Georgia Elite 8 TOC High Performers!

Highschool basketball is formally right here in Georgia.  One of many nation’s most loaded states from high to backside, the Peachtree State is totally stacked with elite particular person expertise and perennial powerhouse applications in just about each GHSA division (six to be actual). Expertise runs wealthy and there was no higher option to tip off the season (official GHSA begin date was Nov. 7) than with an eight recreation slate on the Georgia Elite 8 Event of Champions.

Held Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.), the No. 15 workforce within the preseason Ballislife FAB 50, the TOC introduced some elite matchups of High 10 applications from all cross the state of Georgia. Whereas host Wheeler didn’t take part within the occasion, just about each recreation went right down to the wire and had it not been for the transfers of 2025 Ballislife Nationwide Freshman of the 12 months A.J. Williams (Dutchtown to Eagles Touchdown Christian Academy) and Bentley Luasenko (Tempo Academy to Woodward Academy), the gathering of in-state expertise at conventional excessive colleges was excellent and it mirrored within the competitors all through the day.

Listed below are among the high performers from the 2025 Georgia Elite 8 Event of Champions:

MJ Curry, 6’5, SG/SF, Grayson HS (GA), 2027

Probably the most dominant performer on the Georgia Elite 8 TOC was undoubtedly MJ Curry, a clean swingman with monitor kind athleticism. The brand new addition to Grayson confirmed his loopy finish to finish pace in transition, can take you off the bounce with straight line drives, and hit 5 3-pointers throughout his 27-point efficiency in Class 6A #2 Grayson’s 77-54 win over Class 4A #3 Tempo Academy. Curry made the transfer from Grovetown to the Georgia energy and has picked up gives from the likes of Florida State, USC, Tennessee, Xavier, and numerous different excessive main applications.

Chase Lumpkin, 6’4, SG, McEachern HS (GA), 2027 

Probably the most extremely recruited junior of the occasion was Chase Lumpkin, the following guard in line out of Georgia energy McEachern. With a fully monster second half efficiency wherein he scored 26 of his 28 factors, you might see the expertise that has made him a precedence recruit for a lot of blue bloods. The three degree scorer didn’t do something fancy, however will blow you away along with his environment friendly means to attain the ball from all three ranges by way of his methodical change of pace. The USA Basketball invite holds gives from Florida State, Auburn, Georgia Tech, and not too long ago was on campus for a go to at Kentucky.

Asa Montgomery, 6’7, SF/PF, Hillgrove HS (GA), 2027

Shortly behind Curry and Lumpkin within the high junior performers was Asa Montgomery, a brand new age ahead out of Hillgrove. Whereas extra of a pure wing, Montgomery used his versatility on the defensive finish to offer an inside presence along with his size and agility for his highschool squad of their recreation in opposition to Dutchtown. Step one, athleticism, and out of doors capturing stroke that he gives additionally allows him to play fully on the perimeter when wanted. Proudly owning gives from the likes of Auburn, Georgia, and Florida State, Montgomery may have no scarcity of elite applications vying for his companies in at the moment’s positionless recreation of basketball.

Tobias Brinkley, 6’6, SF, Decatur HS (GA), 2026

A participant who I hadn’t seen, however walked away loving the long run potential of was Tobias Brinkley, a lanky swingman from Decatur.  The lefty was a strong 3-point shooter, performed above the rim on each ends of the ground, and actually confirmed the imaginative and prescient and choice making to make you take into account choices with him as a facilitator on the subsequent degree. Heading to Tulane subsequent 12 months, Brinkley is simply scratching the floor of how good he can in the end change into. 

Austin Leonard, 6’4, PG/SG, Grayson HS (GA), 2029

One in all thew higher freshmen within the state of Georgia, Austin Leonard definitely left little question in anybody’s thoughts that he was able to play on the varsity degree on the Elite 8 TOC. Possessing the dimensions and recreation to play both guard spot, Leonard was extremely affected person with the ball in his fingers, confirmed good contact as a finisher within the paint, and the flexibility to shoot the ball from past the arc.  Whereas it’s nonetheless extraordinarily early within the course of and it was my first time seeing Austin, his 12 level, 7 rebound displaying undoubtedly confirmed why there’s such a buzz round him in Atlanta. 

Tristan Edwards, 6’8, SF, Wilson Academy (GA), 2029

The very best freshman on the Pangos All-East Frosh Soph Camp final month in New Jersey confirmed that he may be the offensive focus for a younger Wilson Academy squad in opposition to older competitors. The Canadian swingman used his measurement to complete within the paint, shot the ball effectively from past the arc, and was a risk on the glass on each ends of the hardwood. Whereas his workforce fell to a stacked Gainesville unit, the 19-point displaying that Edwards had left little question in anybody’s thoughts of the immense expertise that he possesses.