The Basketball Movement’s top-10 high school players in Southwest Missouri:

Last year, The Basketball Movement began ranking the area’s top prep talent for boy’s basketball. So much talent graduated and moved on, but, as always, area players step up in big ways on their journey to filling those players’ shoes and elevating their teams.

The below players pass the eye test, and nothing escapes the eye of the veteran coaches, former trainers, scouts, and specialists at The Basketball Movement. Here we go:

1. Zach Howell - Springfield Catholic

2. Kyle Pock - Boliver

3. Elijah Whitley - Parkview

4. Zaide Lowery - Kickapoo

5. Kael Combs - Nixa

6. Colin Ruffin - Nixa

7. LIam O’Reilly - Springfield Catholic

8. Andrew Dalton - Ava

9. AK Rael - Strafford

10. Ahlante Askew - Republic

This list is absolutely, one-hundered percent subject to change. If any of these guys show us they have what it takes to move up - they will. Better yet, if anyone thinks they are left off and can show us they have what it takes to be here - they will.

Stay tuned to The Basketball Movement Exclusive to keep track of updated lists like these and news from around the area.