Desure Buie to Hofstra

Desure Buie, a 6-foot, 145-pound point guard from Wings Academy in New York, committed to Hofstra on Friday.

He also considered Manhattan but chose Hofstra “because I like the facilities, they have a great coaching staff and they did a great job recruiting me.”

Buie will pair with shooting guard Justin Wright-Foreman to form Hofstra’s backcourt of the future. The 6-1 Wright-Foreman committed earlier this month.

“We can be really good,” he told SNY.tv. “[I will be] running the show, bringing leadership and the ability to create for others as well as myself.”

Said Wings coach Billy Turnage: “He brings the ability to create shots for others as himself and he has an incredible basketball IQ.”

Hofstra has two scholarships left for 2015.

Written by Adam Zagoria

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