Best high school girls basketball wings in the nation entering the 2023-24 season

Expect these 20 perimeter players to put up big stats this winter

As the fall season wages on throughout most of the country, winter's high school girls basketball season is already underway in multiple states.

SBLive Sports is highlighting some of the best players in the nation as we begin the winter season.

Over the next week and a half, we’ll be taking a position-by-position look at some of the best of the best in high school girls basketball. We started with the top point guards and combo guards, and now it's the wings' turn.

Here are 20 of the best wings in the nation entering the 2023-24 high school girls basketball season.

Dee Alexander, jr., Purcell Marian (Ohio)

The reigning Ohio Ms. Basketball, Alexander averaged 25.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.5 steals during her sophomore season for Purcell Marian. The athletic wing is a five-star prospect with numerous college suitors. 

Hana Belibi, sr., Regis Jesuit (Colorado)

Belibi put up 17 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 steals during her junior season for Regis Jesuit. The versatile Harvard commit can play anywhere from shooting guard to center. 

Lexi Blue, sr., Lake Highland Prep (Florida)

Blue is a knockdown outside shooter who made 55 percent of her 3-point attempts as a junior. The Virginia Tech commit averaged 12.2 points, five rebounds and 1.3 assists. 

Jazzy Davidson, jr., Clackamas (Oregon)

One of the nation’s top recruits for the class of 2025, Davidson guided Clackamas to last year’s Class 6A state title. The versatile 6-foot-1 playmaker averaged 22.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.6 steals, 2.3 assists and 1.3 blocks. She is a two-time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year. 

Addison Deal, jr., Mater Dei (California)

Deal is a smooth junior wing with limitless range from beyond the 3-point arc. The talented junior’s Division I offers include Iowa, LSU and Tennessee. 

Kendall Dudley, sr., Sidwell Friends (D.C.)

Playing for a stacked Sidwell Friends team, Dudley averaged 9.6 points, eight rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.7 steals a season ago. A five-star prospect, Dudley committed to UCLA in April. 

Madison Francis, jr., Lancaster (New York)

A five-star junior, Francis’ athleticism stands out every time she takes the court. Francis tallied 22 points, 12.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, four steals and 3.2 blocks as a sophomore. 

Allison Heathcock, sr., Edmond North (Oklahoma)

Heathcock put up 11 points and 5.1 rebounds as a junior for a loaded Edmond North team that captured the Class 6A state title. She will play college basketball in the Big East for Creighton. 

Avery Howell, sr., Boise (Idaho)

A USC commit, Howell filled up the stat sheet as a junior by averaging 22.1 points, 13.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.8 steals. She was even better in the postseason (23.8 points and 14.1 rebounds) en route to Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year honors. 

ZaKiyah Johnson, jr., Sacred Heart (Kentucky)

Johnson received Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year honors last winter after putting up 22 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.2 steals and one block. She is a five-star recruit for the class of 2025. 

Kalysta Martin, sr., Providence Catholic (Texas)

A Texas Tech commit, Martin is one of Texas’ best rebounders as a 6-foot-2 perimeter player. She averaged 24.7 points, 14.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.2 steals and 4.2 blocks a season ago. 

Grace Oliver, sr., Noble and Greenough School (Massachusetts)

Oliver is a versatile senior who can play nearly any position on the court for Noble and Greenough School. The Colorado commit averaged 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4.1 blocks last winter and was voted Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year. 

Olivia Olson, sr., Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minnesota)

Olson has the size to play forward at the skill to bring the ball up the court. A five-star recruit, Olson will play college basketball for Michigan. 

Kayl Petersen, sr., Waupun (Wisconsin)

Petersen, who has already netted 1,000 points during her high school career, helped lead Waupun to the Division 3 state title in 2022. She is staying in state to play college basketball for Marquette. 

Devyn Quigley, sr., Manchester Township (New Jersey)

Quigley was one of the top juniors in the country last winter, putting up 34.9 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.8 steals. She will play college basketball in the ACC for N.C. State. 

Kennedy Smith, sr., Etiwanda (California)

The 6-foot-1 Smith is capable of playing inside and outside for Etiwanda. She is a five-star prospect with numerous college suitors. 

Jordan Speiser, jr., Lutheran St. Charles (Missouri)

Speiser missed the first month of her sophomore season due to injury but came back to average 16.5 points and 7.8 rebounds for a team that secured the Class 5 state title. She is a five-star prospect for the class of 2025.

Syla Swords, sr., Long Island Lutheran (New York)

Swords is one of the most feared outside shooters in the nation. A five-star wing prospect, Swords will play college basketball for Michigan.

Katie Vasecka, sr., Tea (South Dakota)

Vasecka is another versatile perimeter player who filled up the box score last winter with 20.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists. She is staying home for college to play for South Dakota State. 

Berry Wallace, sr., Pickerington Central (Ohio)

Wallace, a five-star Illinois commit, averaged north of 14 points per game as a junior. She also plays volleyball for Pickerington Central. 

(Jazzy Davidson photo by Taylor Balkom)

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