Khalif Battle to Roselle Catholic
Khalif Battle, a 6-foot-4 Class of 2019
Former Syracuse commit Moustapha Diagne is headed to Western Kentucky, where he will sit one year and then suit up for three years beginning in 2017-18.
“Moustapha was great for us,” Northwest Florida coach Steve DeMeo said to SNY. “He is a physical low-post scorer who can also step outside to 17 feet and is very consistent from that range. He is also a very good rebounder, too. [Western Kentucky coach] Rick Stansbury and his staff have a young man that is only on the rise. He will be an all-league player in Conference USA.”
Diagne is a 6-9 power forward who played high school ball at Pope John XXIII in Sparta, N.J., and who didn’t qualify at Syracuse. Diagne went to junior college at Northwest Florida State.
A native of Senegal, he averaged 10.2 points and 7.3 rebounds this past season.
Gary Trent Jr., one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2017, has trimmed his list to five schools: Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, Michigan State and UCLA.
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The 6-foot-6 Trent Jr. and 6-10 Wendell Carter Jr. won a gold medal with the USA U17 team at the World Championship in Spain, and the two have talked openly about a potential package deal, with Duke the leading contender for both.
“The package deal is most definitely on,” Trent said the other day at Adidas Nations. “He was actually my roommate at the Nike Academy and he’s my roommate before we go, so we have continue to bond and grow as people.”
Marcus Garrett, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound combo guard
