Hofstra Lands Latest Prep Product

New England Recruiting Report | Sunday, February 17th, 2013

The Hofstra coaching staff is full of connections to New England.

Head coach Mo Cassara was previously the head coach at Worcester Academy and Clark University before taking a job as an assistant at Boston College.  Associate head coach Steve DeMeo held a similar title for many years at Providence College while assistant coach Patrick Sellers had previously coached at Central Connecticut State, UMass, and UConn.  

With those deep connections, it should come as no surprise that the Hofstra staff has made recruiting the local prep circuit one of their top priorities.  

The Pride landed their third commitment from New England on Sunday, adding St. Thomas More post-graduate guard Marquis Moore to a class that already included another Chancellor post-graduate, Amadi Udenyi, as well as Vermont Academy swingman Richard Williams.  

That trio is joined by a combo-guard from New Jersey, Iverson Fleming, and a shooter from Virginia, Travis Hester, in one of the biggest incoming classes in the CAA.  

Moore came to St. Thomas More from Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York.  He’s earned multiple division I scholarship offers in the six months since arriving in New England, after having finished his high school career with only division II offers.

The New York native will provide Hofstra with a prototypical NYC style guard who is capable of breaking the defense down off the dribble at virtually anytime.  He’s able to get wherever he wants on the floor off the bounce, is an excellent finishing guard, and also capable of creating for his teammates.  

He’s held down the starting point guard position for St. Thomas More throughout the majority of this season, helping them to a 26-4 record and averaging 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists along the way.  

Moore is the fourth STM product to commit to a division I school so far this year, joining Udenyi, Denzel Gregg (Fordham), and Dylan Haines (Boston University).

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