Meet 20 of the top boys Kentucky basketball players in Louisville area for 2023-24 season
Here are 20 of the top boys basketball players in the Louisville area to watch during the 2023-24 season.
Players are listed alphabetically.
Justice Decker
School: Manual
Year: Junior
Height: 6-6
Last season: Averaged 10.5 points and 5 rebounds and earned second-team All-Seventh Region honors from The Courier Journal.
College: Has an offer from Eastern Kentucky.
Chance Dillingham
School: St. Xavier
Year: Junior
Height: 5-9
Last season: Averaged 11.8 points and 1.8 rebounds and earned second-team All-Seventh Region honors.
College: Has an offer from Warner University.
Christian Doerr
School: Evangel Christian
Year: Senior
Height: 6-3
Last season: Averaged 18.5 points and 3.9 rebounds and shot 32.9% from 3-point range (54 of 164). Earned first-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: Has an offer from Jacksonville State.
Cole Edelen
School: Male
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6-2
Last season: Averaged 15.9 points and 1.9 rebounds. He shot 44.4% from 3-point range (127 of 286). He ranked fourth in the state in 3-pointers made and earned honorable-mention All-State honors.
College: Has offers from Central Arkansas, Jacksonville State and Stony Brook.
Julius Edmonds
School: Trinity
Year: Junior
Height: 6-6
Last season: Averaged 11.6 points and 8.4 rebounds at Western and earned second-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: Has offers from Ohio and Southeast Missouri State.
Luke Erhardt
School: Spencer County
Year: Senior
Height: 6-1
Last season: Averaged 22.5 points and 2.6 rebounds and shot 34% from 3-point range (85 of 250). Ranked third in the state in free-throw shooting at 89.1% (123 of 138) and earned first-team All-Eighth Region honors.
College: TBA
Will Gibson
School: DeSales
Year: Senior
Height: 6-6
Last season: Averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds.
College: Signed with Liberty.
Max Green
School: Oldham County
Year: Senior
Height: 6-6
Last season: Averaged 23.8 points and 4.8 rebounds and shot 39.4% from 3-point range (100 of 254). Led the state in free-throw shooting at 90.7% (117 of 129). Earned first-team All-Eighth Region recognition.
College: Signed with Holy Cross.
Jacob Hand
School: Holy Cross
Year: Senior
Height: 6-4
Last season: Averaged 20.6 points and 7.1 rebounds on his way to first-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: TBA
Dalton Hicks
School: Fairdale
Year: Senior
Height: 6-2
Last season: Averaged 17.3 points and 4.6 rebounds and earned first-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: Has offers from Moberly Area and Three Rivers.
Quel’Ron House
School: Seneca
Year: Senior
Height: 5-11
Last season: Averaged 25 points and 6.9 rebounds and earned honorable-mention All-State honors. He shot 37.8% from 3-point range (34 for 90).
College: TBA
Jeremiah Jackson
School: St. Xavier
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6-4
Last season: Averaged 8.9 points and 4.6 rebounds and earned second-team All-Seventh Region honors.
College: Has offers from Cincinnati and Ohio.
Jayden Johnson
School: Trinity
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6-5
Last season: Averaged 10.6 points and 4.4 rebounds and shot 37.3% from 3-point range (50 of 134).
College: Has offers from Cincinnati, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Xavier and West Virginia.
Damone King
School: DeSales
Year: Senior
Height: 6-2
Last season: Averaged 16 points and 5.9 rebounds at Manual, earning first-team All-Seventh Region honors.
College: Has offers from Eastern Kentucky, Illinois State, IUPUI, Jacksonville State, Miami (Ohio), Northern Kentucky and Ohio.
Camron McDaniels
School: Jeffersontown
Year: Junior
Height: 6-5
Last season: Averaged 12.2 points and 5.3 rebounds and shot 43% from 3-point range (55 of 128) for the Sixth Region champions.
College: Has football offers from Eastern Kentucky and Southern Illinois.
Kyran Tilley
School: Evangel Christian
Year: Senior
Height: 6-2
Last season: Averaged 16.1 points and 4 rebounds and shot 40% from 3-point range (64 of 160) on his way to first-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: Has an offer from Georgetown College.
Jacob Tucker
School: Fairdale
Year: Senior
Height: 6-4
Last season: Averaged 17.7 points and 4.6 rebounds and shot 45.3% from 3-point range (62 of 137) on his way to second-team All-Sixth Region recognition.
College: TBA
Drae Vasser
School: Trinity
Year: Senior
Height: 6-1
Last season: Led the Shamrocks in scoring (13.5 ppg) and rebounding (7.5 rpg) last season and earned honorable-mention All-State honors.
College: Has offers from Akron, Bellarmine and Jacksonville State.
Jackson “B.B.” Washington
School: Christian Academy
Year: Senior
Height: 6-3
Last season: Averaged 11.1 points and shot 43.4% from 3-point range at Chaminade Julienne in Dayton, Ohio.
College: Signed with Florida Gulf Coast.
Dayton Williams
School: Butler
Year: Senior
Height: 6-4
Last season: Averaged 14.4 points and 6.9 rebounds and shot 34.7% from 3-point range (52 of 150) on his way to first-team All-Sixth Region honors.
College: Has offers from Campbellsville-Harrodsburg, Georgetown College and Midway.
More: Top Kentucky boys basketball teams and players in the Sixth Region for 2023-24 season
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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky high school basketball 2023-24: Top boys in Louisville area
