AHSAA Standouts Report for the 31st Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball Classic
Montgomery, AL – Alabama and Mississippi’s All-Star basketball squads will be rolling into Montgomery Wednesday to begin preparations for Friday’s 31st Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic at Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl MultiPlex. The girls’ game will be at 5 p.m., and the boys’ All-Star contest will follow at 7 p.m.
Jamie Lee, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA), announced Alabama’s coaches and teams February 28. The teams, consisting of 12 boys and 12 girls, were selected from coaches’ nominations by the AHSADCA All-Star Selection Committee.
The teams will go through workouts Wednesday night and Thursday with a walk-thru set for Friday. Both games will be televised live with WOTM TV producing the contests over the AHSAA TV Network’s cable affiliates. Both games will also be live-streamed over the NFHS Network and at wotm.tv.
The Alabama girls’ team are being coached by Spain Park’s Mike Chase and Madison Academy’s Alissa Flowers. Cold Springs coach Tammy West will serve as the girls’ team administrative coach. The Alabama boys’ coaches Steve Ward of Huffman and Shumbe Hunter of Williamson. Thompson coach Dru Powell is the administrative coach.
Ramsay 6-foot-11 center KeShawn Murphy, Lee-Huntsville 6-6 guard Kaleb Brown and 6-4 guard Jerdarrian “J.D.” Davison of Calhoun highlight the players on the Alabama boys’ squad. Davidson, an Alabama signee and a highlight reel with every game played, headlines the Alabama squad. The guard averaged over 32 ppg this past season scoring 45 in an 81-77 Class 2A semifinal loss to eventual state champion Midfield last week at the AHSAA’s 99th State Basketball Championships. Murphy, a Mississippi State signee, led Ramsay to the Class 5A state finals. Also on the boys’ squad are 6-10 center Rayquan Taylor of Carver-Montgomery and 6-8 forward Bryson Hall of Tuscaloosa County and high-scoring Hartselle guard and Liberty University commit Brodie Peebles.
Alabama girls’ squad is loaded at the guard position where Anniston guard Allasha Dudley, Mae Jemison guard Saniah Parker and Birmingham-Carver guard Randrea Wright each led their teams to the state finals. Dudley earned Class 4A state tourney MVP leading Anniston to the state title. Wright earned 5A MVP leading the Rams to the state crown over Mae Jemison. She finished with 35 points in the finals as did Parker for the Jaguars. Also listed among the guards is Nya Valentine of McGill-Toolen and Amiya Payne of Hewitt-Trussville, each making strong appearances in the state tourney.
Also competing in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game for Alabama’s girls’ squad are post players Grace Watson, a Delta State signee, who led Hazel Green to the school’s fourth straight 6A state title last week. Also on the squad are Tennessee signees Karoline Striplin of Geneva County and Sara Puckett of Muscle Shoals.
Alabama’s girls won last year’s game at Mississippi 70-63, the Alabama boys won 118-97. Alabama holds a 16-14 edge in both series, which date back to 1991.
The rosters for all four teams include:
2021 Alabama All-Star Roster (Girls) | |||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht |
Maya Cunningham | Pleasant Grove | G | 5’10 |
Allasha Dudley | Anniston | G | 5’6 |
Saniah Parker | Mae Jemison | G | 5’10 |
Amiya Payne | Hewitt-Trussville | G | 6’0 |
Kaitlin Peterson | Eufaula | PG | 5’8 |
Sara Puckett | Muscle Shoals | G | 6’2 |
Jirah Rogers | East Limestone | P | 6’1 |
Karoline Striplin | Geneva County | C | 6’3 |
Nya Valentine | McGill-Toolen | PG | 5’3 |
Jenna Walker | Priceville | PG | 5’8 |
Grace Watson | Hazel Green | F | 6’0 |
Randrea Wright | Carver – Birmingham | G | 5’7 |
All-Star Coaches (Girls) | |||
Mike Chase | Spain Park | ||
Alissa Flowers | Madison Academy | ||
Tammy West | Cold Springs (Administrative) | ||
Team Trainer | |||
DeShena Thomas | Encore | ||
2021 Alabama All-Star Roster (Boys) | |||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht |
Jordan Bell | Williamson | SF | 6’4 |
Kaleb Brown | Lee – Huntsville | PG | 6’6 |
Cameron Crawford | Spain Park | G | 6’3 |
Jerdarrian (J.D.) Davison | Calhoun | PG | 6’4 |
Dwayne (D.J.) Fairley | Hoover | SG | 6’2 |
Bryson Hall | Tuscaloosa County | SF | 6’8 |
Grant Hopkins | Thompson | PG | 6’0 |
Riley Leonard | Fairhope | G | 6’4 |
Keshawn Murphy | Ramsay | F | 6’11 |
Brody Peebles | Hartselle | G | 6’3 |
Dawson Sarblah | Greenville | G | 6’6 |
Rayquan Taylor | Carver – Montgomery | F | 6’10 |
All-Star Coaches (Girls) | |||
Steve Ward | Huffman | ||
Shumbe Hunter | Williamson | ||
Dru Powell | Thompson (Adminstrative) | ||
Team Trainer | |||
Christi Hurd | Encore |
2021 Mississippi All-Star Roster (Girls) | ||||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht | HS Coach |
Hannah Campbell | New Site | G | 5’9 | Byron Sparks |
Areyanna Hunter | Louisville | PG | 5’7 | Fredrick Morris |
Chrystal Mayes | South Panola | W | 5’0 | Jemmye Ann Helms |
Gavrielle Collier | Brandon | G | 5’7 | Candace Foster |
Arianna Patton | Meridian | G | 5’1 | Deneshia Faulkner |
Melony Thames | Choctaw Central | G | 5’8 | Bill Smith |
Macie Walker | Belmont | G | 5’10 | Chris Higginbottom |
Je’Mya Evans | Harrison Central | F | 5’8 | Nancy Ladner |
MacKenzie Thomas | Laurel | G | 5’10 | Sherri Cooley |
Kennedy Ransom | Madison Central | F | 6’1 | Tameika Brown |
Jaquasia “Quay” Bailey | Calhoun City | F | 6’1 | Rob Fox |
Elishia Wilson | Independence | F | 5’10 | Jerome Martin |
All-Star Coaches (Girls) | ||||
Bill Smith | Choctaw Central (head coach) | |||
Devin Hill | Biloxi | |||
Donny Fuller | Gulfport (administrative coach) | |||
Team Trainer | ||||
Steven Bush | MS Sports Medicine | |||
2021 Mississippi All-Star Roster (Boys) | ||||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht | HS Coach |
Rashad Bolden | St. Andrew’s | PG | 6’0″ | Russell Marsalis |
Jay Barnes | Oak Grove | PG | 5’11” | LaRon Brumfield |
Devin Carter | Florence | PG | 6’2″ | Darrin Chancellor |
LaDarius Thrasher | Brookhaven | G | 6’1″ | Marcus Flippin |
Coltie Young | Starkville | G | 5’4″ | Greg Carter |
Jayme Mitchell | Forest Hill | W | 6’4″ | Jerry Currie |
Caleb Rawls | East Marion | F | 6’7″ | Calvin Brown |
Chris “CJ” Keys Jr. | Quitman | F | 6’6″ | Chris Coleman |
Chase Rose | Oxford | G | 6’4″ | Drew Tyler |
Keithean Brooks | Lake Cormorant | G | 6’4″ | Bryant Worsham |
Jaden Williams | Vicksburg | F | 6’7″ | Kelvin Carter |
Carlous Williams | Harrison Central | F | 6’5″ | Francisco Hardy |
All-Star Coaches (Boys) | ||||
Marcus Flippin | Brookhaven (head coach) | |||
Kendrick Davis | Wayne County | |||
Ernie Watson | Hattiesburg (administrative coach) | |||
Team Trainer | ||||
Fred Robinson | MS Sports Medicine |