Class of 2014

[jhill_1996]

As the Mercer basketball program begins its final year with the 2014
class of seven seniors, head coach Bob Hoffman made the first steps in
reloading his roster with the signing of five recruits on Wednesday.

Stephon Jelks , Tyre Moore, Jestin Lewis, Niklas Ney, and Demetre
Rivers comprise the 2013 signing class as announced by Hoffman.


Moore is a six-foot four prospect out of Academic Magnet High School
in Charleston, South Carolina where he's averaged 21.8 points, 5.4
rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. This year, Moore was named a
2013-14 Preseason SCBCA Top-5 AA Senior Player after landing a Class AA
All-State selection as a junior. Moore was also named Class AA All-Region in each of the last two

years and finished last season as the leading scorer in the Low Country.


Rivers is set to join Mercer after his final year at Stratford High
School in Goose Creek, S.C. At Stratford, six-foot-seven Rivers
averaged 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and a block per game while shooting
48% from the field, 33% from three point range and 79% from the free
throw line.The 2013-14 Preseason SCBCA Top-5 AAAA Senior Player was picked up
Class AAAA South Carolina All-State honors last year a is a two-time
All-Region selection


Mercer Inks Two from SC

 

[jhill_1996]

Charleston Southern men's basketball has signed four players to
National Letters of Intent in the early signing period, CSU head coach
Barclay Radebaugh announced on Wednesday.
Irmo High School forward Javis Howard headlines the class, as he
signs with the Bucs rated as a top-150 player in the country. Two other
South Carolina natives join him in the class, in forward Wesley Johnson
(Greenville, S.C. ? Eastside High School) and guard Jarryd Coleman
(Greenwood, S.C. ? Greenwood High School).


Javis Howard

Forward ? 6'8" ? 210 ? Irmo, S.C. ? Irmo High School

Howard signed with Charleston Southern following a recruiting process
in which he drew heavy interest from over 30 Division I programs. He
helped lead Irmo to the SCHSL 4A Upper State Championship last season,
as he played alongside University of South Carolina freshman Justin
McKie, the son of CSU assistant coach BJ McKie. Howard averaged eight
points, five rebounds and three blocked shots per game for Irmo last
season, and enjoyed an excellent summer of AAU basketball with the
Upward Stars.

Jarryd Coleman

Guard ? 6'3" ? 180 ? Greenwood, S.C. ? Greenwood High School

Coleman will add another shooter to a Charleston Southern team that
finished second in the country in made three-pointers per game last
season. He has good size at 6'3" and averaged 16 points, five rebounds
and three assists for Greenwood High School and coach Kelcey Stevens
last year.

Wesley Johnson

Forward ? 6'8" ? 210 ? Greenville, S.C. ? Eastside High School

Along with Howard, Johnson will add size to Charleston Southern's
frontline. Johnson posted a solid season for Eastside High School last
season, averaging eight points, five rebounds and three blocks a game.
He plays alongside Howard with the Upward Stars AAU team and showed an
expanded offensive repertoire over the summer as well.

Charleston Southern Inks Three from SC

 

[jhill_1996]

South Carolina State head men's basketball coach Murray Garvin,
announced Friday (Nov.15) the signing of former Orangeburg-Wilkerson
basketball star Tashombe Riley to a National Letter of Intent to play
for the Bulldogs in the 2014-15 season.

Riley is rated as a 3 Star recruit by Rivals.com, the highest ranking
for any basketball recruit at South Carolina State in the past few
years. The 6-7, small forward earned many All-Star accolades as a
standout for the Bruins. He was selected to the 2012-13 S.C. Basketball
Coaches Association Elite 5 during his senior campaign.

He was a two time 1st team All-State and All Region selection
and was selected to play in the 2013 annual S.C. vs. N.C. All-Star game
this past season.
Riley is currently attending Gray's Military Academy where he is completing a post grade year.

Tashombe Riley to SC State

 

[jhill_1996]

Southern Miss men's basketball head coach Donnie Tyndall announced the signings of five recruits for the 2014-15 school year Thursday morning.

Devon Baulkman (Bainbridge, Ga.), Rasham Suarez (Jonesboro, Ga.),
Willie Carmichael (Apopka, Fla.), Davaris McGowens (Taylors, S.C.) and
Edson Avila (Bronx, N.Y.) will join the Golden Eagle program next year.

McGowens, a 6-6, forward, is currently at Gray Military Academy. He
is the two-time South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association 3A Player
of the Year. Last year, he averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds and three
assists. He led Eastside to a 25-4 record and a berth in the 3A
Championship Game, where he scored 28 points and grabbed 19 rebounds. He
was also named All-Region All-Greenville County and the Greenville
County Player of the Year.

Last year, he represented South Carolina in the Carolinas All-Star Classic.

"Davaris is a two-time South Carolina Player of the Year. He is a
combo forward that can create mismatches," said Tyndall. "He's physical
and tough, but yet has a nice skill set on the perimeter. He's our type
of guy in that he is a tough, competitive guy with a great motor and
we're very excited to add him to the program as well."


Davaris McGowens to Southern Miss

 

[scgaconnection]

Kudos to Tashombe for going full circle, and returning to Orangeburg. I am glad to see he got his academics straight, and can play in front of family and friends on a nightly basis.

Also, great pickup for Southern Miss. McGowans can really play

 

[jhill_1996]

Austin Lawton sat three hats on the table he sat behind in Lake Marion High's media center.
One
hat represented Claflin. One represented South Carolina State. One
represented the Miami Heat. As much as Lawton admitted that he'd like to
jump straight to the NBA and play for the defending champs, he
couldn't. Instead, the former T&D Slammin' & Jammin' champ
picked up the maroon hat and placed it on his head as he verbally
committed to Claflin on Friday with parents, friends, coaches and
teammates looking on.
Lawton helped Lake Marion finish the year with a 27-2 record, including a
second straight trip to the Class 2-A state championship game. He
averaged 10.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per contest as a senior under
Gators head coach Roy Brown.



Austin Lawton to Claflin

 

[jhill_1996]

The hope is Anthony Johnson doesn't have enough free time to get homesick when he heads off to Kansas in June.
The South Pointe senior signed a full scholarship with Butler Community College
on Tuesday in football coach Strait Herron's office. Johnson will
attend Butler on a full scholarship, split between the basketball and
football programs.As a hooper for the Stallions, the 6-foot-4 Johnson averaged 17 points,
eight rebounds and 2.4 steals per contest and was named All-State this
past winter. Johnson was also a first team All-Area selection this
season, after being named the 2013 All-Area basketball Player of the
Year by The Herald. In football last fall, he was selected first team
All-Area after hauling in 11 touchdown passes and making 46 catches for
an average of over 20 yards per grab.



Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/04/08/5850960/south-pointes-johnson-headed-to.html#storylink=cpy

Anthony Johnson to Butler CC

 

[jhill_1996]

Charleston Collegiate's Ty Solomon signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play with South Carolina State.
Solomon, a 5-11 point guard, was the South Carolina Independent Schools
Association (SCISA) Region 1-AA player of the year and led the Sun
Devils to the SCISA AA state championship. He averaged 15.4 points, 6.8
assists, 5.7 rebounds and 3.6 steals last season.

Ty Solomon to SC State

 

[Shaka Zulu]

jhill, the player from Hillcrest last year that went to CSU, Tre Smith - is he still there? Heard nothing of him this year. He was something else in high school.

 

[jhill_1996]

Looks like Tre Smith transferred from Charleston Southern after the fall semester. His name is on the "NCAA D-I Transfers" list.


"Tre Smith, a transfer from Charleston Southern, has enrolled at
Coffeyville CC. He will red shirt this semester (Spring 2014) and be a freshman next
fall."



Tre Smith Transfer

 

[Bret]

Smith wont return to Coffeyville CC according to coaching staff

 

[Shaka Zulu]

Thanks.

 

[DC Pops]

Any word on James from Porter Gaud or Bennamon from Goose Creek? Both of these guys can really play, but I haven't heard anything about their plans.

 

[HoopReality]

Congrats to Devante Foster(Carolina High) headed to Newberry College. Well deserved young fella

 

[b knight disciple]

Trey Miller PG Newberry High comitted to USC Aiken
This post was edited on 4/27 11:23 PM by b knight disciple

 

[jhill_1996]

At a ceremony held Tuesday in the school's media center,
Travelers Rest High School's Matt Dehart signed a letter of intent with Bob
Jones University.

Dehart, who was on the 2013-14 region 2 champion Devildog
basketball team, will continue his basketball career playing for the Bruins.


Matt Dehart to Bob Jones University

 

[b knight disciple]

NM

This post was edited on 5/1 11:36 AM by b knight disciple

 

[KG (Lan)]

COngrats to Trey

 

[b knight disciple]

Appreciate that KG. it is a great fit for him.

 

[jhill_1996]

Goose Creek High Schools' two-sport star, senior Dantez Bennamon, has verbally committed to play basketball at Division II Clayton State University.
Also a standout quarterback for the Gators' football team, Bennamon had
received recruiting interest from The Citadel and Presbyterian in
football, and from Furman in basketball.


Dantez Bennamon Commits to Clayton St

 

[KG (Lan)]

i agree

 

[b knight disciple]

Congrats to this young man his parents Cindy and Glen are great coaches and great people

 

[jhill_1996]

Kelso Wright is the newest member of the Columbia Iinternational University Rams men's
basketball program. Wright, a graduate from West Florence High School, was a
three-year starter for the Knights while averaging 13.5 points per game and 5
assists per game. Wright comes to CIU
after spending a season at Orangeburg-Calhoun Prep.


Kelso Wright to Columbia International

 

[jhill_1996]

Woodruff High School's Cooper George, a 6'1" guard for the WHS Wolverines, signed with the Bob Jones University Bruins today.


Cooper George to Bob Jones

 

[jhill_1996]

Hartsville forward LaKeith Ingram signed with Western Nebraska Community College on Tuesday.


Ingram was part of two state championship teams
as a sophomore and junior for the Red Foxes. This season, Ingram
averaged 13.7 points, 10 rebounds and 2.7 blocked shots a game.


Ingram was an all-state selection and played in the North-South All-Star game. He was also a Morning News All-Pee Dee selection.

Lakeith Ingram to Western Nebracka CC

 

[jhill_1996]

Quez Fisher, who helped Travelers Rest win its first region
championship in seven years, has signed to continue his basketball
career at Anderson University.
The 6-foot-8 Fisher, a second-team All-Greenville County selection, averaged 11 points and 10.8 rebounds for the Devildogs, who went 21-6 and won the Peach Blossom AAA Region title.
Fisher said he had prep school offers but he did not want to go that route. His other offer from a four-year school came from Charleston Southern University during the summer, but Eastside's Wesley Johnson and Irmo's Javis Howard both signed with the Buccaneers.

Marquez Fisher to Anderson Univ

 

[jhill_1996]

North Augusta's Christian Davis has a new home to continue his basketball career ? North Greenville University.

Davis, who signed with the school Friday, chose it over Newberry College.

Christian Davis to North Greenville

 

[jhill_1996]

Socastee High's Koel Cutler has signed a college letter to play at
Northwest College (JUCO) in Powell, Wyoming. The 6'4" guard averaged 16 points
his senior season in high school. Cutler was a WPDE All-Hoop Zone
selection.

Koel Cutler to Northwest College

 

[jhill_1996]

Brandon Stroman, Lower Richland - Walters State Community College (TN)

Brandon Stroman to Walters St

 

[jhill_1996]

Four Socastee athletes, Carolina Forest basketball player Parker
Helgerson and Conway football player Ikeem Coles will each fulfill their
commitments during ceremonies this week.
Helgerson will sign with Brunswick (N.C.) Community College at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Carolina Forest High.

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/05/12/4223604/prep-notebook-myrtle-beach-boys.html#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/05/12/4223604/prep-notebook-myrtle-beach-boys.html#storylink=cpy

Parker Helgerson to Brunswick CC

 

[jhill_1996]

Four South Pointe student-athletes signed college papers Wednesday to continue their playing careers at the NAIA and NCAA level.Tyreece Brice, the school's first 1,000-point boys' basketball scorer, signed with USC Aiken.

Brice, a 5-foot-10 point guard, faced a recruiting conundrum:
take a partial scholarship or walk-on spot at a Division I school, or a
full scholarship at a Division II. By signing with USC Aiken, Brice
opted for the latter.
"I took D-II where I knew I could get minutes and a whole, full ride," he said.

Brice was named all-state this season and was an all-region player
three out of his four varsity years as a Stallion. He had varying
degrees of interest from a number of schools, including James Madison,
George Mason and Winthrop, as well as Lincoln Memorial.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/05/14/3447081/four-more-stallions-off-to-college.html#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/05/14/3447081/four-more-stallions-off-to-college.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/05/14/3447081/four-more-stallions-off-to-college.html#storylin

Tyreece Brice to USC Aiken

 

[b knight disciple]

Him and Miller from Newberry could make for a solid backcourt the next few years

 

[jhill_1996]

Three Fairfield Central High School senior basketball players signed
their national letter of intent to play basketball at the collegiate
level on Wednesday.

Keith Workman, Jada Martin and Christian Thompson all signed to play at Spartanburg Methodist College next season.


Keith Workman to SMC

 

[jhill_1996]

Newberry High School graduate and state champion Bennett Wilson will
lace up his sneakers to help lead another team this fall after signing
last Wednesday with Wallace State Community College in Alabama.

Bennett Wilson To Wallace State

 

[jhill_1996]

Raquon Davenport, Trey Gary and Dominic Gilmore will be teammates once more this fall at Caldwell Community College.

Caldwell was runner
up in 2013-14 for the NJCAA National Championship. The Cobras led the
country in rebounding each of the last two seasons and have had four
All-Americans in the past four years.

Three Newberry Bulldogs to Caldwell CC

 

[jhill_1996]

Matthew Moore, shooting guard for Greer High School, has signed to play basketball for North Greenville University.

shooting
guard for Greer High School, has signed to play basketball for North
Greenville University. - See more at:
http://greertoday.com/greer-sc/greers-moore-signs-to-play-basketball-at-north-greenville/2014/05/27/#sthash.Bv4ZTU21.dpuf
Matthew
Moore, shooting guard for Greer High School, has signed to play
basketball for North Greenville University. - See more at:
http://greertoday.com/greer-sc/greers-moore-signs-to-play-basketball-at-north-greenville/2014/05/27/#sthash.Bv4ZTU21.dpuf
Matthew
Moore, shooting guard for Greer High School, has signed to play
basketball for North Greenville University. - See more at:
http://greertoday.com/greer-sc/greers-moore-signs-to-play-basketball-at-north-greenville/2014/05/27/#sthash.Bv4ZTU21.dpuf
Matthew
Moore, shooting guard for Greer High School, has signed to play
basketball for North Greenville University. - See more at:
http://greertoday.com/greer-sc/greers-moore-signs-to-play-basketball-at-north-greenville/2014/05/27/#sthash.Bv4ZTU21.dpuf

Matthew Moore to North Greenville

 

[jhill_1996]

Pinewood Prep senior Evan Schwartz has signed to play basketball for Erskine College.

Evan Schwartz to Erskine

 

[b knight disciple]

Seven of the nine Newberry High Seniors have signed to play college athletics, six for basketball one for football I am very proud of what these young men have accomplished. In total ten young men have gone on to college in the last two years I hope they can keep it going

 

[jhill_1996]

Notorious Booker joined six of his senior teammates by signing to play basketball next fall. On Monday he inked his commitment to
Spartanburg Methodist College where he plans to study sports medicine.

Notorious Booker to SMC

 

[jhill_1996]

Alex Brown has found a home to continue his basketball career.




The Mullins guard and Morning News Player of the Year will play at Olney Central Junior College in Illinois.
Brown joins former Aucs' teammate Dmitri Reaves who will be a sophomore
on the OCC roster. Reaves played a key role in recruiting Brown to
Olney.
Brown averaged an area-best 22 points a game, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4
assists this season, was an all-state selection and went over the
1,000-point mark in his career.


Alex Brown to Olney Central