5 SEPA Games to Watch This Week

[player_tooltip player_id="991323" first="Jake" last="Hsu"] (C/O 2022) from Germantown Academy. Photo: GA Athletics Below is a preview of five games we are looking forward to watching the week of December 12th. Tue., Dec. 14th…Germantown Academy at Friends Central: This highly anticipated Inter-Ac vs. Friends School League crossover game will feature a host of college prospects. GA’s roster boasts the elite backcourt tandem of Jake Hsu Jake Hsu 6'0" | PG Germantown Academy | 2022 State PA and Casey Traina Casey Traina 6'3" | CG Germantown Academy | 2022 State PA as well as wing player Blake Smith. This Friends Central squad is led by forward Collin Bowman Collin Bowman 6'2" | SF Friends Central School | 2022 State PA (already holds a few DI offers), point guard wizard Fazl Oshodi Fazl Oshodi 6'3" | CG Friends Central School | 2024 State PA (2024) and knock down 3-point shooter Reid Belcher Reid Belcher 5'11" | PG Friends Central School | 2024 State PA (2024). Tue., Dec. 14th…LaSalle CHS at SCHA: An early Christmas gift for all of us hoop heads. This contest will display the talents of numerous prospects who will play at the next level. Of special interest will be the battle between high level wings Horace Simmons Horace Simmons 6'6" | SF LaSalle CHS | 2022 State PA (LaSalle) and Alassane Amadou Alassane Amadou 6'9" | PF SCH Academy | 2023 State #195 Nation PA (SCHA). Both are premier scoring threats who will play major DI basketball. Be sure to keep an eye on LaSalle’s sharpshooter Nix Varano and Sam Brown Sam Brown 6'3" | CG Lower Merion | 2023 State PA (Rutgers football commit) too. SCHA’s roster is loaded with perimeter prospects like high level point man Darius Isaac as well as talented scoring guards Camden Burns Camden Burns 6'0" | CG Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | 2024 State PA and Ron Brown III Ron Brown III 5'11" | CG Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | 2024 State PA . Thurs., Dec. 16th…Downingtown West at Coatesville: The dynamic duo of senior point guard Dylan Blair Dylan Blair 5'10" | PG Downingtown West | 2023 State PA (1st Team All Ches-Mont League and 1st Team All-Area selection) and junior “stretch-4” Jake Warren Jake Warren 6'10" | C Downingtown West | 2023 State PA (6’10”) travel southwest to Coatesville, in a matchup of two teams that should compete for the Ches-Mont League title this season. Blair and Warren are serious candidates for POY honors. Coatesville senior shooting guard Jaeden Brickus Jaeden Brickus 6'2" | SG Coatesville | 2022 State PA is too. With his pure mechanics and quick trigger, Brickus (2020-21 HM All-Area selection) can hit shots from well behind the arc at a high rate. He posted a monster summer on the grassroots circuit while playing for We R1. Fri., Dec. 17th…Central at Archbishop Carroll: It will be Philly Public League vs. Philly Catholic League when Central travels out to the suburbs for this contest. Carroll superstar guard Moses Hipps Moses Hipps 6'4" | CG Archbishop Carroll | 2024 State PA is off to a white hot start this season (games of 27 & 21 points already). His running mates Dean Coleman-Newsome Dean Coleman-Newsome 6'2" | PG Archbishop Carroll | 2023 State PA , Jake West Jake West 5'10" | CG Archbishop Carroll | 2025 State PA and Blake Deegan are intriguing college prospects too. Central’s lineup features junior point guard Sizwe Morris-Louis (14.5 ppg.) who is a prospect on the rise. Sat., Dec. 18th…Radnor at Holy Ghost Prep: HGP (won 13 games & advanced to District 1 quarterfinals in 2020-21) has a trio of players with the potential to play at the next level. Leading the way is senior shooting guard Shane Reilly (42% on 3PAs in 2020-21). The 6’3” Reilly will get support from 2023 combo guard Seamus McDermott (HG Academic Elite Camp All-Star) and 6’6” Mel Lindsay (2023). Radnor’s renowned Class of 2023 has four college prospects in it. Headlining that ‘23 group is shooting guard extraordinaire Jackson Hicke Jackson Hicke 6'5" | SF Radnor | 2023 State PA (21 points in season opener) and coach on the floor style point guard Danny Rosenblum Danny Rosenblum 5'11" | PG Radnor | 2023 State PA . A Radnor 2023 prospect flying under the radar is interior player Nick Monty.