Paschal Chukwu and the Jesuits of Fairfield Prep will look to avenge their loss last year in the SCC finals as they will take on reigning champ, Hillhouse. It took overtime last year to determine a winner between these two and I think that’s a possibility tonight. Chukwu got into early foul trouble in the semifinal game which turned into often foul trouble, eventually fouling out with 5 minutes remaining in the game against Wilbur-Cross. Despite being on the bench for a large chunk of that game, Chukwu still managed 11 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. Click here for a summary of the SCC playoffs.
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NEPSAC Playoff Recaps
Kevin Farrahar and NERR have some great recaps of the weekend’s action in the NEPSAC playoffs. Cooley and staff were in attendance on Sunday for the Cushing and Brewster games but they weren’t there for the Cushing semifinal game on Friday night which makes me wonder if they are still in the running for Jalen Adams who is in the process of blowing up nationally. It’s clear the PC staff is making Donovan Mitchell their priority in 2015 and they also appear to still be very interested in Devonte’ Graham despite not being able to speak to him until May and not knowing if he will even be eligible to play next year or not. Mitchell won the MVP of the AAA group and Graham made some savvy and winning plays down the stretch.
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Live from Barrington, RI: Adams Does it Again
- FriarBasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Live from Beverly, MA: Brewster, Cushing Take Titles
- NewEnglandRecruitingReport.com – NEPSAC Finals – AAA, AA, A Recap
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Cushing Beats St. Andrew’s to Advance to NEPSAC AA Finals #pcbb
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/28/14
- The Providence staff was down in Nashville on Tuesday night, along with a few other high majors, to check in on Braxton Blackwell (2016) who plays for CPA which is Jalen Lindsey’s old squad. CPA won the game PC attended, the region semifinals, and Blackwell scored 31 points. On Wednesday night, they played the 6-AA region finals and won to improve to 32-2 on the season. Blackwell scored 15 points in the win and was named the All-Region MVP. The 6’8 215 lbs (SF) 17th ranked player in the class of 2016 according to ESPN holds offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida, Indiana (attended Hoosier Hysteria this year), LSU, Memphis, Mississippi St, N.C. State, Providence, Tennessee, Vanderbilt (his HS coach played there), Virginia and Virginia Tech. He also has interest from Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina. This would be the most impressive get if Cooley could somehow pull this off. He is a consensus top 30 player in the class of 2016 and has no ties to Rhode Island like Jalen Lindsey so getting him from Nashville to Providence would be a huge coup. So far he has visited Louisville (1/2/13 coincidentally when they played PC), Vanderbilt (9/4/13, 2/5/14), Memphis (9/20/13), Indiana (10/4/13 for Hoosier Hysteria) and Auburn (11/30/13).
- The NEPSAC playoffs started on Wednesday and there are a lot of PC recruiting targets taking part in the action. Click here to see the names from Wednesday’s post. For results of Wednesday’s game click this link to the NERR.
- Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags finished the regular season undefeated (20-0) after winning at home against Hamden last Saturday night. It was Senior Night for Prep and Chuwku went for 21 points in the win. The next step will be the playoffs starting tomorrow morning 11am at Branford HS against Notre Dame-West Haven. Fairfield Prep handled ND-WH both times they met during the regular season by 15 and 16 points respectively. In national recruiting news, ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein lists Chukwu as one of his “Five Prospects Who Project Long Term”. He had this to say:
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2014 NEPSAC Boy’s Basketball Tournament Begins Today
The playoffs are upon us in the NEPSAC! There are a bunch of Friar recruits and targets in the NEPSAC and seeing them play in crunch time and win or go home games is a great tool to find out more about them as players. You can be sure that Coach Cooley and staff will attend more than a few of these games over the 3 days of the tournament. Click here to view the full brackets and click here for a preview article from NERR.
Here is a list of Friar recruits/targets that Coach Cooley and staff will keep an eye on:
Brewster Academy
- Devonte’ Graham (2014 PG)
- Donovan Mitchell (2015 SG)
- Jarred Reuter (2015 PF)
Cushing Academy
- Jalen Adams (2015 PG/SG)
- Kimani Lawrence (2017 SF/PF)
New Hampton School
- Donovan Love (2016 PG)
Rivers School
- Jermaine Samuels (2017 SF)
St. Andrew’s School
- Terrell Brown (2016 PF)
Tilton School
- Terance Mann (2015 WF)
Vermont Academy
- Christian Vital (2016 PG)
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#pcbb Weekly Recruiting Update 2/21/14
- Check out the article on 2015 PF from Putnam Science Academy, Mamadou Diarra.
- PC made an offer over the weekend to 2015 PG Justin Robinson of St. James School in DC. The southpaw transferred there after playing his first 2 seasons of high school ball at Montrose Christian. He also plays for famed AAU squad, Boo Williams, current PC Sophomore Josh Fortune’s former AAU team. Robinson has seen his stock rise from mid-major to possibly high major. PC is his first high major offer and it seems that Cooley and staff have had a way of finding these kinds of players just before their recruitment’s take off. For now, Robinson is likely a backup plan at PG for the 2015 class but he could wind up being a very solid plan B if things don’t work out with Jalen Adams.
- Scout Friars posted a great article by Kevin San on the push to land guards in 2014. The article, titled PC’S Full Court Press for a Guard, can be found here but a subscription is required.
- Paschal Chukwu and the Fairfield Prep Stags remained undefeated (19-0) after winning at home against Career last night. Chuwku poured in 21 points in the win and added 11 rebounds and 8 blocked shots despite sitting for nearly 5 minutes in the 2nd half after he picked up his 4th foul. Prep is now 1 win away from a perfect regular season.
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How Are The Recruits Playing? Jalen Lindsey #pcbb
Jalen Lindsey scored 25 points in Huntington Prep’s win over Riverside Christian at the Little General Stores Shootout in the Big House yesterday.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Christian | 6 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| Huntington Prep | 20 | 19 | 15 | 25 | 79 |
From Grant Traylor’s article in the Herald-Dispatch:
Jalen Lindsey simply couldn’t miss Wednesday in the Charleston Civic Center.
But it was Lindsey’s ability to force his opponent to miss, not his 25-point performance that he was the most proud of after helping the Huntington Prep boys basketball team defeat Riverside Christian (N.C.), 79-40, at the Little General Stores Shootout in the Big House.
Lindsey locked down Riverside Christian’s Bashir Ahmed, who was coming off a 38-point game. Ahmed finished with just one field goal.
“I guard the best player every game and I take pride in defense,” Lindsey said. “Offense comes naturally, but defense, you have to make yourself hyped up for and I take pride in it. If we stop the best player, it gets us going and leads to run-outs. It gets me going, too, because you feel like you’re doing something big.” Huntington Prep coach Rob Fulford said Lindsey’s designation as a defensive stopper has given him more confidence in his offense.
“It’s not only his defense, but he’s scoring now and he’s shooting the ball really well,” Fulford said. “His confidence level is at an all-time high and there’s no doubt he can play.” Lindsey’s 3-point shot at 4:30 of the first half capped a 13-1 run in just two minutes when Huntington Prep doubled its lead to 35-11. At that point in the game the Eagles had just two field goals.
St. Anthony improved to 23-4 on the season and takes on Wesley Christian of Kentucky tonight at 6:30pm at home.
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