Sweet 16 girls’ basketball countdown: No. 6 Hopewell
Girls No. 6 Hopewell Titans
Head Coach: Tyrelle Anderson (4th year as Hopewell coach)
2014-15 Notes: Finished 23-4, 13-1 in the MECKA 4A to win the title; Lost 3rd round of 4A playoffs to Ardrey Kell, 62-29.
Returning Starters: Ineesha Hankerson (5-10, F, Sr.); Erin Thames (5-6, G, Jr.); Kelsie Mills-Ruff (5-6, G, Jr.)
Key Returnees: Megan Sanders (5-4, G, Jr.); Shania Haynes (5-8, G, Sr.)
Key Newcomers: Fahjahnee Bradford (5-5, G, Jr.); Michaela Gibbons (5-11, F, Jr.); Lenzi Brown (5-10, F, Jr.)
Why Them?: Anderson believes this is one of the most talented teams in his decade-long tenure at Hopewell (head coach/assistant). With Hankerson (8.8 ppg, 7 rpg) leading a very balanced team that won 23 games last season, the expectations will be to repeat as conference champion and go deeper into the postseason.
Jay Edwards
This story was originally published November 9, 2015 at 11:35 AM with the headline "Sweet 16 girls’ basketball countdown: No. 6 Hopewell."