The only thing Pemsyl & Worley have in common is that they played Iowa HS basketballl in different classes within 100 miles of each other less than twenty years apart.
A better comparison would by Zach McCabe, except Pemsyl aready is an inch taller at least and has arms at least two inches longer, which McCabe was a good outside shooter & Pemsyl is very tough on the inside. As for their respective careers at Iowa, while McCabe rarely started and earned playing time by hustle & hardnosed effort, Pemsyl will start for two or three years (depending upon who else McCaffery recruits)....and the former Hawkeye he will remind you of most likely will be Greg Brunner. He isn't a wide body, but he is very well physically developed---the long guy with the long arms of McCaffery's apparent preference.
Watch hom on Mediacom for the third time tonight, matched against the 6-10 sophomore Phyfe from Waverly-Shell Rock. Phyfe is a more advanced than most HS Iowa big men, especially given his tender age. Has some nice moves, and positioned himself wel defensively---blocked at least three shots of Pemsyl. It also should be pointed out that Pemsyl has bertter teammates, and the D.W. team has played much better opposition in mostly games against 5A teams.
Nonetheless, I can't imagine Phyfe becoming the player that Pemsyl aready is well on his way to becoming.
Pemsyl seems like Brunner-cloned. He is a different sort from Adam Woodbury, and his fuure is not in the post. But IMO he looks like the best PF in Iowa since Brunner.
By my count he had 17 points & 19 rebounds tonight in a first round tournament game (depending upon whether he gets credit for taking down the closing missed shot of the game). When Phyfe was in the game with him, he boxed the taller kid out & controlled the boards....but like many awkward kids outgrowing themselves Phyfe picked up bad fouls and not just against Pemsyl.
