Calipari Among Coaches to Watch 2019 Stars Scottie Lewis, Bryan Antoine at Primetime Shootout
ROSELLE, N.J. -- Scottie Lewis and Bryan
ROSELLE, N.J. -- Scottie Lewis and Bryan
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.
NEW YORK — Super-sophomores Bryan Antoine and Scottie Lewis and their Team Rio teammates were among the many recruits on hand at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night for the Xavier-St. John’s game.
The 6-foot-5 Lewis is ranked No. 13 in the 2019 ESPN 25, and the 6-4 Antoine is No. 14. Both play at the Ranney (N.J.) School.
“On Sunday night they got a taste of how exciting playing in New York City at Madison Square Garden would be,” said Team Rio director Brian Klatsky, whose son, Alex, also attended the game. “The Garden came alive and they are still in the early stages of rebuilding the St. John’s program.”
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine are just sophomores, so there is a long road ahead in their recruitment.
That said, several schools have gotten in on the ground floor and already have an edge.
“Some schools we’re both considering,” the 6-foot-5 Lewis told ZAGSBLOG after his Ranney (N.J.) School team fell to unbeaten St. Anthony’s, 51-48, Tuesday night in the Hoop Group Showcase at Brookdale Community College. “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 — which has now won 41 straight games dating to 2015 — compared the duo to former Tollentine stars Adrian Autry and Brian Reese.
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NEW YORK — On a night when Madison Square Garden was chock full of stars, Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine sat courtside and soaked it all in.
The two Class of 2019 players from the Ranney School (N.J.) and the Team Rio AAU program sat in the third row for Duke’s 84-74 victory over Florida in the Jimmy V Classic.
They were joined in the crowd by two pretty good former New Jersey and Duke guards in Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers and ESPN’s Jay Williams.
“It’s always a great experience to be able to watch college basketball, just see how the teams play, watch the coaches, watch the publicity around the game, it’s just an honor to be here,” Lewis told me.
The 6-foot-5 Lewis is a small forward ranked No. 16 in the 2019 ESPN 25, while the 6-4 Antoine is a shooting guard ranked No. 8.
If you needed any further proof that New York and New Jersey are loaded with young stars, look no further than this announcement from USA Basketball.
Cole Anthony (Archbishop Molloy H.S./New York, N.Y.); Bryan Antoine (Ranney School/Tinton Falls, N.J.) and Scottie Lewis (Ranney School/Hazlet, N.J.) were among 56 of the nation’s top high school players invited to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Oct. 8-9.
All three are extremely talented and potential future pros.
It’s not hard to understand why Louisville’s Rick Pitino was expected at Molloy on Thursday for Anthony and his teammates, or why Kentucky’s John Calipari saw Lewis and Antoine last week at Ranney. Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon, Florida’s Mike White and assistants from Duke, Seton Hall, UConn, Stanford and Drexel are due Thursday night at Ranney.
Here’s the full release:
