Purcell Marian junior Dee Alexander wins second straight Ohio Ms. Basketball award

WELL, TONIGHT THE BLITZ 5 SPOTLIGHT IS BACK ONE ON ONE WITH THE TOP PREP BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN AMERICA. THIS IS A STORY RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF CINCINNATI. AND THAT CONTINUES TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. SPORTS ANCHOR CHARLIE CLIFFORD JOINING US NOW. CHARLIE, LET’S TALK ABOUT PURCELL MARION AND THE LATEST ON ON THIS YOUNG LADY. THE BEST NEWS HERE CINCINNATI. THIS IS FAR FROM OVER OKAY. JUNIOR SEASON ALL THESE ACCOLADES. THIS IS RARE AMONGST ANY HOOP SEEN ANYWHERE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND. THE SEEDINGS ARE COMING OUT FOR THE OHIO AA GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS. THAT’S ON SUNDAY. PURCELL MARION AT THE MOMENT 17 AND ONE. THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM IN DIVISION TWO. AND IT’S NUMBER ONE PLAYER ALREADY IN RARE AIR. THERE’S TIMES WHERE SHE’S EASILY HAS A LAYUP AND SHE’S JUST MAKING A CROSS COURT A ACROSS HER BODY PAST. I’M LIKE, GOSH, THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW THAT COULD DO THAT IS LEBRON. FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR FOR DE ALEXANDER BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS LEAD CINCINNATI’S NEWEST PREP BASKETBALL POWERHOUSE. PURCELL MARION PICKING UP IN OHIO. MISS BASKETBALL AWARD THIS PAST SUMMER, HELPING LEAD TEAM USA 16 AND UNDER SQUAD IN MEXICO TO GOLD. THE BIGGER CHALLENGE, THOUGH, WAS BACK HOME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT AUGUST, QUIETLY RUNNING HER OWN HOOPS CAMP FOR FREE. IT WAS ROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS, ONLY WHAT, 16? AND I’M DOING THIS CAMP BY MYSELF. BUT THEN I GOT USED TO IT AND I’M LIKE, I KNOW WHAT I WANT THESE KIDS TO LOOK UP TO. I WANT TO BE JUST AS GREAT AS I AM PROBABLY EVEN BETTER. ONE DAY EARLIER THIS FALL, ALEXANDER NARROWED AN ENDLESS LIST OF SCHOLARSHIPS DOWN TO 15 SCHOOLS. SHE’S RANKED AMONG THE TOP FIVE RECRUITS IN AMERICA IN THE CLASS OF 2025 THIS SEASON. IT’S RESULTING IN VISITS TO CINCINNATI FROM COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S TOP GENERALS, INCLUDING UCONN’S GENO AURIEMMA. IT’S HARD BECAUSE IT’S LIKE, I DON’T KNOW WHEN EXACTLY, BUT LIKE ME AND MY MOM, LIKE WE HAVE TALKED EVERY DAY. SOONER OR LATER I MIGHT HAVE TO COMMIT SOMEWHERE AND I MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND GO TO COLLEGE AND HAVE TO GO PLAY BEFORE A FINAL DECISION. THE CAVS GO FOR A STATE TITLE THREE PEAT. THIS TEAM CARRYING THE QUIET CONFIDENCE OF A CLASSY CHAMPION. SATISFYING. JUST TO HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE TEACHERS MADE THAT THE DEAN OF STUDENTS MADE, THAT THE THE PRINCIPAL MADE BEHIND THE SCENES AND ON THE COURT. SHE’S JUST AN UNSELFISH LEADER BEING HERE, HAVING TWO BANNERS UP ON THE WALL. IT’S JUST WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST KEEP IT GOING. SO WE’LL WORK EVERY DAY, WORK HARD. ALEXANDER DID NOT WANT TO GIVE AWAY THAT DECISION ON DAY. WE KNOW ONE COLLEGE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. AND PLEASE, IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS TEAM PLAY THIS SEASON, GO OU

Purcell Marian girls basketball star Dee Alexander has won the Ohio Ms. Basketball award for the second consecutive season.Alexander, a junior, led Purcell Marian to back-to-back state championships in her freshman and sophomore seasons.Now, one of the top college prospects in state history has won Ohio's top individual honor for the second time.Now in its 37th year, the prestigious award was first given by the Associated Press in 1988 but has been voted by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association since 2017.Loudonville senior Corri Vermilya was the runner-up. Pickerington Central senior Berry Wallace finished third, and Shaker Heights Laurel sophomore Saniyah Hall finished fourth. Alexander spoke with WLWT earlier this year, saying she has narrowed down her end list of scholarships to the final 15 schools. She is one of the top five recruits in the United States for the class of 2025.That standing has resulted in visits to Cincinnati this season from top college coaches, including UConn's Geno Auriemma."I don't know when exactly (to make the decision)," Alexander said. "Me and my mom, we have talked every day. Sooner or later, I am going to have to commit somewhere and I am going to have to go to the next level and go to college and go play."Before a final decision is made, the Cavaliers are going for a three-peat, carrying the quiet confidence of a classy champion."It's fun just being here and having two banners up on the wall," Alexander said. "It's just keeping it going, work everyday, work hard, keep applying that pressure to the other teams. Just keep building."

CINCINNATI —

Purcell Marian girls basketball star Dee Alexander has won the Ohio Ms. Basketball award for the second consecutive season.

Alexander, a junior, led Purcell Marian to back-to-back state championships in her freshman and sophomore seasons.

Now, one of the top college prospects in state history has won Ohio's top individual honor for the second time.

Now in its 37th year, the prestigious award was first given by the Associated Press in 1988 but has been voted by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association since 2017.

🏀🚨#OHSAA BASKETBALL: Congratulations to Cincinnati Purcell Marian junior Dee Alexander on being named 2024 Ohio Ms. Basketball Wednesday by a statewide media panel. She also won the award last year as a sophomore.
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— OHSAA Sports (@OHSAASports) March 13, 2024

Loudonville senior Corri Vermilya was the runner-up. Pickerington Central senior Berry Wallace finished third, and Shaker Heights Laurel sophomore Saniyah Hall finished fourth.

Alexander spoke with WLWT earlier this year, saying she has narrowed down her end list of scholarships to the final 15 schools. She is one of the top five recruits in the United States for the class of 2025.

That standing has resulted in visits to Cincinnati this season from top college coaches, including UConn's Geno Auriemma.

"I don't know when exactly (to make the decision)," Alexander said. "Me and my mom, we have talked every day. Sooner or later, I am going to have to commit somewhere and I am going to have to go to the next level and go to college and go play."

Before a final decision is made, the Cavaliers are going for a three-peat, carrying the quiet confidence of a classy champion.

"It's fun just being here and having two banners up on the wall," Alexander said. "It's just keeping it going, work everyday, work hard, keep applying that pressure to the other teams. Just keep building."

Purcell Marian junior Dee Alexander wins second straight Ohio Ms. Basketball award

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