Update 9.5
UGA Roster
PG Hill 6-0 185 JR Longwood 14.2 4.8 4.1
PG/CG Roberts 6-3 180 JR Bradley 14.5 4.9 4.1
SG Oquendo 6-4 215 JR UGA 15.4 4.3 0.8
SG/SF Holt 6-6 190 FR ALA 0.7 1.6 0.2
SF Moncrieffe 6-7 215 SO OKLA ST 4.2 3.9
SF Abdur-Rahim 6-7 SO UGA 7.1 3.2 0.5
PF Ingram 6-7 225 SR UGA 10.7 6.0 2.1 (NCAA must grant an extra year 4-12-2022)
OC Bridges 6-11 240 SR UGA 12.8 5.4 1.9
Portal:
PG Wright
CG McDowell - Jacksonville State
SF Baumann - Grand Canyon
SF Etter
PF Ridgnal - Missouri State
PF Taylor
PF Ned
OC McMillan - McNeese State
OC Baker - Dayton
COMMITMENTS
Matthew Alexander-Moncrieffe SF 6-7 215 SO Oklahoma State
2021-2022
A Canada native, Moncrieffe started seven games as a sophomore this past season, and played close to 15 minutes per game. He averaged 4.2 points and 3.9 rebounds.”
Tulsa World
PTS 4.2 REB 3.9 AST 0.6 FG% 51.0
Big 8 Top 25 returning players preseason 2021-2022
“NO. 21: MATTHEW ALEXANDER-MONCRIEFFE, G, OKLAHOMA STATE
Where he left off: He was one of several young Cowboys who was able to develop ‘under the radar’ with the presence of top recruit Cade Cunningham on the roster. But, by season’s end, Alexander-Moncrieffe was in danger of ‘breaking out.’ He averaged 9 points and 5.3 rebounds last season, and as a 6-foot-7 swingman he could play guard or small forward. He was a quality shooter, better than 50 percent from the floor, and emerged as one of the league’s better offensive rebounders. His four-game stretch in late January, during which he averaged 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game put everyone on notice that he couldn’t be ignored much longer.
Where he’s headed: OSU head coach Mike Boynton Jr. was high on Alexander-Moncrieffe when he spoke to College Hoops Today’s Jon Rothstein during a September podcast. Boynton said that he could use Alexander-Moncrieffe as a point guard, in addition to the other ways that the Cowboys used him last season. He may be OSU’s most versatile player due to his height, athleticism, and his ability to play inside and outside. His value last season was as a rebounder who could give OSU whatever points he could. Now, the Cowboys need him to be a more efficient scorer, stretch his shot out of the 3-point line (he didn’t attempt a single one last season) and get better from the free-throw line (less than 60 percent last season). His play last season screamed upside. Now, he has to deliver.”
Heartland College Sports
Oklahoma State Bio:
2020-21 (Freshman Season)
• Game-by-Game Stats (PDF)
• Used his downhill speed and aggressive temperament to average 9.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a freshman.
• Led the Cowboy roster in plus/minus per 40 minutes with a clip of +6.4. He ranked second in overall plus/minus at +88 (+3.5 per game).
• Shot 51.3 percent from the floor, which is the sixth highest clip by a freshman in school history.
• A specialist on the offensive glass, Moncrieffe grabbed 2.4 offensive rebounds per game, which ranked sixth in the Big 12. His average of 5.3 boards per game ranked 15th among all Big 12 players.
• Burst onto the scene in late January with a four-game stretch that included three double-doubles and averages of 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game on 57.8 percent shooting.
• Posted four double-digit rebound games and his three double-doubles in 2020-21 were a team high. Only eight Big 12 players logged more 10-rebound games.
• Exploded for 22 points and 12 rebounds – both season highs – in OSU’s win at Iowa State. That night, Moncrieffe posted a plus/minus of +21, was 11-of-17 from the floor and pulled down six offensive boards.
• Moncrieffe only improved in Big 12 play, where he averaged 9.8 points and 5.6 rebounds on 55.6 percent shooting.
• Recorded 19 dunks on the year, which was second only to Kalib Boone on the OSU roster.
• Only Cade Cunningham drew more fouls per 40 minutes than Moncrieffe (5.7 fd/40).
• Scored 18 points in OSU’s upset win at No. 6 West Virginia in the regular-season finale in which OSU was without the services of Cade Cunningham and Isaac Likekele.
• Tallied 11 double-digit scoring performances, including 11 points in the Big 12 Championship game and 10 points in the NCAA Tournament win over Liberty.
Orangeville Prep
• The first ever two-time BioSteel All-Canadian Player of the Year, an award previously won by NBA lottery picks R.J. Barrett and Thon Maker.
• Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals.
• Averaged 21.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 steals, and shot 57.0 percent from the floor for Orangeville Prep as a senior in 2020.
• Chose Oklahoma State over offers from Seton Hall, Georgetown, Arizona State, Florida, Oregon and others.
Team Canada
• Joined future OSU teammates Isaac Likekele and Cade Cunningham in Greece for the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup.
• Saw action in seven games and averaged 3.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game for the Canadians.
• Also suited up for Canada at the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup, where he averaged 11.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in helping the Canadians finish fourth in Argentina. Moncrieffe shot 60.0 percent from 2-point at the event.”
Jusaun Holt 6-6 190 FR ALA 0.7 1.6 0.2
2021-22
Played in 22 games his freshman year
Saw his first collegiate action against Louisiana Tech (11/9), bringing down a rebound late in the game
Grabbed five rebounds in a career-high 12 minutes against Oakland (11/19)
Prep Highlights
Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
Rivals has him ranked as the No. 87 overall player in his class and the No. 22 small forward in the nation
Earned second team Region 6 Sub-Region B All-Region honors and selected to the Atlanta Journal Constitution North Fulton second team following his junior season
247sports.com pegs him as the No. 24 small forward and the No. 5 overall player in Georgia
Ranked by ESPN as the No. 6 overall player in Georgia and the No. 27 player at his position
Helped lead St. Francis to consecutive Georgia Class A Private State Championship titles (2019 and 2020)
Averaged 21.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.4 steals per game on his way to earning second team all-state honors
Connected on 64 percent of his shots from the field and 36 percent from beyond the arc while hitting a team-leading 57 three-pointers (2.5 made threes per game)
As a junior, he averaged 12.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per contest while leading the team in rebounds and three-pointers made (51) while ranking second on the team in scoring
First signee to join the Crimson Tide out of the Atlanta area since Collin Sexton signed in 2017
Chose Alabama over Xavier, Wake Forest, Miami, Georgia and Washington, among others.
Alabama
PG/CG Terry Roberts 6-3 180 JR Bradley 14.5 45.4 34.5 70.0 4.9 4.1
“6-foot-3, 180-pound guard. Averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Braves as a freshman. Would have three years left to play.”
Rivals
“He’s electric with the ball, capable of creating something out of nothing on offense in a flash. His handle is terrific, and he’s an explosive athlete who can get where he needs to go out of isolations. He averaged nearly 15 points, five rebounds and four assists this year, and hit 34 percent from 3 on a steady diet of tough pull-up shots. He makes some really impressive live-dribble passing reads, but the critical part of his game that he’s going to have to clean up will be turning it over. His assist-to-turnover ratio was very close to the 1-to-1 mark, and he makes some choices both in terms of shot selection and distribution that will worry high-major coaches. But above all, this is a high-major athlete at the guard spot with enough size to not be a liability on defense and enough handle to genuinely break down opposing teams.”
The Athletic
The Athletic Top 20 Transfer Commits and Fits (4-19-22)
“7. Terry Roberts | 6-3 guard | senior | Transferred from Bradley to Georgia
The Scout: Roberts was the Missouri Valley’s Newcomer of the Year last season, a first-team all-conference player for Bradley who is lightning in a bottle offensively. He’s electric with the ball, capable of creating something out of nothing on offense in a flash. His handle is terrific, and he’s an explosive athlete who can get where he needs to go out of isolations. He averaged nearly 15 points, five rebounds and four assists this year, and hit 34 percent from 3 on a steady diet of tough pull-up shots. He makes some really impressive live-dribble passing reads, but the critical part of his game that he’s going to have to clean up will be turning it over. His assist-to-turnover ratio was very close to the 1-to-1 mark, and he makes some choices both in terms of shot selection and distribution that will worry high-major coaches. But above all, this is a high-major athlete at the guard spot with enough size to not be a liability on defense and enough handle to genuinely break down opposing teams.
The Fit: Well, Georgia needs just about everything as it transitions from the Tom Crean era to the Mike White era. As a first-year building block, Roberts is a terrific lead guard option who will absolutely perform well in the SEC. That league tends to be among the most athletic leagues in the country every year, and Roberts’ quick first step and explosive change of pace ability will fit right in as a terrific option. We’ll see who White and company surround him with to get a better feel for how Georgia could compete this year.”
PG Justin Hill 6-0 185 SO Longwood 14.2 41.9 34.3 79.7 4.8 4.1
“Hill was Longwood's leading scorer throughout the year, as the explosive guard averaged 14.2 points per game. A constant triple-double threat on any given night, the dynamic sophomore scored in double figures 21 times, and he had 20 or more six times.
In addition, Hill was Longwood's leading passer, totaling 129 assists and ranking second in the Big South with 4.3 assists per game. He led Longwood in assists 21 times in the 30 games he played.”
Longwood
“2021-22: Coming off a breakout freshman season that was one of Longwood's best debuts in the program's Division I era...an athletic and physical scoring guard with an explosive first step who fearlessly attacks the rim...has tremendous leaping ability...improved his outside shooting ability immensely during his first year in the Lancer program…a second-generation Division I talent whose parents were both record-setting guards…mother, Donna Holt Hill, was an All-American and ACC Player of the Year at Virginia, while father, Keith, was an All-Big West first-team honoree at New Mexico State and the program’s assist record-holder.
2020-21: Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team…had one of the best freshman campaigns in Longwood men’s basketball history, ranking among the program’s top two of the Division I era in both points and assists per game…his 11.0 points per game trailed only Michael Kessens’ freshman benchmark of 13.7 in 2012-13, while his 4.2 assists trailed only Lucas Woodhouse’s 5.5 that same year…named Big South Freshman of the Week three times…finished No. 2 among Big South freshmen in scoring and assists and No. 3 in rebounding…ranked fifth in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio…had a pair of 20-point games, including 25 in a win over reigning Big South champion Gardner-Webb (Feb. 12)…appeared in 27 games with 10 starts…averaged 11.0 points, 4.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 26.7 minutes per game…posted a 1.30 assist-to-turnover ratio with 83 times and just 64 giveaways…shot .430 (108-of-251) from the field and .329 (24-lf-73) from three-point range…also shot .725 (58-of-80) from the free throw line and finished second on the team in both made free throws and free throw attempts…swiped 23 steals, second most on the team…scored in double figures 13 times…finished one point shy of a double-double against North Carolina A&T, dishing a career-high 11 assists and scoring nine points (Dec. 8)…posted his first 20-point game in a win over High Point (Jan. 20)…
High School: Played at Texas prep basketball powerhouse Fort Bend Travis under head coach Craig Brownson…pegged as the No. 21 recruit in Texas by Texas Basketball Review and a top-10 prospect in the Houston area by Recruiting services RCS Sports and OTR Exposure…one of five finalists for the prestigious Guy Lewis Award, as selected by the Houston Chronicle…as a senior, averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game to power Fort Bend Travis to a 31-7 record and the Texas District 20-6A Championship…received Texas 6A All-State honors as a senior, as well as District 20-6A MVP recognitions…named to the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston first team…a three-time all-district selection…along with his time playing with the powerhouse Travis program, also competed with the acclaimed Houston Defenders AAU program.
Personal: Mother, Donna Holt Hill, was an All-American at Virginia, a member of the ACC 50th Anniversary Team and the 1988 ACC Player of the Year…father, Keith, was an All-Big West first-team selection at New Mexico State and led the program to the 1990 Big West Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth.”
Longwood
UGA Contacts/Commits in The Athletic’s top 45 (4-20)
No. 21 Terry Roberts (Bradley to UGA)
No. 23 Kario Oquendo (UGA)
No. 33 Al Amir-Dawes (Clemson)
Visitors
Al-Amir Dawes G 6-2 182 JR Clemson 11.3 2.8 2.3 40.5 39.8 84.7
Visits to Seton Hall and Oklahoma State upcoming
“33. Al-Amir Dawes | 6-2 combo guard | senior| Clemson
Everyone needs more shooting, and Dawes can provide it. He averaged 11.3 points and made 84 3s this season at a 39.8 percent clip. He’s at 37.2 percent from 3 for his career. He can play point guard but fits better as a secondary ball-handler, where his focus can be spotting up for 3. He’s a solid defender who guards without fouling — committing only 1.6 per 40 minutes. Whether he’s in the sixth man role or starting, you could plug-and-play him on just about any team.”
The Athletic
“Al-Amir Dawes, one of the more explosive shooters in the ACC, is on the move. After three seasons at Clemson, the veteran combo guard is now in the NCAA transfer portal.
A native of New Jersey, Dawes appeared in 88 games over the last three years, including 66 starts. The 6-foot-2 guard, for his career, averaged 9.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Dawes was at his best this season, though: 11.3 points (No. 2 on Clemson’s roster), 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Dawes is a natural scorer, one that can absolutely bomb from deep, which is what Clemson will miss most: 3-point shooting. During his career, Dawes drained 175-of-471 3-point attempts (37.2 3P%).
The 2021-22 season, however, was his best; Dawes splashed 84-of-211 3-point attempts (39.8 3P%). Close to 72 percent of his total field goal attempts this year come from beyond the arc. The volume is super impressive.
Dawes can move off the ball and still find his shot. He never stops moving on this possession vs. Wake Forest; Dawes flows from the weave action to a relocation corner 3 above Alondes Williams.
Of note: 32 percent of Dawes’ 3-pointers were unassisted. The upshot: Dawes can create his own opportunities from distance. On this possession, Clemson runs pick-and-roll action out of a Horns set, which Duke switches. Dawes burns Theo John with another triple.
According to Synergy Sports, Dawes scored 1.21 points per spot-up possession this season, which ranked No. 6 in the ACC among players with 100+ possessions.
Over the last two seasons now, Dawes has connected on 127-of-320 3-point attempts: 39.7 percent from downtown. During this stretch (2020-22), only four ACC players shot 35 percent on 300+ 3-point attempts:
* Dawes (39.7 3P%)
* Buddy Boeheim (35.9 3P%)
* Joe Girard (37.5 3P%)
* Michael Devoe (38.0 3P%)
Dawes doesn’t get to the line much (2.4 FTA per 40 minutes), but he’s a knockdown shooter from the stripe, another indication of his shooting skill. During his junior season, Dawes shot 84.7 percent on his free throw attempts.
Dawes isn’t a primary ball handler, but he can still play with the rock and make pick-and-roll reads. His ideal role would likely give him a balance of the two: play alongside a primary creator, look for his spot-up jumper and attack with the ball in secondary situations.
During the 2021-22 season, Dawes dished out 3.1 assists per 40 minutes. He posts a career assist rate of 15.9 percent.
This is a gorgeous, multi-layered read from Dawes out of Clemson’s Chin pick-and-roll action. Wake Forest brings Dallas Walton up to the level of the screen, which requires back-side rotations as Ben Middlebrooks (No. 10) rolls to the rim. Dawes sees this and skips the ball to Honor for a weak-side corner 3.
It’s important to remember, too: Clemson inverts its offense and runs a lot of action through the elbow and high post. Dawes has reps playing without the ball in the half court, which is great; however, that type of play distribution decentralizes playmaking duties. This, in turn, can deflate assist numbers for that team’s guards. Regardless, Dawes has shown some creativity and vision as a passer.”
accsports.com
Frank Anselem 6-10 216 C SO Syracuse
“Syracuse, N.Y. ― Syracuse center Frank Anselem has entered his name in the NCAA’s transfer portal.
Anselem, a 6-foot-10 redshirt freshman, served as the backup to starting center Jesse Edwards this past season. He played in 32 of Syracuse’s 33 games this past season. He averaged 2.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
When Edwards fractured a bone in his wrist, Anselem started six games of the last nine games of the season. In those six starts, Anselem averaged 7.8 rebounds.
In his first career start at Virginia Tech on Feb. 12, Anselem hauled in a career-high 15 rebounds. In Syracuse’s 96-57 win over Florida State in the ACC tournament, Anselem grabbed 15 rebounds and also scored a career-best nine points.
Anselem played in four games as a freshman in the 2020-21 season but wound up taking a redshirt. He will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Syracuse.com
2021-2022
PTS 2.6 REB 3.8 AST 0.4 FG% 62.5
Sophomore:
“Anselem has seen court time in 29 Orange outings this winter, starting in six of them ... He had a basket, five rebounds and two steals in the exhibition win against PACE ... When the Orange won its exhibition game with Le MOYNE, Anselem finished with two points, three rebounds, and a steal ... He played 17 minutes and recorded two assists against LAFAYETTE ... In the home win against DREXEL, Anselem had six points and added six rebounds ... When the Orange defeated INDIANA in overtime, Anselem was 4-of-4 from the free-throw line and had three rebounds ... On the road, against FLORIDA STATE, Anselem grabbed four rebounds in a winning effort ... He had five rebounds and a basket versus BROWN ... Anselem contributed five rebounds in 10 minutes of reserve work at Wake Forest ... In 17 minutes of action in the dome against WAKE FOREST, Anselem scored his season high in points (seven) ... In the away win against BOSTON COLLEGE, he saw 23 minutes of action and grabbed six rebounds ... Anselem recorded a career high 36 minutes and 15 rebounds on the road at VIRGINIA TECH ... In a home start versus BOSTON COLLEGE, he tallied three points and three rebounds ... Anselem finished with 10 rebounds, two blocks and two points in 29 minutes of play versus GEORGIA TECH ... He added eight rebounds and two blocks on the road at NOTRE DAME ... In a start against DUKE, Anselem had two rebounds and assists in the defeat ... He saw 18 minutes of action and contributed three rebounds, two points and two assists at NORTH CAROLINA ... He earned 2021 Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better grade-point-average).
Freshman:
Anselem made his Dome debut in the win against BRYANT ... He saw four minutes of action in the win against NIAGARA ... He scored his first collegiate points in the win against RIDER, finishing with six on the game ... Anselem set a new season high with three boards in the win at BOSTON COLLEGE ... He was named to the 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better grade-point-average).
Prolific Prep:
Anselem was rated 23rd overall amongst centers in the 2020 class by 247Sports.com ... He was ranked among the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2021 before he re-classified to 2020 this past spring.
Lincoln Academy:
Lincoln Academy posted a 21-5 mark in 2018-17 ... The Bulldogs won five straight to start the campaign. Included in the run were back-to-back wins in the Phenom Hoops National Showcase in Charlette, N.C. ... It began with an 83-37 triumph against Greater Gwinnett Christian in the Georgia Elite Eight Tip-off.
Westlake:
The Westlake Lions were 15-14 in 2017-18 ... One of his better outings came against Hapeville Charter in the Tucker Holiday Shootout. He contributed 17 points and 12 rebounds in a 52-42, Westlake victory ... Westlake defeated Campbell, 89-65, in the third place game of the 2AAAAAAA Region Tournament ... After posting a 57-51 triumph against Colquitt County in the Georgia State Tournament, the Lions were defeated by McEachern, 87-49 ... He played for Coach Darron Rogers.
Syracuse
2020:
“Anselem chose the Orange over finalists Georgia, New Mexico and San Diego State. The Atlanta native reclassified from the 2021 class in April.
247 Sports ranks Anselem as a four-star center and the 142nd player in the class. Highlights show Anselem’s impressive hops and athleticism on both ends of the court with high-flying dunks and rim protection. However, 247 scout Josh Gershon wrote Anselem is still raw offensively and hasn’t filled out yet physically.
Anselem was at one point ranked between 50 and 70 in the 2021 class. After he reopened his recruitment, Kentucky expressed interest, according to Syracuse.com. He began his high school career at Westlake High School (Ga.) before playing last year at Prolific Prep in Napa, California.”
247 Sports
Contacts
CG Mardrez McBride 6-2 SR North Texas 11.3 3.0 1.1 41.9 38.9 59.2 (From Augusta, GA)
“They got a new staff. They got the coaches from Florida and they're going to be in the rebuilding process but not really. They want to come in and win right away so they need impactful guys to come in and turn this thing around at UGA. I would like it a lot plus I would be close to home. I'm from Georgia so it's something to think about.”
“The senior guard was UNT’s third-leading scorer this season when he averaged 11.3 points per game. The Georgia native led the Mean Green in minutes played at 34.3 per game.
McBride spent two seasons at UNT after excelling at USC Salkehatchie. He started all 59 games he played for the Mean Green.
The Georgia native was at his best at the end of the season. He scored 24 points in UNT’s win over Texas State in the Mean Green’s NIT opener before coming back to score 21 in their loss to Virginia.”
Denton Record-Chronicle
SG Elijah Weaver 6-6 205 SR Dayton 6.6 1.2 1.6 47.6 36.5 82.9
PF KyeRon Lindsay 6-8 205 Denton, TX HS
“The biggest news was the loss of Class of 2022 prospect KyeRon Lindsay, who posted on his Twitter account that he is reopening his recruitment. Lindsay is rated the No. 83 player in the country by 247Sports, and he had been committed to UNLV since September.
Complications developed after the season, however. Carlin Hartman, the lead recruiter for Lindsay, left UNLV to take an assistant job at Florida, bringing the Texas native’s commitment into question.
Las Vegas Sun
PF Jalen Reed 6-10 220 Castaic, CA HS
“Reed remained in Gators’ class for more than a month despite having ties to White as the son of fellow Ole Miss standout Justin Reid, leading many to believe he would ultimately matriculate at Florida. But barring the unusual maneuver of decommitting and recommitting — though Reed’s statement to On3 Sports quotes him as saying he will explore his options “while still considering the University of Florida as my college home,” recommitments are even rarer in college basketball than they are in college football — it would seem he will head elsewhere to play as a collegian.”
247 Sports
10-26-2021
“The Jackson, MS native transferred from Oak Hill Academy to Southern California Academy (Santa Clarita, CA) for his senior year. Reed chose the Gators over a final group that also included Arizona State, Ole Miss, Maryland and Oklahoma. Reed also took an official visit to Washington State.
Reed, the son of former Ole Miss All-American, Justin Reed, who was named the SEC Player of the Year in 2001, had a very productive Nike Peach Jam running with ProSkills. All but one of his high major offers came after college coaches saw that Reed added perimeter skills to his repertoire.
GatorsTerritory.com has seen Reed a couple of times and we love his size, length, athleticism. His floor game is impressive for his size and his ability to create space, knock down open shots while also being a plus rebounder on the defensive end led to his emergence on high major coach’s radars.
Currently ranked the No. 108 overall prospect in the Rivals150, Reed’s game has a top-50 feel to it.”
Rivals
C/PF Josiah Allick 6-8 240 JR Missouri-KC 12.9 6.1 1.1 55.0 36.1 75.0
11-15-21
“The real guy to watch will be junior Josiah Allick, who is off to a strong start in his junior campaign. His astronomical turnover rate is killing his offensive rating, but the junior has a 70.2 true shooting percentage while drawing the most fouls of his career and blocking a good number of shots.”
SB Nation
3-08-21
Allick scored in double figures in each Summit game he played in except one, producing counting numbers (15.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 57.3 FG%) that landed him an all-league honorable mention nod. The sophomore certainly saw that sort of ascent in himself while playing high school basketball in Lincoln, Neb. The problem was few Division I coaches saw it the same way.
“I’ve always had this idea of who I am as a player,” Allick said. “So even playing on the freshman team, the reserve team and the JV team, the whole time in the back of my head I knew what I’m capable of. So it’s just kind of getting someone else to notice that. Luckily, coach (Billy) Donlon found me and it’s been a blessing ever since.”
Kansas City, with Billy Donlon freshly in the driver’s seat, was one of just two Division I programs to reportedly extend and offer to Allick (the other being Idaho). That recruiting vision has paid off more or less immediately for Donlon, and is a highlighter-yellow bright spot heading into the 2021–22 season.
Over the course of one year, Allick morphed from an energy player learning to defend without fouling that was a nice story as a freshman (16.3 MPG, 5.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG), into someone seemingly poised to become one of the premier big men in the Summit League. He became a rock for Donlon (22 starts, 26.9 MPG), maintained his quality rebounding rates while becoming a bigger part of the offense, and even flashed the all-important-these-days ability to stretch the defense (11–27 3FG in league play).
His offensive game also ticked away from primarily built on baskets generated from hustle plays. While he missed some shots early, the way he attacked from the high post and paint early on against NDSU was the sort of option the Roos should relish in future years against stout defenses. Last year nearly 16 percent of Allick’s shots at the rim came from putbacks. This year, that number dropped to just 6.2 percent while his offensive rebounding rate remaining somewhat static overall. In short, he seemed to create more offense for himself, and that’s a great sign for the Roos.
Medium
Off the board:
CG Desmond Cambridge 6-4 180 SR Nevada (ASU)
SF Devan Cambridge 6-6 215 JR Auburn (ASU)
PG Cam Hayes 6-3 180 SO NC State (LSU)
PG Tyree Appleby 6-1 183 SR Florida (UGA has PG commitment)
SF Erik Stevenson 6-4 209 SR South Carolina (West Virginia)
SF Jeremiah Williams 6-5 185 FR Temple (Iowa State)
CG CG Will Richard 6-5 195 FR Belmont (Florida)
CG Devin Carter South Carolina 6-3 188 FR (Providence)
SF Eric Dailey 6-6 225 Bradenton (Fla.) IMG (IMG)
SF Ali Ali 6-8 196 SO Akron (Butler)
CG Lance Terry 6-2 180 JR Gardner-Webb (Georgia Tech)
CG Jermaine Couisnard 6-4 211 JR South Carolina (Not in final 6)
C Johni Broome 6-10 235 SO Morehead State (Not in final 8)
CG Jacobi Wood 6-2 SO Belmont (Not in final 6)
SF Alex Fudge 6-8 185 FR LSU (Florida)
CG Dylan Penn 6-3 190 SR Bellarmine (No indication of interest)
CG/SF Luis Rodriguez 6-6 JR Mississippi (UNLV)
CG Tristen Newton 6-5 190 SO East Carolina (Connecticut)
PG Rahsool Diggins 6-2 175 FR Connecticut (Massachusetts)
SF Bobi Klintman 6-8 190 Bel Aire (Kans.) Sunrise Christian (Colorado)
CG Cam Wynter 6-2 185 SR Drexel (Penn State)
SF Juwan Gary 6-6 218 SO Alabama (Nebraska)
PF Norchad Ormier 6-7 232 SO Arkansas State
(Miami)
PF Kalu Ezikpe 6-8 240 SR Old Dominion (Cincinnati)
PF Hasan Ward 6-9 215 VCU JR (Iowa State)
PG Rudi Williams 6-2 190 SR Coastal Carolina
(Not in final 8)
SF Eric Williams 6-7 200 SR Oregon (Pro)
PF Malik Reneau 6-8 210 Montverde (Fla.) Academy (Indiana)
CG Ray Harrison 6-4 180 SO Presbyterian (Grand Canyon)
SG Darin Green 6-4 185 JR Central Florida (FSU)
SG Nahiem Alleyne 6-4 195 JR VPI (Connecticut)
SF Devin Ree 6-7 185 Oak Hill Academy by way of Terry, Miss (UGA in the mix, Louisville and Auburn heavy favorites)
CG Sir Jabari Rice 6-4 180 SR New Mexico State (Texas)
SF Bryce Hopkins 6-6 FR Kentucky (Providence)
PF Morris Udeze 6-8 245 JR Wichita State
(Not in final 8)
PG Dillon Hunter 6-3 160 Bel Aire, KA Sunrise Christian Academy HS (Clemson)
PG Corey Floyd 6-3 210 FR Connecticut RS (Providence)
SF Keylan Boone 6-8 200 JR Oklahoma State (Pacific)
UGA Roster
PG Hill 6-0 185 JR Longwood 14.2 4.8 4.1
PG/CG Roberts 6-3 180 JR Bradley 14.5 4.9 4.1
SG Oquendo 6-4 215 JR UGA 15.4 4.3 0.8
SG/SF Holt 6-6 190 FR ALA 0.7 1.6 0.2
SF Moncrieffe 6-7 215 SO OKLA ST 4.2 3.9
SF Abdur-Rahim 6-7 SO UGA 7.1 3.2 0.5
PF Ingram 6-7 225 SR UGA 10.7 6.0 2.1 (NCAA must grant an extra year 4-12-2022)
OC Bridges 6-11 240 SR UGA 12.8 5.4 1.9
Portal:
PG Wright
CG McDowell - Jacksonville State
SF Baumann - Grand Canyon
SF Etter
PF Ridgnal - Missouri State
PF Taylor
PF Ned
OC McMillan - McNeese State
OC Baker - Dayton
COMMITMENTS
Matthew Alexander-Moncrieffe SF 6-7 215 SO Oklahoma State
2021-2022
A Canada native, Moncrieffe started seven games as a sophomore this past season, and played close to 15 minutes per game. He averaged 4.2 points and 3.9 rebounds.”
Tulsa World
PTS 4.2 REB 3.9 AST 0.6 FG% 51.0
Big 8 Top 25 returning players preseason 2021-2022
“NO. 21: MATTHEW ALEXANDER-MONCRIEFFE, G, OKLAHOMA STATE
Where he left off: He was one of several young Cowboys who was able to develop ‘under the radar’ with the presence of top recruit Cade Cunningham on the roster. But, by season’s end, Alexander-Moncrieffe was in danger of ‘breaking out.’ He averaged 9 points and 5.3 rebounds last season, and as a 6-foot-7 swingman he could play guard or small forward. He was a quality shooter, better than 50 percent from the floor, and emerged as one of the league’s better offensive rebounders. His four-game stretch in late January, during which he averaged 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game put everyone on notice that he couldn’t be ignored much longer.
Where he’s headed: OSU head coach Mike Boynton Jr. was high on Alexander-Moncrieffe when he spoke to College Hoops Today’s Jon Rothstein during a September podcast. Boynton said that he could use Alexander-Moncrieffe as a point guard, in addition to the other ways that the Cowboys used him last season. He may be OSU’s most versatile player due to his height, athleticism, and his ability to play inside and outside. His value last season was as a rebounder who could give OSU whatever points he could. Now, the Cowboys need him to be a more efficient scorer, stretch his shot out of the 3-point line (he didn’t attempt a single one last season) and get better from the free-throw line (less than 60 percent last season). His play last season screamed upside. Now, he has to deliver.”
Heartland College Sports
Oklahoma State Bio:
2020-21 (Freshman Season)
• Game-by-Game Stats (PDF)
• Used his downhill speed and aggressive temperament to average 9.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a freshman.
• Led the Cowboy roster in plus/minus per 40 minutes with a clip of +6.4. He ranked second in overall plus/minus at +88 (+3.5 per game).
• Shot 51.3 percent from the floor, which is the sixth highest clip by a freshman in school history.
• A specialist on the offensive glass, Moncrieffe grabbed 2.4 offensive rebounds per game, which ranked sixth in the Big 12. His average of 5.3 boards per game ranked 15th among all Big 12 players.
• Burst onto the scene in late January with a four-game stretch that included three double-doubles and averages of 15.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game on 57.8 percent shooting.
• Posted four double-digit rebound games and his three double-doubles in 2020-21 were a team high. Only eight Big 12 players logged more 10-rebound games.
• Exploded for 22 points and 12 rebounds – both season highs – in OSU’s win at Iowa State. That night, Moncrieffe posted a plus/minus of +21, was 11-of-17 from the floor and pulled down six offensive boards.
• Moncrieffe only improved in Big 12 play, where he averaged 9.8 points and 5.6 rebounds on 55.6 percent shooting.
• Recorded 19 dunks on the year, which was second only to Kalib Boone on the OSU roster.
• Only Cade Cunningham drew more fouls per 40 minutes than Moncrieffe (5.7 fd/40).
• Scored 18 points in OSU’s upset win at No. 6 West Virginia in the regular-season finale in which OSU was without the services of Cade Cunningham and Isaac Likekele.
• Tallied 11 double-digit scoring performances, including 11 points in the Big 12 Championship game and 10 points in the NCAA Tournament win over Liberty.
Orangeville Prep
• The first ever two-time BioSteel All-Canadian Player of the Year, an award previously won by NBA lottery picks R.J. Barrett and Thon Maker.
• Rated a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals.
• Averaged 21.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 steals, and shot 57.0 percent from the floor for Orangeville Prep as a senior in 2020.
• Chose Oklahoma State over offers from Seton Hall, Georgetown, Arizona State, Florida, Oregon and others.
Team Canada
• Joined future OSU teammates Isaac Likekele and Cade Cunningham in Greece for the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup.
• Saw action in seven games and averaged 3.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game for the Canadians.
• Also suited up for Canada at the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup, where he averaged 11.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in helping the Canadians finish fourth in Argentina. Moncrieffe shot 60.0 percent from 2-point at the event.”
Jusaun Holt 6-6 190 FR ALA 0.7 1.6 0.2
2021-22
Played in 22 games his freshman year
Saw his first collegiate action against Louisiana Tech (11/9), bringing down a rebound late in the game
Grabbed five rebounds in a career-high 12 minutes against Oakland (11/19)
Prep Highlights
Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports
Rivals has him ranked as the No. 87 overall player in his class and the No. 22 small forward in the nation
Earned second team Region 6 Sub-Region B All-Region honors and selected to the Atlanta Journal Constitution North Fulton second team following his junior season
247sports.com pegs him as the No. 24 small forward and the No. 5 overall player in Georgia
Ranked by ESPN as the No. 6 overall player in Georgia and the No. 27 player at his position
Helped lead St. Francis to consecutive Georgia Class A Private State Championship titles (2019 and 2020)
Averaged 21.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.4 steals per game on his way to earning second team all-state honors
Connected on 64 percent of his shots from the field and 36 percent from beyond the arc while hitting a team-leading 57 three-pointers (2.5 made threes per game)
As a junior, he averaged 12.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per contest while leading the team in rebounds and three-pointers made (51) while ranking second on the team in scoring
First signee to join the Crimson Tide out of the Atlanta area since Collin Sexton signed in 2017
Chose Alabama over Xavier, Wake Forest, Miami, Georgia and Washington, among others.
Alabama
PG/CG Terry Roberts 6-3 180 JR Bradley 14.5 45.4 34.5 70.0 4.9 4.1
“6-foot-3, 180-pound guard. Averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Braves as a freshman. Would have three years left to play.”
Rivals
“He’s electric with the ball, capable of creating something out of nothing on offense in a flash. His handle is terrific, and he’s an explosive athlete who can get where he needs to go out of isolations. He averaged nearly 15 points, five rebounds and four assists this year, and hit 34 percent from 3 on a steady diet of tough pull-up shots. He makes some really impressive live-dribble passing reads, but the critical part of his game that he’s going to have to clean up will be turning it over. His assist-to-turnover ratio was very close to the 1-to-1 mark, and he makes some choices both in terms of shot selection and distribution that will worry high-major coaches. But above all, this is a high-major athlete at the guard spot with enough size to not be a liability on defense and enough handle to genuinely break down opposing teams.”
The Athletic
The Athletic Top 20 Transfer Commits and Fits (4-19-22)
“7. Terry Roberts | 6-3 guard | senior | Transferred from Bradley to Georgia
The Scout: Roberts was the Missouri Valley’s Newcomer of the Year last season, a first-team all-conference player for Bradley who is lightning in a bottle offensively. He’s electric with the ball, capable of creating something out of nothing on offense in a flash. His handle is terrific, and he’s an explosive athlete who can get where he needs to go out of isolations. He averaged nearly 15 points, five rebounds and four assists this year, and hit 34 percent from 3 on a steady diet of tough pull-up shots. He makes some really impressive live-dribble passing reads, but the critical part of his game that he’s going to have to clean up will be turning it over. His assist-to-turnover ratio was very close to the 1-to-1 mark, and he makes some choices both in terms of shot selection and distribution that will worry high-major coaches. But above all, this is a high-major athlete at the guard spot with enough size to not be a liability on defense and enough handle to genuinely break down opposing teams.
The Fit: Well, Georgia needs just about everything as it transitions from the Tom Crean era to the Mike White era. As a first-year building block, Roberts is a terrific lead guard option who will absolutely perform well in the SEC. That league tends to be among the most athletic leagues in the country every year, and Roberts’ quick first step and explosive change of pace ability will fit right in as a terrific option. We’ll see who White and company surround him with to get a better feel for how Georgia could compete this year.”
PG Justin Hill 6-0 185 SO Longwood 14.2 41.9 34.3 79.7 4.8 4.1
“Hill was Longwood's leading scorer throughout the year, as the explosive guard averaged 14.2 points per game. A constant triple-double threat on any given night, the dynamic sophomore scored in double figures 21 times, and he had 20 or more six times.
In addition, Hill was Longwood's leading passer, totaling 129 assists and ranking second in the Big South with 4.3 assists per game. He led Longwood in assists 21 times in the 30 games he played.”
Longwood
“2021-22: Coming off a breakout freshman season that was one of Longwood's best debuts in the program's Division I era...an athletic and physical scoring guard with an explosive first step who fearlessly attacks the rim...has tremendous leaping ability...improved his outside shooting ability immensely during his first year in the Lancer program…a second-generation Division I talent whose parents were both record-setting guards…mother, Donna Holt Hill, was an All-American and ACC Player of the Year at Virginia, while father, Keith, was an All-Big West first-team honoree at New Mexico State and the program’s assist record-holder.
2020-21: Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team…had one of the best freshman campaigns in Longwood men’s basketball history, ranking among the program’s top two of the Division I era in both points and assists per game…his 11.0 points per game trailed only Michael Kessens’ freshman benchmark of 13.7 in 2012-13, while his 4.2 assists trailed only Lucas Woodhouse’s 5.5 that same year…named Big South Freshman of the Week three times…finished No. 2 among Big South freshmen in scoring and assists and No. 3 in rebounding…ranked fifth in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio…had a pair of 20-point games, including 25 in a win over reigning Big South champion Gardner-Webb (Feb. 12)…appeared in 27 games with 10 starts…averaged 11.0 points, 4.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 26.7 minutes per game…posted a 1.30 assist-to-turnover ratio with 83 times and just 64 giveaways…shot .430 (108-of-251) from the field and .329 (24-lf-73) from three-point range…also shot .725 (58-of-80) from the free throw line and finished second on the team in both made free throws and free throw attempts…swiped 23 steals, second most on the team…scored in double figures 13 times…finished one point shy of a double-double against North Carolina A&T, dishing a career-high 11 assists and scoring nine points (Dec. 8)…posted his first 20-point game in a win over High Point (Jan. 20)…
High School: Played at Texas prep basketball powerhouse Fort Bend Travis under head coach Craig Brownson…pegged as the No. 21 recruit in Texas by Texas Basketball Review and a top-10 prospect in the Houston area by Recruiting services RCS Sports and OTR Exposure…one of five finalists for the prestigious Guy Lewis Award, as selected by the Houston Chronicle…as a senior, averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game to power Fort Bend Travis to a 31-7 record and the Texas District 20-6A Championship…received Texas 6A All-State honors as a senior, as well as District 20-6A MVP recognitions…named to the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston first team…a three-time all-district selection…along with his time playing with the powerhouse Travis program, also competed with the acclaimed Houston Defenders AAU program.
Personal: Mother, Donna Holt Hill, was an All-American at Virginia, a member of the ACC 50th Anniversary Team and the 1988 ACC Player of the Year…father, Keith, was an All-Big West first-team selection at New Mexico State and led the program to the 1990 Big West Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth.”
Longwood
UGA Contacts/Commits in The Athletic’s top 45 (4-20)
No. 21 Terry Roberts (Bradley to UGA)
No. 23 Kario Oquendo (UGA)
No. 33 Al Amir-Dawes (Clemson)
Visitors
Al-Amir Dawes G 6-2 182 JR Clemson 11.3 2.8 2.3 40.5 39.8 84.7
Visits to Seton Hall and Oklahoma State upcoming
“33. Al-Amir Dawes | 6-2 combo guard | senior| Clemson
Everyone needs more shooting, and Dawes can provide it. He averaged 11.3 points and made 84 3s this season at a 39.8 percent clip. He’s at 37.2 percent from 3 for his career. He can play point guard but fits better as a secondary ball-handler, where his focus can be spotting up for 3. He’s a solid defender who guards without fouling — committing only 1.6 per 40 minutes. Whether he’s in the sixth man role or starting, you could plug-and-play him on just about any team.”
The Athletic
“Al-Amir Dawes, one of the more explosive shooters in the ACC, is on the move. After three seasons at Clemson, the veteran combo guard is now in the NCAA transfer portal.
A native of New Jersey, Dawes appeared in 88 games over the last three years, including 66 starts. The 6-foot-2 guard, for his career, averaged 9.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Dawes was at his best this season, though: 11.3 points (No. 2 on Clemson’s roster), 2.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
Dawes is a natural scorer, one that can absolutely bomb from deep, which is what Clemson will miss most: 3-point shooting. During his career, Dawes drained 175-of-471 3-point attempts (37.2 3P%).
The 2021-22 season, however, was his best; Dawes splashed 84-of-211 3-point attempts (39.8 3P%). Close to 72 percent of his total field goal attempts this year come from beyond the arc. The volume is super impressive.
Dawes can move off the ball and still find his shot. He never stops moving on this possession vs. Wake Forest; Dawes flows from the weave action to a relocation corner 3 above Alondes Williams.
Of note: 32 percent of Dawes’ 3-pointers were unassisted. The upshot: Dawes can create his own opportunities from distance. On this possession, Clemson runs pick-and-roll action out of a Horns set, which Duke switches. Dawes burns Theo John with another triple.
According to Synergy Sports, Dawes scored 1.21 points per spot-up possession this season, which ranked No. 6 in the ACC among players with 100+ possessions.
Over the last two seasons now, Dawes has connected on 127-of-320 3-point attempts: 39.7 percent from downtown. During this stretch (2020-22), only four ACC players shot 35 percent on 300+ 3-point attempts:
* Dawes (39.7 3P%)
* Buddy Boeheim (35.9 3P%)
* Joe Girard (37.5 3P%)
* Michael Devoe (38.0 3P%)
Dawes doesn’t get to the line much (2.4 FTA per 40 minutes), but he’s a knockdown shooter from the stripe, another indication of his shooting skill. During his junior season, Dawes shot 84.7 percent on his free throw attempts.
Dawes isn’t a primary ball handler, but he can still play with the rock and make pick-and-roll reads. His ideal role would likely give him a balance of the two: play alongside a primary creator, look for his spot-up jumper and attack with the ball in secondary situations.
During the 2021-22 season, Dawes dished out 3.1 assists per 40 minutes. He posts a career assist rate of 15.9 percent.
This is a gorgeous, multi-layered read from Dawes out of Clemson’s Chin pick-and-roll action. Wake Forest brings Dallas Walton up to the level of the screen, which requires back-side rotations as Ben Middlebrooks (No. 10) rolls to the rim. Dawes sees this and skips the ball to Honor for a weak-side corner 3.
It’s important to remember, too: Clemson inverts its offense and runs a lot of action through the elbow and high post. Dawes has reps playing without the ball in the half court, which is great; however, that type of play distribution decentralizes playmaking duties. This, in turn, can deflate assist numbers for that team’s guards. Regardless, Dawes has shown some creativity and vision as a passer.”
Trouble at Clemson? Tigers lose more offense with Al-Amir Dawes in portal - ACCSports.com
One of the more talented shooters in the ACC, junior guard Al-Amir Dawes, is in the transfer portal after three years with Clemson basketball
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Frank Anselem 6-10 216 C SO Syracuse
“Syracuse, N.Y. ― Syracuse center Frank Anselem has entered his name in the NCAA’s transfer portal.
Anselem, a 6-foot-10 redshirt freshman, served as the backup to starting center Jesse Edwards this past season. He played in 32 of Syracuse’s 33 games this past season. He averaged 2.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
When Edwards fractured a bone in his wrist, Anselem started six games of the last nine games of the season. In those six starts, Anselem averaged 7.8 rebounds.
In his first career start at Virginia Tech on Feb. 12, Anselem hauled in a career-high 15 rebounds. In Syracuse’s 96-57 win over Florida State in the ACC tournament, Anselem grabbed 15 rebounds and also scored a career-best nine points.
Anselem played in four games as a freshman in the 2020-21 season but wound up taking a redshirt. He will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Syracuse.com
2021-2022
PTS 2.6 REB 3.8 AST 0.4 FG% 62.5
Sophomore:
“Anselem has seen court time in 29 Orange outings this winter, starting in six of them ... He had a basket, five rebounds and two steals in the exhibition win against PACE ... When the Orange won its exhibition game with Le MOYNE, Anselem finished with two points, three rebounds, and a steal ... He played 17 minutes and recorded two assists against LAFAYETTE ... In the home win against DREXEL, Anselem had six points and added six rebounds ... When the Orange defeated INDIANA in overtime, Anselem was 4-of-4 from the free-throw line and had three rebounds ... On the road, against FLORIDA STATE, Anselem grabbed four rebounds in a winning effort ... He had five rebounds and a basket versus BROWN ... Anselem contributed five rebounds in 10 minutes of reserve work at Wake Forest ... In 17 minutes of action in the dome against WAKE FOREST, Anselem scored his season high in points (seven) ... In the away win against BOSTON COLLEGE, he saw 23 minutes of action and grabbed six rebounds ... Anselem recorded a career high 36 minutes and 15 rebounds on the road at VIRGINIA TECH ... In a home start versus BOSTON COLLEGE, he tallied three points and three rebounds ... Anselem finished with 10 rebounds, two blocks and two points in 29 minutes of play versus GEORGIA TECH ... He added eight rebounds and two blocks on the road at NOTRE DAME ... In a start against DUKE, Anselem had two rebounds and assists in the defeat ... He saw 18 minutes of action and contributed three rebounds, two points and two assists at NORTH CAROLINA ... He earned 2021 Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better grade-point-average).
Freshman:
Anselem made his Dome debut in the win against BRYANT ... He saw four minutes of action in the win against NIAGARA ... He scored his first collegiate points in the win against RIDER, finishing with six on the game ... Anselem set a new season high with three boards in the win at BOSTON COLLEGE ... He was named to the 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better grade-point-average).
Prolific Prep:
Anselem was rated 23rd overall amongst centers in the 2020 class by 247Sports.com ... He was ranked among the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2021 before he re-classified to 2020 this past spring.
Lincoln Academy:
Lincoln Academy posted a 21-5 mark in 2018-17 ... The Bulldogs won five straight to start the campaign. Included in the run were back-to-back wins in the Phenom Hoops National Showcase in Charlette, N.C. ... It began with an 83-37 triumph against Greater Gwinnett Christian in the Georgia Elite Eight Tip-off.
Westlake:
The Westlake Lions were 15-14 in 2017-18 ... One of his better outings came against Hapeville Charter in the Tucker Holiday Shootout. He contributed 17 points and 12 rebounds in a 52-42, Westlake victory ... Westlake defeated Campbell, 89-65, in the third place game of the 2AAAAAAA Region Tournament ... After posting a 57-51 triumph against Colquitt County in the Georgia State Tournament, the Lions were defeated by McEachern, 87-49 ... He played for Coach Darron Rogers.
Syracuse
2020:
“Anselem chose the Orange over finalists Georgia, New Mexico and San Diego State. The Atlanta native reclassified from the 2021 class in April.
247 Sports ranks Anselem as a four-star center and the 142nd player in the class. Highlights show Anselem’s impressive hops and athleticism on both ends of the court with high-flying dunks and rim protection. However, 247 scout Josh Gershon wrote Anselem is still raw offensively and hasn’t filled out yet physically.
Anselem was at one point ranked between 50 and 70 in the 2021 class. After he reopened his recruitment, Kentucky expressed interest, according to Syracuse.com. He began his high school career at Westlake High School (Ga.) before playing last year at Prolific Prep in Napa, California.”
247 Sports
Contacts
CG Mardrez McBride 6-2 SR North Texas 11.3 3.0 1.1 41.9 38.9 59.2 (From Augusta, GA)
“They got a new staff. They got the coaches from Florida and they're going to be in the rebuilding process but not really. They want to come in and win right away so they need impactful guys to come in and turn this thing around at UGA. I would like it a lot plus I would be close to home. I'm from Georgia so it's something to think about.”
“The senior guard was UNT’s third-leading scorer this season when he averaged 11.3 points per game. The Georgia native led the Mean Green in minutes played at 34.3 per game.
McBride spent two seasons at UNT after excelling at USC Salkehatchie. He started all 59 games he played for the Mean Green.
The Georgia native was at his best at the end of the season. He scored 24 points in UNT’s win over Texas State in the Mean Green’s NIT opener before coming back to score 21 in their loss to Virginia.”
Denton Record-Chronicle
SG Elijah Weaver 6-6 205 SR Dayton 6.6 1.2 1.6 47.6 36.5 82.9
PF KyeRon Lindsay 6-8 205 Denton, TX HS
“The biggest news was the loss of Class of 2022 prospect KyeRon Lindsay, who posted on his Twitter account that he is reopening his recruitment. Lindsay is rated the No. 83 player in the country by 247Sports, and he had been committed to UNLV since September.
Complications developed after the season, however. Carlin Hartman, the lead recruiter for Lindsay, left UNLV to take an assistant job at Florida, bringing the Texas native’s commitment into question.
Las Vegas Sun
PF Jalen Reed 6-10 220 Castaic, CA HS
“Reed remained in Gators’ class for more than a month despite having ties to White as the son of fellow Ole Miss standout Justin Reid, leading many to believe he would ultimately matriculate at Florida. But barring the unusual maneuver of decommitting and recommitting — though Reed’s statement to On3 Sports quotes him as saying he will explore his options “while still considering the University of Florida as my college home,” recommitments are even rarer in college basketball than they are in college football — it would seem he will head elsewhere to play as a collegian.”
247 Sports
10-26-2021
“The Jackson, MS native transferred from Oak Hill Academy to Southern California Academy (Santa Clarita, CA) for his senior year. Reed chose the Gators over a final group that also included Arizona State, Ole Miss, Maryland and Oklahoma. Reed also took an official visit to Washington State.
Reed, the son of former Ole Miss All-American, Justin Reed, who was named the SEC Player of the Year in 2001, had a very productive Nike Peach Jam running with ProSkills. All but one of his high major offers came after college coaches saw that Reed added perimeter skills to his repertoire.
GatorsTerritory.com has seen Reed a couple of times and we love his size, length, athleticism. His floor game is impressive for his size and his ability to create space, knock down open shots while also being a plus rebounder on the defensive end led to his emergence on high major coach’s radars.
Currently ranked the No. 108 overall prospect in the Rivals150, Reed’s game has a top-50 feel to it.”
Rivals
C/PF Josiah Allick 6-8 240 JR Missouri-KC 12.9 6.1 1.1 55.0 36.1 75.0
11-15-21
“The real guy to watch will be junior Josiah Allick, who is off to a strong start in his junior campaign. His astronomical turnover rate is killing his offensive rating, but the junior has a 70.2 true shooting percentage while drawing the most fouls of his career and blocking a good number of shots.”
SB Nation
3-08-21
Allick scored in double figures in each Summit game he played in except one, producing counting numbers (15.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 57.3 FG%) that landed him an all-league honorable mention nod. The sophomore certainly saw that sort of ascent in himself while playing high school basketball in Lincoln, Neb. The problem was few Division I coaches saw it the same way.
“I’ve always had this idea of who I am as a player,” Allick said. “So even playing on the freshman team, the reserve team and the JV team, the whole time in the back of my head I knew what I’m capable of. So it’s just kind of getting someone else to notice that. Luckily, coach (Billy) Donlon found me and it’s been a blessing ever since.”
Kansas City, with Billy Donlon freshly in the driver’s seat, was one of just two Division I programs to reportedly extend and offer to Allick (the other being Idaho). That recruiting vision has paid off more or less immediately for Donlon, and is a highlighter-yellow bright spot heading into the 2021–22 season.
Over the course of one year, Allick morphed from an energy player learning to defend without fouling that was a nice story as a freshman (16.3 MPG, 5.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG), into someone seemingly poised to become one of the premier big men in the Summit League. He became a rock for Donlon (22 starts, 26.9 MPG), maintained his quality rebounding rates while becoming a bigger part of the offense, and even flashed the all-important-these-days ability to stretch the defense (11–27 3FG in league play).
His offensive game also ticked away from primarily built on baskets generated from hustle plays. While he missed some shots early, the way he attacked from the high post and paint early on against NDSU was the sort of option the Roos should relish in future years against stout defenses. Last year nearly 16 percent of Allick’s shots at the rim came from putbacks. This year, that number dropped to just 6.2 percent while his offensive rebounding rate remaining somewhat static overall. In short, he seemed to create more offense for himself, and that’s a great sign for the Roos.
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Off the board:
CG Desmond Cambridge 6-4 180 SR Nevada (ASU)
SF Devan Cambridge 6-6 215 JR Auburn (ASU)
PG Cam Hayes 6-3 180 SO NC State (LSU)
PG Tyree Appleby 6-1 183 SR Florida (UGA has PG commitment)
SF Erik Stevenson 6-4 209 SR South Carolina (West Virginia)
SF Jeremiah Williams 6-5 185 FR Temple (Iowa State)
CG CG Will Richard 6-5 195 FR Belmont (Florida)
CG Devin Carter South Carolina 6-3 188 FR (Providence)
SF Eric Dailey 6-6 225 Bradenton (Fla.) IMG (IMG)
SF Ali Ali 6-8 196 SO Akron (Butler)
CG Lance Terry 6-2 180 JR Gardner-Webb (Georgia Tech)
CG Jermaine Couisnard 6-4 211 JR South Carolina (Not in final 6)
C Johni Broome 6-10 235 SO Morehead State (Not in final 8)
CG Jacobi Wood 6-2 SO Belmont (Not in final 6)
SF Alex Fudge 6-8 185 FR LSU (Florida)
CG Dylan Penn 6-3 190 SR Bellarmine (No indication of interest)
CG/SF Luis Rodriguez 6-6 JR Mississippi (UNLV)
CG Tristen Newton 6-5 190 SO East Carolina (Connecticut)
PG Rahsool Diggins 6-2 175 FR Connecticut (Massachusetts)
SF Bobi Klintman 6-8 190 Bel Aire (Kans.) Sunrise Christian (Colorado)
CG Cam Wynter 6-2 185 SR Drexel (Penn State)
SF Juwan Gary 6-6 218 SO Alabama (Nebraska)
PF Norchad Ormier 6-7 232 SO Arkansas State
(Miami)
PF Kalu Ezikpe 6-8 240 SR Old Dominion (Cincinnati)
PF Hasan Ward 6-9 215 VCU JR (Iowa State)
PG Rudi Williams 6-2 190 SR Coastal Carolina
(Not in final 8)
SF Eric Williams 6-7 200 SR Oregon (Pro)
PF Malik Reneau 6-8 210 Montverde (Fla.) Academy (Indiana)
CG Ray Harrison 6-4 180 SO Presbyterian (Grand Canyon)
SG Darin Green 6-4 185 JR Central Florida (FSU)
SG Nahiem Alleyne 6-4 195 JR VPI (Connecticut)
SF Devin Ree 6-7 185 Oak Hill Academy by way of Terry, Miss (UGA in the mix, Louisville and Auburn heavy favorites)
CG Sir Jabari Rice 6-4 180 SR New Mexico State (Texas)
SF Bryce Hopkins 6-6 FR Kentucky (Providence)
PF Morris Udeze 6-8 245 JR Wichita State
(Not in final 8)
PG Dillon Hunter 6-3 160 Bel Aire, KA Sunrise Christian Academy HS (Clemson)
PG Corey Floyd 6-3 210 FR Connecticut RS (Providence)
SF Keylan Boone 6-8 200 JR Oklahoma State (Pacific)
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