Briscoe’s recruitment has gone on for some time now and has had its ebbs and flows. He’s considering St. John’s, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Louisville, Providence, Arizona, Syracuse, Duke, UConn and Florida, among others.
With Tyler Ennis headed to the NBA Draft, Syracuse fans are wondering, what’s next? Barry Connors, who coaches incoming Syracuse point guard Kaleb Joseph at Cushing (MA) Academy, says not to worry.
In the semifinals of the CYP Tournament at Our Lady of Mercy, Roselle Catholic’s Isaiah Briscoe scored 30 points and Lincoln’s Isaiah Whitehead added 23 points.
Isaiah Briscoe, who was averaging 20.9 points per game, added 10 rebounds in defeat for Roselle Catholic, which is set to return all five starters next season.
Isaiah Briscoe has justified all the hype around him with his tournament heroics and he is playing as well as anyone in the state right now. But he will be facing one of the best defenses in New Jersey.
Third-seeded Roselle Catholic, No. 12 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, shot a sizzling 55 percent from the field as it defeated sixth-seeded Newark Tech, 98-80, in the first round of the NJSIAA/ShopRite Tournament of Champions at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River.
The toughest of them all might come against Roselle Catholic and guards Isaiah Briscoe and Asante Gist when the teams meet tonight at 7 in the first round of the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions.
Larry Blunt, head coach at Athlete Institute in Orangeville, Ontario, told SNY.tv that Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, Syracuse and Georgetown are all coming after Jamal Murray hard and plan to offer him soon.
There were plenty of heroes for Roselle Catholic, including Matt Bullock (15 points, five rebounds), Chris Silva (12 points, six rebounds) and Isaiah Briscoe (13 points, six rebounds), who combined for 40 points and 17 rebounds.