Stanley Johnson, USA West Win Nike Global Challenge
North Carolina pledge Joel Berry missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer and the USA West team held on to beat USA South, 98-95, to win the Nike Global Challenge at Trinity Washington University Saturday afternoon.
Uncommitted 2014 wing Stanley Johnson had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists for USA West. He and Ohio State pledge D’Angelo Russell, who had 10 points in the loss, were named co-MVPs of the event.
“If Stanley Johnson is the eighth-best player in the country, I need to see the first seven,” a veteran NBA scout who attended the game told SNY.tv. “He’s a special performer. He did it when it counted.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Devin Booker, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2014, has not cut his list to a top five and says he will do so later on.
New Butler coach Brandon Miller has landed his first commit.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transferring St. Benedict’s Prep guard Isaiah Briscoe is still weighing his high school options and will soon take another visit.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kentucky coach John Calipari has offered a scholarship to 2014 Houston Hoops wing Justise Winslow, his AAU coach told SNY.tv.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — St. John’s is loaded with guards for the foreseeable future, so head coach Steve Lavin and his staff are focused on recruiting bigs and wings in the 2014 class.