At Pershing, there's always an App for that

This story appeared in the Detroit edition of the November ESPN RISE Magazine.
The bench was probably the last place Keith Appling expected to find himself midway through the third quarter of last year's state championship game.
The junior guard at Pershing (Detroit, Mich,) had scored 24 first-half points, including all 13 of his team's points in the second quarter.But Doughboys coach A.W. Canada would sit LeBron if King James didn't rotate and communicate on defense. So after back-to-back miscues, Appling was forced to grab some pine for a couple of minutes. . . . When Michigan's most dynamic scoring guard finally returned, he played like a man possessed. Showing the form that today makes him the No. 35 senior and No. 8 point guard in the ESPNU 100, Appling filled it up from everywhere. He hit driving layups, long-distance 3-pointers and mid-range pull-ups. "I felt like I was in the zone, like no one could guard me," says Appling, who has committed to Michigan State.

Also check out Pershing's elite sophomore 6-3 guard/forward Sherron Dorsey-Walker and also 6-5 senior forward Juwan Howard Jr. which is the son of University of Michigan's Fab Five legend Juwan Howard.