Forget JuJu Watkins or MiLaysia Fulwiley, 18 YO Freshman Is Stealing The Thunder in Early NCAA Season

This year’s NCAA season feels in tune with the ongoing meteor shower in the sky, with so many college basketball stars, like JuJu Watkins and MiLaysia Fulwiley, rising above from the horizon to shine on the hardwood. More so, there is a new shooting star who is leaving these stars behind. Her name is Taliah Scott, the Arkansas Razorbacks’ guard.

She finished her high school score with 2735 points, the third most points scored by a Northeast Florida girls’ basketball player. Now, as she makes her college basketball debut, let’s explore how the ESPN 5-star recruit is already winning hearts.

The new star has emerged

Taliah Scott did come out strong in her debut and the Razorbacks’ opening season face-off with the Murray State Racers. Notably, Scott has averaged 26.5 points with a shooting percentage of 50%. Moreover, she scored 29 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 3-pointers against ULM Wakhawks, followed by 25 points, 3 rebounds, and 9 3-pointers against the Murray State Racers.

Seeming a little uptight with 18 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 3-pointers against the Little Rock Trojans, Scott came roaring back with 34 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 out of 21 3-pointers against the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

However, there is a lot to explore for Scott in college basketball as one of the newest additions to the Razorbacks.

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Notably, Scott achieved so much in her time in high school itself.

Life prior to Arkansas

Scott’s junior season in high school went with a bang as she averaged 31.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3.4 steals per game. Before that, as a sophomore, Scott led her team to the 7A Final Four which was the school’s first appearance in the tournament. She also hit the 1000-point mark in the same season.

Moreover, as a player for Florida Girls Basketball, she became the scoring champion scoring 660 points with an average of 31.4 points per game, and became the 11th best in the country. She was awarded as the 3-point Shootout Champion at the Curry Camp and became the UA Elite 24 and SLAM Vol. 4.

During her senior season, she averaged 36.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 3 steals per game while playing for St. John’s Country Day School. In the high school state semi-finals, she hooped 47 points and also participated in the High School Slam 3-point shooting contest.

Now coming back to 2023, she has been ranked No. 11 in this year’s class and also got ranked as the 5-star prospect according to the HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by ESPNW 100. She has also been named McDonald’s All-American, honored by the Gatorade Florida Girls Basketball Player of the Year, has won the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball Award, and has been the Naismith High School Girls Basketball All-America Honorable Mention.

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These are some of the many accolades won by Scott in just high school. And that says a lot about how her road forward is going to be when she plays college basketball. So, there is something to look up to this magnificent new star.