Tia Wooten, Philecia Atkins gets write up on Full Court

Last week, Central and Overton took the trip up to Murfreesboro for the State tournament with both teams making it to the semi-finals. Although neither team was able to bring home the trophy, Central's Nina Davis came home with the Miss Basketball title.

I'm sure plenty of college coaches were in the stands along with several recruiting scouts and media.

Full Court was in the building. They wrote about 2 of Memphis' rising seniors, Tia Wooten and Philecia Atkins.

Tia Wooten, 5-10, Memphis Central  
Tia has a great basketball body -- strong, athletic and well defined.  Really her only drawback physically is that she’s a little too short to play the post at the D-1 level. If she were three or four inches taller, we would be talking about a player being recruited by all the big-time schools.  As it is, Wooten has the tools to produce at the next level but the main question is at what position do you play her?  She doesn’t show a ton of guard skills, although she definitely handles it well in transition and she can finish well in transition too. In the half court, she’s almost never more than 15 feet from the hoop, but at the high school level she’s very effective.

Philecia Atkins, 5-5, Overton
Philecia shined in several ways in the first game against Antioch, as she showed her handles off quite a few times in the process of breaking a press or getting to the basket. She isn’t the biggest guard but she definitely makes up for it with her feistiness on both sides of the ball. Her ability to knock down the long ball makes her a great complementary player to someone like Kelsey Briggs.


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