Basketball commits and signees

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For what it's worth, here are the RCSSports.com Rankings:

 

#4 Kharee McDaniel SFA

#9 Pierce Hellums SHSU

#10 Calvin Solomon SFA

#11 Collin Warren NcNeese

#12 Corey Nickerson LU

#16 Anderson Kopp LU

#17 Noah Thomasson HBU

#22 Zach Iyeyemi HBU

#35 Evan Palmquist McNeese

 

http://www.rcssports.com/index.php/rankings/class-of-2019?limitstart=0

Another list, Texas Top 100 (HS players only):

 

#37 Anderson Kopp (6'5") LU

#50 Kharee McDaniel (6'10") SFA

#54 Corey Nickerson (6'7") LU

#58 Pierce Hellums (6'1") SHSU

#66 Zach Iyeyemi (6'8") HBU

#89 Calvin Solomon (6'7") SFA

 

http://texastop100.com/2017/12/06/class-of-2019/

Overall good size. Also none of these players should have to be counted on to perform immediately with the players that should be back.

6’1 PG Ayaan Sohail has also committed. His tape shows him dunking and shooting 3’s. Can’t even tell if he can get his own shot off.

Jefferson, Nickerson and Kopp are all listed on the Cardinals web site as having signed their letters of intent. The look like exactly what was needed to replace the players that graduated.

Great article. Excited to see how this group comes together. Still don’t think we’ve done enough to replace Nzeakor’s production. Barrett is solid but Foster & Sullivan are a ways from being all-conference performers.

 

https://m.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/lamar/article/Cardinal-basketball-reloading-13830566.php

I agree that replacing Nzeakor is a bigger deal than replacing Garth. Nickerson sounds like the guy that Price is counting on. A 6-8 player that can consistently make the mid range jumper is something Lamar hasn't had for years. The part of Nzeakor's game that will be most missed is his defensive effort, but Josh had inconsistencies. His best quality was that you almost always got 100% effort. Down side for me was until this last year he was really prone to foul problems that either affected his rebounding or scoring and he didn't have a consistent shot from the mid range. We'll see if Nickerson lives up to the hype. As for Garth, Hunter and Buster showed the ability to replace his scoring last year. If Hunter can stay healthy and Buster improves from his late season performances Lamar is in pretty good shape from the guard scoring.

Feel we are doing a good job recruiting a 4th to 6th place SLC team.

First off hello all !

 

Some updates on the 2019 class

 

Kain Harris is transferring in from Kent State

And was previously at Tulane

 

Check the link out looks like an instant contribution to the team if hes healthy

 

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/kain-harris

 

Also with this addition we will be losing Grehlon Easter he has enter the transfer portal

Anderson Kopp is the recruit I'll be keeping an eye on had a lot of attention along with some pretty good schools after him glad he decided to come to Lamar

Harris graduated from Kent State so he is immediately eligible to play at LU.

Harris graduated from Kent State so he is immediately eligible to play at LU.

 

Correct and with a possibility of having 2 years of eligibility if granted a waiver

It would be great if Harris wins the appeal.

 

He averaged 9.1 ppg his sophomore season at Tulane.

 

I can't find stats for junior season at Kent State.

Still hoping we sign a juco or grad transfer big man otherwise we won’t replace Nzeakor’s production & have a hard time in the paint.

 

Outside of Barrett, who plays so dang hard he hurt himself, we’re unproven down low.

Both Foster and Sullivan showed a little promise the last few weeks of the season. Can't say if Price had just relied on Nzeakor early on or if they finally began to step up knowing he wasn't returning. I'm hoping they come around.

Found some additional information about Kent State transfer Kain Harris. He suffered a knee injury that required surgery in January.

 

Hopefully he'll remain healthy during his time at Lamar.

He averaged about 3 ppg his one year at Kent State I really hope he can be somewhat healthy and productive for us.

 

He was voted 6th man his Freshman year at Tulane we desperately need that for Lamar if Harris or Kopp make an immediate impact along with Atwood , (Buster not too concerned about ), Foster , Sullivan , Jeudy , or Nickerson just being someone to rely on in the paint we got a shot at being a top tier team in conference.... Hell I believe we can win the Southland to be honest