With Kentucky head coach John Calipari and Syracuse associate head coach Mike Hopkins sitting front and center, Huntington Prep won, 76-57, and Bryant finished with a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Five-star 2015 center Thomas Bryant, five-star 2016 point guard Derryck Thornton Jr., and 2016 power forward Tai Wynyard of New Zealand visited Kentucky.
Harry Giles III missed the entire 2013-14 season recovering from ACL, MCL and meniscus tears; since then he’s dominated the AAU scene and helped lead the USA U17 team to the gold medal in Dubai.
Rakym Felder had 13 points, four rebounds and three steals to go along with stout defense against star Syracuse-bound guard Malachi Richardson who finished with 10 points.
Led by MVP Harry Giles’ 26 points and 14 rebounds, High Point’s Wesleyan Christian beat Canada’s Orangeville Prep 78-75 on Tuesday in the championship game of the John Wall bracket at the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational in Raleigh.
Richardson, who finished with 18 points, converted a nifty scoop shot down the left baseline with 30 seconds left and forced the Grey Bees’ Eli Cain to launch a prayer from long distance that fell up short to force overtime.
Much has been made about the possible package deal with Jayson Tatum, Harry Giles and Dennis Smith Jr. While it is something that each is highly considering, they’d don’t discuss it often.
While official scholarship offers haven’t yet arrived in droves, Najee Clayton is being pursued by a number of FBS programs, including the Nittany Lions.