Closing time. Week number four of the 2025 Summit Summer League takes place this Wednesday, August 27 and it is the last one for this year in what has again been a diverse and fun league.
Once again this week, teams will be shook up for week three games. Want to check out games this week? They start at 7:00 pm at PSM with admission set at $10.
Click here to see info, schedule and rosters for week three games.
What are some things to look forward to this week? Can any game top last week’s Team Abram/Team Prokop masterpiece?
SCORING EXCELERATES
If Week 3 is any indication, the players in the Summit Summer League are ready to go out with a massive scoring punch.
In the first two weeks, there was just one 20 point game, coming from Jayden Moore (Bishop Luers) in week one. In week 3? There were five games in the 20s, including Avery MacFarlane‘s 23 point outing for Team Vance in game two against Team Abram, the highest scoring single game this year in the league. In the 7 pm back and forth between Team Prokop and Team Abram, it was Abram that got 20 points each from Titus Schultz (6 made threes) of Huntington North and Bishop Luers’ Zen Szaferski. Team Prokop countered with 22 points from Stephen Akase (Wawasee) and 21 points from Carson Waltke (East Noble).
Waltke and Caden Rice (DeKalb) set the 2025 mark for most made two-pointers in a game, each having a game of nine makes, while Schultz’s 6 threes against Team Prokop is also a 2025 league high.
The scoring for last week was 584 total points – meaning teams averaged 73 ppg in week three – a number that has been on the rise every week. In week one, teams averaged 62.5 ppg, while in week two, it was up to 69.9 ppg.
So if they all turned up for week 3, one can only imagine that week 4 could see some big numbers being put up too.
SOMEONE ALWAYS FINISHES STRONG
It is like a right of passage in the SSL. Someone who has had a decent, ok or worse showing in weeks 1-3 always tends to step up when it matters most and Bounce accounts for it every time because we have to give credit where credit is due. Year 1 was Homestead’s Mason Weaver, Year 2 was South Side’s Keegan Combs and last year, it was Prairie Heights’ Jake Stoy who has gone on to be one of the better players in the league this time around.
So who steps up for year four? I have some ideas from each team in this final week.
Nearly everyone on Team Deming this week has had somewhat of an impressive outing this year. Malaki Christian (Tippecanoe Valley) and Ethan Slone (Concordia) both showed some big bursts last week as they helped Team Vance go 2-0. They are two to keep an eye on because they can both A) shoot the ball really well, and B) play with a chip on their shoulder. My focus though is on Bishop Luers sophomore Jaxson Minnick. He may have played his best ball in week one and has remained solid throughout. But what he showed glimpses of in week one is his ability to take tough and timely shots. Minnick could be one to make a big final splash.
A potential big final week for Team Abram was taken away last week too as Charlie Lang (Concordia) looked like a world beater in game 2 of week 3. Lang had 15 points and knocked down 3 triples, meaning is he as much of a surprise if he does it again? Look for Landon Kralis (Warsaw) to make a splash as he has been a consistent and probably underrated hand during this season. Also, Eastside freshman Quentin Dickerhoff continues to get more comfortable and is a dangerous shot blocking threat.
For Team Prokop, the focus goes immediately to Uriah Williams (Wayne), who has been another guy who has been solid in the league but has the right blend of calm and aggressive to take over a game. He is a long big who can play inside-out and it makes him a tough matchup across the court. Brendon Lee (Homestead) is another player who has been steady, but could be due for a breakout freshman moment.
Finally, on Team Vance, intrigue lies with South Adams’ Owen Roe. The coach’s kid for the Starfires has shown a really strong aptitude in almost every way during the 2025 SSL but hasn’t put it all together for one big breakout game or week. That could all change this week. I also like Owen Poulson (Huntington North) to make one last splash as one of the more reliable shooters in the league after having his most consistent shooting week last Wednesday.
GAME OF THE WEEK?
I was dead on with last week’s pick of Team Abram vs Team Prokop. In that one, Team Abram led by as many as 28 points before Team Prokop went on a 21-0 run in the second half into the Elam Ending, and actually took the lead. Team Abram took the win, but what a wild affair to watch the last 7 minutes of the second half and the entire Elam Ending portion.
This week, Team Deming versus Team Prokop at 8 p.m. could close the league and do so with one of the better games of the entire league in 2025.
Team Prokop’s Uriah Williams will want to get a bit of a measure of revenge on Team Deming’s Caden Rice (DeKalb) after the two did battle last week with both Rice and his team coming out on top. Williams too will have to deal with Stephen Akase (Wawasee) at times on the interior.
But lets talk perimeter play. Heritage’s Taurean Brown will be part of Team Prokop as arguably the best guard defender in the league and the league leader in steals. Having him to control the front line is massive alongside Davis Cowan (Wawasee), who played really inspired basketball last week and is a great calm leader in the backcourt. Those two lining up against Team Deming’s George Poiry (Bishop Dwenger) and Titus Schultz (Huntington North) is going to be a critical matchup. Two high level defenders against two of the better shooters we’ve seen in the SSL? Sign me up.
There are plenty of wildcards on both sides, but the strength on strength of guys we’ve seen be instrumental in the first three weeks make this season ending affair one to watch on Court D.
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