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Inside the Hall continues its first breakdown of IU’s 2014 commits today with Indianapolis Tech and Spiece Indy Heat forward Trey Lyles.  After scouting five games at the Spiece Run ‘N Slam and adidas May Classic, here are our thoughts on the 6-foot-8, 205-pound Lyles:

– Arsenal of moves: Most high school freshmen at Lyles’s size are still adjusting to their bodies and often lack coordination. But the IU-bound freshman is a smooth player with an advanced game. Lyles can excel with his back to the basket, where he overpowers smaller defenders and finishes with either hand. He showed off a very difficult turnaround jump shot on several instances that he’s still developing, but managed to knock it down a few times. He also possesses the capability to face up his defender and knock down shots all the way out to the 3-point line.

– Capable ball handler: This is one area where Lyles sets himself apart from other prospects at his size. While he was never put in a position to play the primary ball handler, he corralled several rebounds and started the fast break off the dribble. Lyles was also effective getting past defenders off the bounce (as shown in the photo above) from the perimeter.

– Solid defender: Lyles still needs to get stronger as a defender down low and that will come as his body continues to mature, but his length and instincts allow him to block a lot of shots without fouling. In one impressive sequence during a pool play game at Assembly Hall, Lyles made up significant ground as a trailer on a fast break and erased a shot that should have been a basket by his opponent.

– Lyles on what he needs to improve: “Probably just getting the mentality that I can score whenever I want, be more selfish, but I’m very much a team player. But sometimes I’m too much of a team player when it gets down to games where they really need me to score. I might be very passive at the beginning, but I need to work on being more selfish. Just playing against better competition and better guys will help me out a lot.”

HD video of Lyles from the adidas May Classic after the jump …

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Inside the Hall got its first look at 2014 Arsenal Tech forward and IU commit Trey Lyles on Friday at the Bill Hensley Memorial Spiece Run ‘N Slam All-Star Classic in Ft. Wayne. We caught up with the 6-9 freshman after a pool play win at Northrop High School for a Q & A:

On his mindset entering the Run ‘N Slam:

“Just to play hard every play. Every game, play hard. Just try to do within my capability for us to win as a team. Not try to go out there and show out as an individual, but score as much as I can, do whatever I can, but help the team win as a group leader.”

On what he’s trying to improve the most about his game:

“Probably just getting the mentality that I can score whenever I want, be more selfish, but I’m very much a team player. But sometimes I’m too much of a team player when it gets down to games where they really need me to score. I might be very passive at the beginning, but I need to work on being more selfish. Just playing against better competition and better guys will help me out a lot.”

On being able to focus on getting better rather than his recruitment:

“It helped me to commit early so I could get a lot of the pressure off me. I still got to go out there and play hard and perform as well as I can, but committing early kind of helped out in the long run.”

On why he decided to commit early to Indiana:

“Just the coaching. They’ve got a great coach and the recruits are great. We’ve got a lot good guys coming into play with us. I just thought that would be the best situation for me in the future.”

On the competitiveness between the 2012 recruits and 2014 recruits:

“It’s just a competitive spirit that we have as individuals. We’re all going to the same school. Hopefully we can get the 2012 guys playing against the 2014 guys in a game.”