The Dallas Morning News’ high school girls basketball expert Greg Riddle compiled the top area girls basketball players for the preseason all-area team. See which players made the cut below.
Note: Only players from UIL, TAPPS and SPC schools were considered for this.
Arianna Robinson
Plano East
She was The Dallas Morning News’ All-Area Player of the Year as a freshman last season after leading Plano East to the state semifinals for the first time. Robinson, a 5-10 combo guard, averaged 20.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.1 steals and was an all-state selection. She showed that she is one of the best players in the nation when she scored 34 points in a 70-61 regular-season loss to Class 5A Division II state champion Lubbock Monterey and McDonald’s All-American Aaliyah Chavez, an Oklahoma signee who was the No. 1 recruit in the country in the Class of 2025. Robinson, a four-star recruit, is rated the 12th-best player in the nation in the Class of 2028 by ESPN’s HoopGurlz.
Jazman Bailey
Mansfield Lake Ridge
The four-star junior point guard is rated the 42nd-best player in the nation in the Class of 2027 and is the fifth-ranked recruit in Texas. Bailey averaged 12.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.0 steals as a sophomore for Lake Ridge last season. Bailey and Plano East’s Arianna Robinson were on the United States under-16 national team that won the FIBA U16 Women’s AmeriCup championship in Mexico this summer.
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Lincoln’s Ar’Jayla Elder (5) tries to drive past Panther Creek’s Jaela Wade (5) during the second half of a Class 4A Division II area-round high school playoff basketball game at Carrollton Newman Smith High School, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Carrollton.
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Ar’Jayla Elder
Lincoln
The Old Dominion pledge was an all-state honoree and District 11-4A MVP after averaging a team-high 13.6 points as Lincoln won the Class 4A Division II state championship and finished 39-2. Elder was the MVP of the state title game after scoring a game-high 19 points in a 60-32 rout of Cuero as Lincoln won its fourth state title — its first championship since 2008. She scored 50 points in an 81-48 win over two-time Class 6A state champion DeSoto in the regular season.
Maci Pringle
Flower Mound
The junior guard was the District 5-6A MVP last season, averaging 17.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.8 steals. Pringle has posted on social media that she has received offers from Missouri, Alabama, Arizona State, Penn State, Houston, Texas A&M and SMU, among others. She scored 611 points last season — third most in school history — and she scored 400 points in the paint for a 31-5 team.
Simone Richmond
Allen
The Cornell pledge is one of the best shooters in the state and averaged 15.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and made 74 3-pointers last season. Richmond scored 21 points in the regular-season finale to lead Allen to a 64-55 win over Plano East, a team that went on to reach the 6A Division I state semifinals.
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