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Chris Smith, the 6-foot-9 small forward from Huntington Prep (WV) School, committed to UCLA on Saturday, according to Scout.com.
“I just felt like I fit in their play style,” Smith told Scout. “I talked to their coaches and I talked to them about my role on the team next year and things like that. Just L.A. and being out there and away from home, I just feel like I fit better on their team. I just know that L.A. is where I want to be,”
Smith announced in January that he would reclassify from the 2018 class to 2017. He joins Kris Wilkes, Jaylen Hands, Jalen Hill, Cody Riley, and Liangelo Ball as the sixth commit in the Bruins’ 2017 class.
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Kentucky coach John Calipari, Louisville coach Rick Pitino and Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell will be among the coaches on hand at the Primetime Shoot on Sunday night to watch 2019 stars Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine of the Ranney School.
The Ranney School is slated to meet Newark East Side at 8:30 p.m. at Roselle (N.J.) Catholic following the game between Kentucky-bound Nick Richards and The Patrick School and Archbishop Molloy, which features 2018 stars Moses Brown and Khalid Moore and 2019 point guard Cole Anthony.
“Some schools we’re both considering,” the 6-foot-5 Lewis told ZAGSBLOG last month. “Definitely Florida, Villanova, Kentucky, those are really the top three that we’re both considering going to.”
The 6-4 Antoine is ranked No. 8 in the 2019 ESPN 25, while the 6-5 Lewis is ranked No. 16. Bob Hurley, the Naismith Hall of Fame coach of St. Anthony’s compared the duo to former Tollentine stars Adrian Autry and Brian Reese.
Chol Marial is a 7-foot-2 native of Sudan who has only been playing basketball since 2013, but he could be on his way to career in the NBA.
The cousin of current Milwaukee Bucks forward Thon Maker, Marial is currently playing at Cheshire (CT) Academy for head coach Kevin Kehoe.
“He’s probably, if this is possible, a better kid than a basketball player,” Kehoe told MyRecordJournal.com. “He’s one of the nicest, kindest young men that I’ve coached.
“As far as a basketball player, if Chol does what he’s supposed to do for the next five years, he’s probably a lottery pick in the NBA Draft. He’s long, he’s very gifted, he’s very agile. He has all the tools that you need to have to be a great player. But what’s probably more important than that, is Chol really loves the sport of basketball.”
Uncommitted point guard Trevon Duval sat with Duke signees Gary Trent Jr., and Wendell Carter Jr. for No. 18 Duke’s 86-78 win over No. 8 North Carolina on Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
The 6-foot-3 Duval is on his second official visit, following one to Kansas last week. He still plans to visit Arizona, Baylor and Seton Hall and has set no timetable on a decision.
Trent Jr. said he is recruiting Duval as well as uncommitted wing Kevin Knox and uncommitted big man Mohamed Bamba to Duke. Knox took his official visit to Duke in the fall, and will take his final official to UNC on Feb. 18 for the Virginia game. Bamba is slated to visit Duke Feb. 26-28 for his final official.
