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Dominic Woodson is down to two schools — Baylor and N.C. State — and a decision could come fairly soon.
“He’s not going to take his Oklahoma visit this weekend so I would look for a decision on that one pretty quick,” Huntington Prep coach Rob Fulford told SNY.tv Tuesday morning.
“I would think he’s probably going to take the weekend, talk it over with his famly and I would anticipate it being pretty soon.”
Manny Suarez, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound forward from Marist (N.J.) High School, verbally committed to Fordham on Monday, as first reported by SNY.tv.
Suarez, who runs with the Albany City Rocks AAU program, also held offers from Monmouth, Drexel, Penn State, Long Beach State and others.
“The reason I chose Fordham is I like the campus and the coaching staff is tremendous,” he said. “When I spoke to them they gave me a lot of details about everything. My family and I just felt comfortable.”
Suarez averaged 16 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks last season and says he’s feels comfortable at either forward spot.
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NEW YORK — I’ve known Pitt point guard Tray Woodall for six years, dating back to his time at St. Anthony and a team that won a mythical national championship in 2008 under Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley.
So it was tough to watch the 5-foot-11 Brooklyn native suffer through groin and abdominal injuries last season that caused him to miss 11 games, during which Pitt suffered through a seven-game losing streak.
Woodall still managed to average 11.7 points and 6.1 assists, which would have ranked him third on the Big East leaderboard if he had played enough games to qualify.
But as he enters his senior season, Woodall told me during this sit-down video interview last week at Big East Media Day that he’s healthy and ready to go.
“I’m feeling great,” he said. “I had two sports hernias. I tore my lower ab. But I had successful surgery this summer. I’ve been working our really hard. My rehab has been going great. I’m back on the court, and I’m 100 percent playing with the guys.”
Seton Hall sophomore point guard Aaron Cosby is expected to be sidelined “three to four weeks” with a sprained PCL, Northfield Mount Hermon coach John Carroll confirmed Monday to SNY.tv.
“Depending on his rehab, he’s being told three to four weeks,” said Carroll, Cosby’s high school coach. “They told him it might be a little longer than that. He’s much stronger than they thought. They’re saying he could be back by the season opener if not the early season.”
Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard told SNY.tv: “Up to four weeks, could be two, it could be four. Just depends on how he heals.”
The Pirates open the season Nov. 9 against UMKC.
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BROOKLYN — The New York trio of uncommitted guards Khadeen Carrington, Jon Severe and Isaiah Whitehead proved to be too much for the New Jersey squad as the New Yorkers handled them, 112-98, Sunday night in the Sharette Dixon Memorial Classic at Bishop Loughlin High School.
The trio controlled the pace of the game, scoring and dishing to Rhode Island-bound forward Hassan Martin of Curtis High, who finished with 22 points, and uncommitted 2014 forward Chris McCullough of Brewster (N.H.) Academy, who tallied 17.
Whitehead, a powerful 6-foot-4 junior guard from Lincoln High, got anywhere he wanted on the floor, shooting from NBA range en route to 10 points while also finding McCullough for some alley-oops.
Troy Williams came away impressed with his weekend visit to Indiana and the school remains a viable option for him, his uncle told SNY.tv.
“Oh, he’s seriously considering Indiana,” legendary AAU coach Boo Williams said Sunday by phone after spending Friday with his nephew on the visit..
“I think they will use his athletic ability not only in transition but they work on his half-court offense. They’re going to use him in different situations offensively and defensively. They did a good job of breaking it down.”
