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I admit I am a fan and biased but imo Carly Smith of Owsley is the best player in the region. She had 32 in the 4 point loss to Letcher in last year’s region, a game that saw Letcher get the first foul whistled on them 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter!
And in the two games with Powell last season she outscored Caudill 44-28. But I like Caudill. She is a very good guard. However, Smith brings more to the table than just scoring. She’s a floor general and ends up with quite a few assists every game. And she’s a good defender. Just an all around great player that has been starting on the varsity since 8th grade. Tons of experience.

Owlsey has a very strong and big team. I believe that is why Smith scores so much. They rebound and defend well. This allows Smith to get easy run outs. When the ball is past her up top, she pretty much waits at half court for her teammates to rebound or steal the ball. Then easy layups. Smith is a great player, but she gets a lot of easy points because of this. That is my opinion from what I have seen. Caudill has to beat 2/3 defenders every play to score.

Smith drives to the basket and scores in half court offense often too. She’s definitely not a one dimensional player.

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I tried to edit and it wouldn’t let me that Smith also made 55 treys last year and 144 free throws at 87%.