Which local standouts are playing in the 2024 Ohio-Kentucky all-star basketball games?

Basketball star power will return to Thomas More University this weekend for the annual Ohio-Kentucky senior all-star basketball games.

Many top seniors in the Buckeye and Bluegrass states will participate in the games at TMU’s Connor Convocation Center. The girls play at 5 p.m. Saturday, followed by the boys at 7 p.m.

A ”Slam Jam” festival will be Friday night in the arena, featuring many skills competitions. Admission is free for that.

As of Tuesday, 16 Greater Cincinnati seniors are set to play in the games.

The rosters include both newly crowned Mr. Basketball winners in Ohio and Kentucky and the new Miss Basketball in Kentucky. Ohio Ms. Basketball Dee Alexander from Purcell Marian is a junior.

Who are the top girls basketball players at the all-star game?

Locals are well-represented on both sides.

Representing Ohio are Celina Blount (Lakota East), Brittany Campbell (Winton Woods), Laila Harrison (Mount Notre Dame), Rylie Homan (Edgewood), Kassie Ingram (Kings), Maddie Mueller (Lebanon) and Peyton Shafer (Goshen). Harrison and MND reached the DI regional final. Ingram was a first-team all-district player and Blount and Shafer second team.

For the Bluegrass girls, state semifinalist Cooper is represented by Liz Freihofer, who averaged 12 points per game for the Jaguars and helped Cooper win three straight regional titles.

Ryle’s Sarah Baker and Quinn Eubank are on the Kentucky team, as well as Conner’s Anna Hamilton. Eubank was a Miss Basketball finalist, posting more than 1,800 points and 1,300 rebounds for her Ryle career.

Kentucky has 10 Miss Basketball finalists on the roster, led by Pikeville’s Trinity Rowe, the Miss Basketball honoree who led the Panthers to the Sweet 16. She will play in college for Southern Mississippi.

Two players from state semifinalist Louisville Butler are on the team, plus one from state runner-up McCracken County.

On the Ohio side, three of the four seniors who were finalists for Ms. Basketball will play: Emily Bratton from Bloom-Carroll, Corri Vermilya from Loudonville and Berry Wallace from Pickerington Central.

Wallace, an Illinois signee, is a McDonald’s All-American honoree and the Division I Player of the Year. Vermilya is the DIII player of the year.

Fairland’s Bree Allen (DII) and Bellbrook’s Taylor Scohy (DI) are also first-team all-state picks.

Who are the top boys basketball players at the all-star game?

Leading the local contingent are Eric Mahaffey and A.J. McBride from Moeller, who finished 26-2 and reached the Division I regional finals.

Tyler McKinley, a Winton Woods senior who has signed with the Cincinnati Bearcats, will play, along with Hamilton’s Andrea Holden and Fenwick’s Bailey Temming.

McKinley averaged 19 points per game for the Warriors and shot 61.7 percent. He was first-team all-state in Division I, one of five DI first-teamers on the Ohio roster. He is also one of four Mr. Basketball finalists on the Ohio roster.

Ohio Mr. Basketball Colin White from Ottawa-Glandorf is on the team as an Ohio State commit who averaged 25 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists this year.

The other two Mr. Basketball finalists who will compete are Mason Shrout (Preble Shawnee) and Alex Bruskotter (Shelby).

Shrout, a Purdue Fort Wayne signee, averaged 24 points and eight rebounds this season and was first-team all-state in Division III. Bruskotter, a Wright State commit, averaged 24 points per game and was the Ohio Division II player of the year.

Besides McKinley, other first-team All-Ohio picks in DI are Luke Skaljac (Brecksville-Broadview Heights), Cade Norris (Hilliard Bradley), Jesse Burris (Delaware Hayes) and Jonas Nichols (Akron Hoban).

The Kentucky roster has no local seniors playing.

Leading the out-of-towners playing at Thomas More is Lyon County senior Travis Perry, the 2024 Mr. Basketball who has signed with the Kentucky Wildcats. His father, Ryan Perry, the Lyon County head coach, is the Kentucky head coach for the game. They led the Lyons to the Sweet 16 state championship in March. Travis Perry set the Kentucky all-time scoring record this season and averaged 28.8 points. Lyons teammate Brady Shoulders, a Mercer commit, averaged 17.5 points.

The Kentucky roster has four other players who played in the Sweet 16, including semifinalists Great Crossing and Evangel Christian. Four Mr. Basketball finalists are also playing.

Rosters

Ohio girls : Bree Allen (Fairland), Celina Blount (Lakota East), Emily Bratton (Bloom-Carroll), Kylee Bruce (Fairland), Brittany Campbell (Winton Woods), Alley Haas (Miamisburg), Laila Harrison (Mount Notre Dame), Rylie Homan (Edgewood), Kassie Ingram (Kings), Airah Lavy (Nelsonville York), Maddie Mueller (Lebanon), Taylor Scohy (Bellbrook), Peyton Shafer (Goshen), Corri Vermilya (Loudonville), Berry Wallace (Pickerington Central). Head coach : John Buchanan (Fairland). Assistant coach : Tyler Batos (Loudonville).

Kentucky girls : Sarah Baker (Ryle), Hayden Barrier (Montgomery County), Jeannae Bolin (Pleasure Ridge Park), Dea Bradley (Hart County), Ayanna Darrington (Frederick Douglass), Quinn Eubank (Ryle), Liz Freihofer (Cooper), Anna Hamilton (Conner), Claire Johnson (McCracken County), Destiny Jones (Central), Jasmine Jordan (Boyd County), Mariah Knight (Butler), Sydney Martin (Pulaski County), Trinity Rowe (Pikeville), Abby Varney (Barren County), Ramiya White (Butler). Head coach : Candyce Wheeler (Butler). Assistant coach : Deshawn Pendleton (Central).

Ohio boys : Dominique Aekins (Walnut Ridge), Alex Bruskotter (Shelby), Jesse Burris (Delaware Hayes), Bransyn Copas (North Adams), Andrea Holden (Hamilton), Caleb Lovely (South Point), Eric Mahaffey (Moeller), Anthony McBride (Moeller), Tyler McKinley (Winton Woods), Jonas Nicholas (Hoban), Cade Norris (Hilliard Bradley), Mason Shrout (Preble Shawnee), Luke Skaljac (Brecksville-Broadview Heights), Bailey Temming (Fenwick), Colin White (Ottawa-Glandorf). Head coach : Steve Mehalik (Brecksville-Broadview Heights). Assistant coach : Adam Vincenzo (Delaware Hayes).

Kentucky boys : Daniel Allen (Larue County), Derrell Bateman (Christian County), Christian Doerr (Evangel Christian), Tyler Doyle (Lexington Catholic), Emmanuel Dut (Danville Christian), Ayden Evans (Elizabethtown), Jamison Glass (Todd County Central), Jeremiah Godfrey (Great Crossing), Max Green (Oldham County), Quel’Ron House (Seneca), Damone King (DeSales), Travis Perry (Lyon County), Mason Ritter (Bowling Green), Brady Shoulders (Lyon County), Kade Unseld (Warren Central). Head coach : Ryan Perry (Lyon County). Assistant coach : Steve Page (Great Crossing).

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