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ne of the most prestigious AAU programs on the planet, Boo Williams should be used as a model to build a topnotch basketball program. Year in and year out, Williams fields a squad filled with the top players in the Virginia and DMV areas. 2014 was no different, seeing a talented squad finish 9-7, while clinching an automatic Peach Jam berth. Like many other squads, Boo developed tremendous balance as the season wore on, depending on rotation of consistent 10 players.
fense. Rob Johnson absolutely lit up his pool last year, and Boo will likely be leaning on a similar outburst from Williams.
The other junior is Evans, a recent Rice-commit who is the team leader in assists (2.9 apg). He struggled shooting the ball during the regular season, managing to add 7.2 points a contest. He’s the only player on the roster to average more than a steal per game. This backcourt has shown flashes of performing at a very high level, and Robinson and Evans specifically will have to step it up defensively against tough backcourt opposition in Pool C.
Boo Williams have a great blend of juniors and underclassmen, featuring star players from nine different schools. They are a disciplined squad and don’t turn the ball over very often, making it tough to disrupt their pace of play. Relying on forwards Edrice Adebayo and Chris Clarke to do the heavy lifting, it’s hard not to like the make-up of Boo’s latest squad. They have been placed in a winnable pool, and will look to play their best basketball in July. Having to replace scoring-machine and Indiana-bound Robert Johnson from a year ago, Boo turned to Kenny Williams, who ended up having a similar breakout season. He averaged 14.7 points per game, shooting a blistering 46.9 percent from deep. He is their lone three-point threat, hitting 27 more threes than the next closest teammate. He contributes everywhere, but he has a main role - making shots within the flow of the of-
Marcus Evans. Robinson, a highly-touted point guard from Saint James High School in Virginia, battled injury most of the season. We have yet to see him at 100 percent in the EYBL, so it will be nice to see his improvement on modest averages of 5.1 points and 2.1 assists. He as electric during his junior year at Saint James, and we expect to see a stark difference in his game.
Alongside Williams are two juniors, a sophomore and a freshman. The juniors are Justin Robinson and
The sophomore in the rotation is DeShawn Corprew, a fast-rising 6-foot-5 combo guard. Long and athletic like most of his teammates, Corprew averaged 7.6 points per game and shot a backcourt best 46.2 percent from the floor.His production is even more impressive when factoring in the amount of time he’s on the floor - Corprew only averages 12.9 minutes per game.
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