November 1, 2021
Both of the scholarship seniors on this year's team are shooting guards:
Matthew Ackerman and
Rob Prendergast. But
Ben Miele is the only player listed at PG, and he's honestly the only player on the team who has true point guard skills. My recruiting efforts, therefore, centered on guards, and one of them needed to be a ballhandler and passer.
As the season draws near, we receive commitments from two guards who should fill those needs well.
The orchestrator is
Kamari Stone, a three-star prospect from Somerdale, New Jersey.
Code:
#41 PG Kamari Stone
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Height: 6-2
Weight: 192
High School: Sterling High School
Hometown: Somerdale, NJ
GPA: 3.04
Test Score: 1060
Rating: ***
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 22 29 66 49 40 21 3 32 34 45 23 14 94 36 58 23
Potential: D D A B A D F D D B C C
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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8.3 0.8 3.3 3.2 2.3 1.40 2.2 0.4 3.8
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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3.6 8.2 .433 0.9 1.3 .692 0.3 1.9 .162
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Lafayette
Rankings: East Region #90 Overall, East Region #21 PG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Lafayette, Coppin State
Kamari's national ranking won't make the experts gasp; he's #463 nationally. His stats don't leap off the page at you, either. I added him to the call list because he was one of a handful of players who showed Very High interest in playing for Lafayette from the beginning. Once our staff evaluated him, I liked his ratings enough to offer him.
He projects as a very reliable ballhandler and a clever passer, as well as an eager and talented defender who will often be the quickest player on the court. Kamari could help us regain our reputation as a difficult team to score against.
Our other signee is three-star SG
Micah Rodriguez. He's a genuine gunslinger from Dallas...Pennsylvania, up the highway from Wilkes-Barre.
Code:
#31 SG Micah Rodriguez
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Height: 6-3
Weight: 183
High School: Dallas High School
Hometown: Dallas, PA
GPA: 2.43
Test Score: 970
Rating: ***
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 58 49 53 55 63 21 17 5 5 24 21 15 80 39 86 9
Potential: A B B B B D C D F C D D
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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30.9 2.6 4.4 3.9 1.2 3.25 1.6 0.4 1.8
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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12.1 21.9 .551 4.4 5.6 .786 2.3 5.5 .422
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Lafayette
Rankings: #46 SG, East Region #57 Overall, East Region #13 SG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Lafayette
Players usually don't make as many of their shots as Micah does without being genuinely good shooters. He's also quick and a great leaper whose highlights feature a number of viral-quality dunks. Micah also appears to care more about defense than many high scorers (see
Lien, Joe).
We'll have to watch Micah's academics, but the same was true for Lien, who had an Academics rating of 11 and worse high school grades than Micah has.
It's also nice to have our recruiting sorted before the season begins!