Player Focus: Rhianna Battles (’24) – Northwood High School (Lena, LA)

August 2, 2023

Player Film: https://www.hudl.com/profile/12084407/Rhianna-Battles

Twitter: @RhiannaBattles

Recruitment Status: Open

Rhianna Battles (’24) is a point guard prospect from Northwood High School located in Lena, LA

Rhianna Battles is an elite floor general that does an excellent job of controlling the flow/pace of the game and possesses a next level leadership skill set.  Battles is a dynamic on ball perimeter defender that makes everyone around her better and is a great playmaker on both ends.  Battles is an elite distributor/facilitator that possesses great court vision, awareness, and plays with great instincts.  She plays and finishes well through contact and is extremely effective when attacking the rim/penetrating the defense.  Battles is a crafty, confident guard that possesses an elite passing and ball handling skill set, shoots the ball extremely well from the perimeter, is a very good decision maker, possesses excellent body control, and does not allow the defender to speed her up.  She has a great feel for the game, possesses an extremely high basketball I.Q. and does a great job of getting to the free-throw line.  Battles greatly impacts the game on both ends. She has a solid first step, change of pace, and does a good job of breaking down the defender.  Battles plays with great anticipation on the defensive end, creates well for herself and teammates, executes consistently from mid-range, does an excellent job of playing the passing lanes, and finishes well at rim and in transition.

*Elite floor general

*Controls the flow/pace of the game

*Next level leadership skill set

*Makes everyone around her better

*Dynamic on ball perimeter defender

*Great playmaker on both ends

*Elite distributor/facilitator

*Great court vision

*High level of awareness

*Great instincts

*Does a great job of attacking the rim

*Plays and finishes well through contact

*Crafty and confident

*Elite passing and ball handling skill set

*Shoots the ball well from the perimeter

*Excellent decision maker

*Always in control

*Does not allow the defender to speed her up

*High basketball I.Q.

*Does a good job of getting to the free throw line

*Impacts the game on both ends

*Possesses a solid first step and change of pace

*Does a good job of breaking down the defender

*Plays with great anticipation on the defensive end

*Does a great job of creating for herself and teammates

*Consistently executes from mid-range

*Effectively plays the passing lanes

*Possesses great body control

*Finishes well at the rim and in transition