5-star guard Imari Berry narrows list to Louisville, Kentucky, North Carolina basketball

Clarksville High five-star guard Imari Berry has narrowed her choice of schools to three that includes Louisville, Kentucky and North Carolina, according to Berry's AAU coach Anja Shelton.

The TSSAA Class 4A Miss Basketball competed for the West squad in the McDonald's All American game Tuesday night at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. She's the first McDonald's All American from Montgomery County since Clarksville's Bashaara Graves in 2012. The East knocked off the West, 98-74.

Berry decommitted from Clemson March 19, a week after the Tigers fired coach Amanda Butler. She originally signed with Clemson in November. Berry has already made a visit to Louisville and is scheduled to visit Kentucky and UNC in the next two weeks, Shelton said.

Berry is the No. 13 recruit in the class of 2024, according to ESPN's HoopGurlz. She held offers from more than 30 schools, including Tennessee, South Carolina, UConn, Vanderbilt, Louisville and Kentucky. Last fall she narrowed her choices to Tennessee and Clemson before deciding on the Tigers initially.

Like Clemson, Tennessee is also going through a coaching change after coach Kellie Harper was fired on Monday.

Berry led Clarksville (31-1) to the Class 4A state quarterfinals and was named the Tennessee girls basketball Gatorade player of the year. She averaged 23.8 points, 6.1 points, 4.1 steals and 2.8 assists this season. She was the second recruit from Tennessee to decommit from Clemson. York Institute junior Reese Beaty also re-opened her recruitment after Butler was let go.

Berry ended her high school career as one of Montgomery County's all time scoring leaders and the record holder for most points in school history with 2,510.

She played on the West team with former Ensworth star and three-time Miss Basketball winner, Jaloni Cambridge. Cambridge with Ohio State last month. Cambridge, who is playing her final high school season at Montverde Academy (Florida) this season, is the No. 3 ranked prospect in the 2024 class and the nation's No. 1 point guard.

Reach sports writer George Robinson at georgerobinson@theleafchronicle.com and on the X platform (formerly Twitter) @Cville_Sports.