STORY WRITTEN BY MIKE LIVINGSTON AND JOSH VERLIN, CITY OF BASKETBALL LOVE - 12月. 6, 2023

华盛顿堡——布莱斯·普雷斯利喜欢休息一会儿. 

Every time the vwin德赢娱乐 sophomore gets his hands on the basketball, 他停顿了一下, 花点时间检查一下地板，找出最好的进攻方法. 

“我总是被教导这样做，”普雷斯利说. “You’ve got to face up, look, and see what you got first, observe, then take the play.”

The 6-foot-4 guard put his patience on full display during vwin德赢娱乐’s 71-60 win over the Pennington School (N.J.)星期三下午. 普雷斯利得到13分, 他们中的大多数都是从篮下跳投而来的, 这里是本塞勒姆本地人的繁盛之地, 9个篮板3次助攻.

The son of longtime college basketball coach and current Rider University assistant Dino Presley, 他是费城人，毕业于库茨敦, 布莱斯·普雷斯利是在篮球的世界里长大的, 一个不断变换风景的地方. Presley, who was born in upstate New York while his father was coaching at St. 博纳旺蒂尔, moved to West Virginia (while his dad was at Marshall) for four years and then a year in New Jersey (NJIT) before finally settling down outside of Philadelphia prior to eighth grade. 

“费城是我的家，我所有的家人都在这里，”普雷斯利说. “I used to come here sometimes when I lived in Jersey so I always knew people around here, 是的，费城是我的家.”

普雷斯利一年前就有了丰富的校队经验, starting all freshman season long after playing eighth grade basketball in his first year at GA, 尽管他花了一些时间旁听多兰的训练. 

进入大二赛季两场比赛, 他在场上的耐心体现了他的成熟, 限制他的错误, 知道攻防两端会发生什么. 他对彭宁顿学校的投篮选择很聪明, going 4-of-9 from the floor (1-2 3PT) with a few late contested layups not falling well after the outcome was decided, 但根本不玩冲, 多花一秒钟检查地板是值得的.

“今年我感觉舒服多了，”他说. “It’s good to gain game experience and have a better feeling of how this season will turn out.”

“他是教练的儿子, 所以我认为这很有价值，因为他了解比赛,vwin德赢娱乐主教练马特·多兰说. “你可以看到比赛慢下来了，他有耐心, 我认为这对他有利，因为我们需要很大的空间. When he’s not rushing, we have guys in great spots and then he can dominate the 1-on-1 opportunity.”

Dino Presley has been around quite a lot of hoops in his three decades around Division I hoops, the longtime assistant coach working at eight different programs in seven different conferences at various levels. 这对他儿子来说是笔财富, 谁在中学时期开始更认真地对待篮球, though the two both admitted they can butt heads when it comes to on-court training.

“Me watching him play is good and bad,’’ Dino said, watching from the stands on Wednesday afternoon. “I can critique him on the good things, but I always talk about the bad things, not the good things. 但他在工作，在过去的两年里，他们和他一起做得很好.”

普雷斯利已经收到了莱德的邀请, 野马队教练凯文·巴格特今年夏天延长了奖学金, making it clear to Bryce the offer was earned and not just given because of his dad. The younger Presley said he’s heard that other schools have been interested in his game, 但还没跟具体的人谈过. 如果他能拿到D-I奖学金的话, 他很可能是该校自2020年毕业生乔丹·朗吉诺(Jordan Longino)以来的第一位学生.

GA hasn’t seen an Inter-Ac crown since the passing of late great head coach Jim Fenerty in 2018. The local legend led the Patriots to five consecutive league titles from 2013-2017 before abruptly retiring for health reasons halfway through the 2017-18 campaign. 去年, they went 8-15 overall (3-7 Inter-Ac) but look ready to take a step forward this season, with the duo of Presley and junior Bryce Rollerson leading a guard-heavy group that doesn’t have a senior on the roster; juniors Ellis Johnson (13 points, 5个篮板)和泰勒·诺兰(11分), 5个篮板, 3次助攻)也帮助彭宁顿学校获胜.

因为这个项目缺乏规模, 普雷斯利经常要防守对方的4号和5号, 比他在大学时更多地在禁区内打球. Dolan’s cognizant of the balance of making sure Presley develops his guard and wing skills to help him at the next level while also doing what he needs to help his high school squad.

“I always look at the nine rebounds first and I’m proud of the effort there,” Dolan said. “他用两只手抓住了它们, he’s helping us out; as you can tell, 我们不是最高的球队，所以我们需要他，我们需要他们所有人. 我们很信任布莱斯.”

普雷斯利在对阵彭宁顿的比赛中表现强劲, 罗勒森以27分领跑, the junior guard scoring eight in an inefficient first half before really turning it on in the second. The Patriots led 17-16 after one quarter and slowly expanded the lead to 36-29 by the break, 诺兰在本场比赛中投中了一个三分，而且是一种传统的三分打法.

下半场也没有什么不同，GA从它离开的地方重新开始, 还有普雷斯利，他在这一节的前五分. 这名大二学生还拿到了几张大牌的录取通知书, withholding some important would-be possession from TPS and setting off a chain reaction through the period which saw Pennington slowly fall further behind going into the fourth. 

“你必须努力打球，我认为这是最重要的，”普雷斯利说. “男人们带着所有的天赋出去, 你可以有天赋, 但如果你不工作，你就不会有任何收获.”

vwin德赢娱乐 moves to 1-1 on the young season as they look ahead to a matchup with Friends Central School this Friday at Friends Central, 下午4点的消息. 

通过季度
GA:   17  |  19  |  19  |  16  ||  71
Tps: 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 60

拍摄
命中率:24投54中(5投16中)，18-21英尺
出手次数:24投51中(3分7投20中)，5尺15

得分
GA:布莱斯·罗勒森, 布莱·普雷斯利13, 埃利斯·约翰逊13, 泰勒·诺兰11, 米克·麦基, 弗林·布鲁克斯2

TPS:德斯汀·埃文斯, 德韦恩·斯尼德11, 诺亚·约翰逊, 乔丹·莫顿7, 迪伦·拿破仑6, 马凯克劳福德5号, 齐奥·金3, Kae Kilic 2, 杰登·莫顿2