really well. He was a backup 4/5 last year. He is real smart. We are trying to stick with him at the 4. Our 4-man shoots the ball a lot. Hopefully, he can do that the entire season and have more of a spot than being a utility guy.”
Green Hill
#2 Parker Overath (2023)
#3 Garrett Brown (2023)
#4 Seth Taylor (2023)
#5 Kaleb Carver (2023)
#10 Kenny Ellis (2024)
#11 Rex Harmon (2024)
#12
Paxton Davidson
Paxton
Davidson
6'3" | PG
Green Hill | 2022
State
TN
* (2022)
#14 Jordan Lukins* (2023)
#15 Blake Stacey* (2022)
#20 Niko Duffie (2024)
#21 Braylen Austin (2024)
#22 Mo Ruttlen* (2022)
#23
Braiden Staten
Braiden
Staten
6'5" | PF
Green Hill | 2023
TN
(2023)
#24 Carter Lee (2023)
#25 Davis Fox (2024)
#43
Jason Burch
Jason
Burch
6'5" | C
Green Hill | 2023
State
TN
* (2023)
The backcourt is the backbone of the 2021-2022 Green Hill team. “Paxton [Davidson] is playing great,” shared Coach Allen. “He has an incredible work ethic. He had a great preseason. He works at his game as hard as anybody I have ever coached.”
What skills did Paxton improve in the last year?
“I think he is a more consistent shooter,” said Coach Allen. “He is definitely a better defender. He is just a stronger kid. He has really sold out in the weight room.”
Paxton was a bench player while learning and developing during his sophomore year.
“The plan is he is going to play at the 2-guard. We played him at the point guard last year. He will play some point guard in transition and stuff.”
Paxton liked trying his hand at PG last year and might be a college point, but this team needs him off the ball.
“Mo Ruttlen has started the last couple years. He is going to play point guard,” said Coach Allen.
At least for us at @PrepHoopsTN, Mo is really an unheralded guy. He does his job like a construction worker and goes home. He is not a highlight reel guy, but he is valuable.
“He is a winner. He is a great defender. Hard to stop off the dribble. Strong. Fun guy to coach.”
Division III programs are looking at him.
Big schools often have bigger players in the post. And yet Green Hill boasts a bigger big than most.
“ Jason Burch Jason Burch 6'5" | C Green Hill | 2023 State TN is our center,” said Coach Allen. “He started every game as a sophomore. I think he averaged 12 and 7. Gotten stronger. He has gotten to where he can shoot the ball outside…sort of expanded his game a little bit. Last year we just wanted him to touch the ball. We feel good about getting him the ball in the high post, trail. He can play on the perimeter and roll into the post.”
The returning starters are Davidson, Ruttlen, and Burch. Who will begin the year along with Stacey in the starting 5?
Possibly Jordan Lukins (6’0″ G). Maybe Garrett Brown.
“He is a 5-foot-9 guard, a shooter,” said Coach Allen of Brown. “Both of them shared time along with Kaleb Carver, who plays football. He is a difference maker with his athleticism and as a defender.”
Freshman Aaron Mattingly Aaron Mattingly 6'5" | SG Green Hill | 2025 State TN is the next big thing coming along.
Green Hill lacks the Lebanon athleticism, but so do 90% of the 4A teams. The Hawks are very experienced, particularly in the backcourt, and skilled and gritty at several positions.