- Person Ready to Prove his Worth (Scout $)
Corey Person reports on Benzing, Michigan, and summer hoops. - The Wolverine posted a bunch of encouraging recruiting articles on Darius Morris, Nate Lubick, and C.J. Harris (all $ links).
- Farewell to the M-Zone
Sad to see a high quality Michigan blog say good bye. - Jordan Dumars commits to South Florida
Third DCD player to verbal to a D1 school this summer (Riley to Georgetown, Kirk to Miami, and Dumars to USF). - Progress at U of D
New U-D headman, Ray McCallum, starts to rebuild Titan program. Lacy reports that highly regarded 2010 guard recruit McCallum Jr. will attend DCD or U-D Jesuit. - Keeping faith: Former De Porres phenom still aims for NBA despite unfulfilled college career
Where does former McD AA tumultuous career go next? - Hoops: Instate junior anticipates elite camp (Rivals $)
Add Mr. Gauna to the list of expected attendees this week. - Price tag for Crisler renovations: $46.7 million
Add in the practice facility and that’s 67.2 million total. - Twelve more inches to get the extra point
SpartansWeblog looks at the extended three point line.
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Corey Person is a combo guard from Kalamazoo who is reportedly planning to walk-on at Michigan via the Kalamazoo Promise. Corey was honored as the valedictorian at Kalamazoo Central’s graduation last week. Person graduated with a 4.0 while taking AP biology and calculus. Corey is a very good ball player as well and probably would have had the opportunity to play at MAC schools on an athletic scholarship. By my calculations Corey averaged about 14 points per game (game stats) and led a very good K-Zoo Central team to the Regionals in the state tournament last year. The Kalamazoo Gazette has this quote from Corey after graduation:
Person, who is headed to University of Michigan, attributes his success to parental encouragement and his own desire to succeed. Like Bridges, he earned a perfect grade-point average in middle school and was determined to continue that in high school. “I just wanted to keep it going,” said Person, a star on the K-Central basketball team. “I want to prove that you can play sports and still get good grades.”
Corey is exactly the kind of kid that you need to build a successful program, sure he isn’t going to turn the program around but it’s a very good move to add a kid like him. The most important reason Corey helps is that you need skilled players for practice. Corey probably won’t be a contributor early in his career but having a guy who can step in and lead the practice team is valuable. Laval Lucas-Perry led the practice team last year (due to being ineligible) but he had to play the five because at 6-3 he was the tallest person on the scout team. Last year’s practice team would have consisted of people like Laval, Eric Puls, Adam Block, Dave Merritt, and Pete Burak (former manager). It’s a safe bet that adding Benzing and Person to this team will make a significant difference to the look that the team can get every day.
Justin Watts’ Durham Jordan team was upset in the first round of the North Carolina state playoffs. Watts had 22 points in the loss, both Watts and Ebuka’s seasons are over so their recruitments should start to pick up steam.
Some updates on Jordan Morgan’s season as well. Jordan was named to the All-Catholic team, which is the highest honor in the CHSL. U of D got bounced in the first round from the CHSL playoffs but added in a couple extra games versus Detroit City, Grosse Pointe North, and Detroit Western (Thursday @ 6pm @U-D). U of D won the games against Detroit City and Grosse Pointe North. Jordan put up a great game against GPN, scoring 24 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in a 66-54 win. U of D’s first round of districts will be at Mumford High versus Detroit Pershing on Wednesday 2/27 at 4pm. Jordan will be in the house Saturday for Jalen Rose night versus Illinois as well.
Stuart Douglass’ Carmel team fell for the 2nd time this season with a loss to state power Lafayette Central Catholic.
Carmel (17-2) tied the game in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer from Stuart Douglass, but could never regain the lead. Instead, the Knights scored 37 points in the final period to preserve the win.
Here is a little fluff piece on Stuart Douglass and the Carmel Greyhounds capturing their first Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference championship. Carmel coach Galloway had this to say on Stu:
It didn’t take long for senior Stuart Douglass to find his mark Friday night. The University of Michigan recruit made four 3-pointers in the first quarter.
When he comes off of screens and he squares his shoulders and gets his feet set, I think he’s one of the best shooters around,” Galloway said.
Corey Person, a probable preferred walk-on from Kalamazoo Central (via the Kalamazoo Promise) Had a monster game this last weekend scoring 21 points, 15 rebounds and dishing out nine assists against Loy Norrix. Person is reportedly a good student, leader and ball player and will be a great addition next year.
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