Forward Moustapha Diagne registered 18 points and 14 rebounds Friday night to lead Pope John to a convincing 76-47 win over Hackettstown in the Hunterdon boys basketball title game at Vernon High School.
Tyus Battle played only a few minutes for Gill St. Bernard’s in front of coaches John Beilein of Michigan and Mike Brey of Notre Dame after suffering what coach Mergin Sina called a foot injury.
Ohio State head coach Thad Matta and assistants for Florida and Louisville are scheduled to watch 2016 five-star Tyus Battle according to recruiting analyst Evan Daniels.
John Beilein and an assistant from Oregon watched Jamal Murray out of the Toronto (Ont.) Athlete Institute Basketball Academy at the National Prep School Invitational according to recruiting analyst Corey Evans.
Malachi Richardson had just dropped 26 points in Trenton Catholic Academy’s comfortable victory Saturday night against Lakewood, but he allowed his mind to wander afterward to just about the only thing out of his control these days.
The main thing Trenton Catholic (10-4) head coach Fred Falchi wants out of his super shooter and McDonald’s All-American Malachi Richardson game in and game out is to not work so hard on offense.