We Speak High School Basketball
Alabama-Bound Chase Lumpkin Is McEachern’s Main Event
Chase Lumpkin’s senior year comes with the ending already written — and it starts in Tuscaloosa. What McEachern does between now and then is the show.
The class-of-2027 guard committed to Alabama on September 9, choosing Nate Oats’ program over Michigan, USC, Louisville, Kentucky and Arkansas. He is ranked No. 26 overall in his class by 247Sports and No. 28 in ESPN’s SC Next 100, and his summer on the Nike EYBL circuit with Jet Academy — 17.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists a game — showed why.
His latest headline came just this month: at Border League East in Rock Hill, Lumpkin was named the event MVP by Rivals after scoring 36 points in about 15 minutes. He opens the season as a Preseason First Team All-State pick in Class 7A.
McEachern’s motivation needs no speech. Last March the Indians reached the Class 6A Final Four and lost the semifinal to Wheeler 56-52 — after Lumpkin had carried them through the early rounds with 30 points and 11 rebounds against Marietta and 41 and 11 against Chapel Hill. The main event is back for one more run at the rematch.
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Remember These Names: E’zariyah Clark and Amira White Headline Florida’s 2030 Class in Tampa
They haven’t played a minute of high school basketball yet. In Tampa, people are already learning their names.
E’zariyah Clark arrives at Tampa Bay Tech as a 5-11 forward and combo guard in the class of 2030, playing club ball for HER Elite. Prep Girls Hoops’ evaluation reads like a varsity scouting report: a midrange game, range out to the deep ball, and rim protection built on length and timing — a freshman who “should be a key contributor for TBT alongside a talented group of guards.”
Across town, Amira White gives Plant a 6-0 power forward from the same 2030 class, playing for MBJ Elite. Prep Girls Hoops calls her “a major addition for Plant as the program looks to reestablish itself among the top teams in Tampa and across the state,” pointing to a back-to-the-basket game with an outside shot to match.
Florida’s 2030 class, as Prep Girls Hoops frames it, is a group whose size and length make them names to watch from day one. Two of the biggest are starting their careers in Tampa gyms this winter. Remember where you heard them first.
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