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Algeri Comes off the Board

Posted Saturday, November 8th, 2014

Reading Memorial High School’s Mike Algeri has committed to Wheaton College. The commitment is pending acceptance of his early decision application. Algeri is a three year starter at Reading and the team’s captain. He has made 78 career three-pointers during his first two seasons and is on pace to break a school record for three-pointers made. A longtime product of the Mass Elite AAU organization, Algeri initially joined the program as a 7th grader back in 2010. “Mike is the… READ MORE >

Maine Gets Sleeper from Lee

Posted Friday, November 7th, 2014

The University of Maine scored a big commitment from Ilija Stojiljkovic on Friday night, a six-foot-seven post-graduate from Lee Academy Stojiljkovic is in his first season in the United States after coming from his native Serbia. He's a highly skilled perimeter forward with a versatile offensive game. He can make shots off both the catch and the dribble, handles it well enough to take the ball off the defensive glass and start the break, and is also a very good… READ MORE >

Shukla Makes Pick

Posted Thursday, November 6th, 2014

Roxbury Latin School’s Rohan Shukla made a verbal commitment to Haverford College earlier this week, pending acceptance of his early decision application. Haverford is a small liberal arts school in the suburbs of Philadelphia that competes in the Centennial Conference. The six-foo-three shooting guard is best known for his ability to make shots in bunches from behind the three-point line. In fact, he hit four or more three-pointers in nine games during his junior season in which he averaged 15… READ MORE >

BABC to Host Annual Veteran’s Day Classic

Posted Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Boston Amateur Basketball Club will host its annual Veteran's Day Classic Tournament this weekend, November 8th and 9th in Boston. Games will be played Saturday at the Shelburne Community Center, Tobin Community Center, and Vine Street Community Center. On Sunday, games will be played at the Lena Park Community Center as well as the Tobin Community Center. The 2014 field includes the likes of BABC 8th 2019, BABC Freshmen Black, BABC Freshmen Gold, BABC Sophomores 2017, BABC South, three Middlesex… READ MORE >

Exeter Post-Grad D1 Bound

Posted Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Phillips Exeter Academy post-graduate Christian Lutete made a verbal commitment to Radford on Wednesday night, ending his recruitment in time for next week's early signing period. The six-foot-three two-guard is a Maryland native who previously starred at McKinley Tech in Washington D.C., where he graduated last June.  Lutete ran with Mid-Atlantic Select on the AAU circuit and was one of the biggest breakout performers in the northeast region last summer, earning scholarship offers from a variety of different division I… READ MORE >

Prep Profile - Kimball Union Academy

Posted Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

The post Abdul-Malik Abu era has begun at Kimball Union Academy and while this year’s team may lack star power, expectations are still high after runs to the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals of the Class AA tournament in each of the last three years. KUA head coach Michael Olson believes this could be his best defensive team yet and plans to go ten deep with his rotation on a regular basis. While Abu is gone, the team returns a handful… READ MORE >

Ervin Back to 100%

Posted Monday, November 3rd, 2014

Daquon Ervin’s junior season couldn’t have gone much better. He put up huge numbers for NMH, earned First Team All-New England honors in Class AAA, and was at his best in the biggest games of the year – averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 assists, and 6 rebounds in two games against St. Thomas More, 27.5 points, 4.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 3 steals in two games against New Hampton, and 20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2.5 steals in 4… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Master’s School

Posted Sunday, November 2nd, 2014

All programs are not created equally in Class AA of the NEPSAC. While most have both boarding students and post-graduates alike within their general student body, there are a select number of smaller schools that look to compete with higher profile basketball programs without having the luxury of the same resources. The Master’s School is one such program. Traditionally a K-12 day school, Master’s has only recently added post-graduates, although the lack of on-campus housing makes even that possibility a… READ MORE >

Grassey Makes Call

Posted Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Winchester High School senior forward Michael Grassey is another local product who has recently committed to a NESCAC school, making a verbal commitment to Hamilton College pending acceptance of his early decision application.  Grassey ran with the Middlsex Magic AAU program and was one of the breakout performers from last summer's All-Academic Camp as he showed off his combination of size, strength, and shooting range.  The six-foot-five forward, who doubles as a quarterback on the football field, averaging nearly 18… READ MORE >

McCord NESCAC Bound

Posted Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Westford Academy senior big man Eric McCord made a verbal commitment to Middlebury earlier this month, pending acceptance of his early decision application.  The six-foot-seven big man is a true post player who should be able to provide a scoring threat on the block, quality post defender, and high volume rebounder.  McCord is a product of the Boston Warriors AAU program and was a standout at both the Elite 75 College Showcase last July as well as the All-Academic Camp. … READ MORE >

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