Posted Thursday, June 13th, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Tyler Desrosiers knows how to score.Last season, the 6-foot-1-inch, 195-pound guard from Agawam High averaged 26.9 points per game, including a season-opening 42 points versus Springfield Central – the 2012 Division 1 state champs – and 43 points against New Leadership (Springfield). With 564 total points in his junior campaign, Desrosiers finished the season with 1040 career points. He now sits roughly 450 points from becoming Agawam’s all-time leading scorer.But it is his all-around abilities – especially…
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Posted Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Putnam Science Academy post-graduate forward Joel Angus will attend Stony Brook University next year on a full EOP, or Educational Opportunity Program, scholarship according to PSA head coach Tom Espinosa. Angus will also join the Stony Brook basketball team, giving head coach Steve Pikiell a tremendous walk-on. Angus came to Putnam Science Academy after graduating from Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn. The six-foot-six forward averaging over 10 points and six rebounds per game this year, helping PSA to…
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Posted Thursday, June 13th, 2013
The NBA Players’ Association Top 100 Camp, or “NBA Camp” as it is often known, got underway on Thursday at the University of Virginia. The field, which included 100 of top players in the country, included Kimball Union Academy forward Abdul-Malik Abu and Fairfield Prep center Paschal Chukwu. Wilbraham and Monson big man Goodluck Okonoboh was also invited but unable to participate. Abu earned praise Friday morning from Scout.com’s Evan Daniels who wrote, “Piggybacking off his strong spring, Malik-Abu started…
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Posted Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Wilbraham and Monson big man Goodluck Okonoboh saw his recruitment go to another level on Wednesday when Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski offered him a scholarship. Duke becomes the latest in a long line of high-major programs to offer the shot-blocking sensation joining the likes of Indiana, Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Marquette, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Providence, and others. Coach K also said he would be following Okonoboh with the Mass Rivals during the upcoming…
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Posted Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Roxbury Latin School point guard Patrick Benzan made a verbal commitment to the College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday night. While Benzan is a rising senior at Roxbury Latin, he won’t join the Crusaders until the class of 2015, meaning he’ll do a post-graduate year following his graduation next spring. Benzan has put up huge numbers during his three year career with RL, and etched his name into the record books on more than one occasion during his junior…
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Posted Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
New England Recruiting Report’s spring coverage of the AAU and grassroots circuits comes to a close this weekend as we cover what is annually the largest amateur basketball tournament in New England. Zero Gravity’s National Finals has over 300 teams that will be competing across over thirty courts in Southeastern Massachusetts this weekend. Zero Gravity’s National FINALS weekend kicks off with games on Friday night, features Super Saturday night with its Slam Dunk and Three Point Contest and concludes with…
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Posted Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
Choate Rosemary Hall senior swingman Pete Weston made a late verbal commitment to St. Anselm College earlier this week, accepting a full athletic scholarship from the division II school. The six-foot-four swingman spent the last two years at Choate after arriving in the United States from his home in Canada, and was a pivotal part of a team that made back-to-back appearances in the NEPSAC Class A final. Weston averaged 15 points per game while shooting an incredible 49% from…
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Posted Monday, June 10th, 2013
Northfield Mount Hermon’s rising junior point guard Daquon Ervin landed an offer from Columbia University this weekend, while on their campus for an official visit. Ervin made his visit while in the area for the Rumble in the Bronx, where he made his debut with New Heights’ u16 team, stepping right into the point guard position and helping the team advance to the semifinals. The young point guard is coming off a successful first season at Northfield Mount Hermon, in…
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Posted Monday, June 10th, 2013
Kimball Union Academy rising junior guard Crew Ainge took an unofficial visit to Holy Cross on Sunday according to the New England Playaz twitter page. Ainge is in the midst of a breakout season on the grassroots circuit, working his way up the New England Playaz’ depth chart and emerging as one of the most improved guards in New England as a result. He’s been especially good in recent weeks, first playing to rave reviews at the Boston Shootout, and…
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Posted Sunday, June 9th, 2013
Nike hosted 100 of the top underclassmen in the country this weekend at the Nike Elite 100 in St. Louis, Missouri. The event, which began on Thursday and ran through Sunday, included skill development and evaluation games in front of a select handful of scouts from national media outlets. New England was well represented at the Nike Elite 100 including the likes of New Hampton’s Jeremy Miller, Cushing’s Jalen Adams, Tilton’s Terance Mann, Brooks’ Ikenna Ndugba, St. Andrew’s big…
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