Weekend wrap — Howard's pledge
Less than a week after Montrose Christian shooting guard Terrence Ross reopened his recruitment, the Maryland staff added a different guard prospect to its 2010 recruiting class.
Oak Hill (Va.) Academy combo guard Pe'Shon Howard committed to the Terps on Saturday, picking UM over offers from Georgia Tech, Northwestern, South Florida, UCLA and Virginia.
Paul Biancardi, ESPN.com's national recruiting director, wrote that "the addition of Howard to an already strong class will make the Terps deeper and better."
"Offensively he's a two guard with some point guard abilities but he'll need to make better decisions with the ball," he offered. "On the defensive side, Pe'Shon can guard a one or a two and he's adept at anticipating passes and gambling for steals. At the next level he'll need to be more careful in these situations as players are quicker with the ball."
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• Terps point guard pledge Terrell Stoglin checked in at No. 23 on the Top 100 list of Southern Arizona's leading sports figures of 2009 by the Arizona Daily Star's Greg Hansen.
Possibly the best high school basketball player in Arizona, Santa Rita's lefty point guard led the Eagles to the 4A-II state title game. He has signed to play at Maryland.
• Terps junior point guard target Sterling Gibbs guided Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) to a 73-56 win over High Tech on Saturday.
Gibbs, a multi-talented junior guard, finished as Seton Hall’s top scorer with 27 points, including 11 from the foul line on 11-of-13 shooting.
• Junior shooting guard Jarrod Davis, who has reportedly received some Maryland interest, led Lakewood (N.J.) to a 58-56 overtime win over Hackensack on Saturday.
Lakewood built a 17-9 edge it never relinquished, while Davis added 16 points and 14 rebounds.
• The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger ranked Terps women's shooting guard commitment Laurin Mincy No. 10 on its list of Girls Athletes to Remember of the past decade.
First freshman named First Team All-State in girls basketball, she was the State Player of the Year twice and helped University to the T of C title as a freshman. Expected to miss her senior season with a knee injury.
• The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News named UM small forward pledge Alyssa Thomas one of the top girls basketball players in the area of the decade.
On pace to amass 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds in her high school career. ... Two-time All-State selection, two-time Big 15 choice. Already signed with the University of Maryland.
• Maryland combo guard recruit Natasha Cloud's Cardinal O'Hara (Pa.) squad dropped a 46-35 game to Germantown on Saturday.
Maggie Lucas, last year’s tournament MVP who will play for Penn State, led Germantown with 15 points. Natasha Cloud had 13 for O’Hara.
Comments
The naysayers who jumped Gary for losing Ross need to look at the Howard signing which will be a good player for Gary to improve - and don't give up on Ross but so what if he goes elsewhere? I am proud of Md for having higher academic standards than Duke to get a kid in !!!
Posted by: geoff smoot | January 4, 2010 1:50 PM
I read somewhere that howard is boys with Quinn Cook, who is a 2011 PG, and ranked higher then ANY of our current recruits, including the once verbal T Ross, and Howard is persuading him to come to MD. If this happens, then losing Ross ended up working out better for MD because we got a decent replacement, and higher ranked player coming in next year (2 players as opposed to one). However, with Bowie, Howard, and Stoglin, it would be hard to see another PG wanting to come play for us in 2011, especially one who will be getting mucho offers from mucho high major programs.....but one can dream! Cook we'll take ya, come to MD with Howard and we'll love ya!
Posted by: Ryan L | January 4, 2010 8:02 PM
Bowie will be gone by 2011. The real issue will be to see if Howard can consistently shoot well enough to play the 2. If so, that will open up the PG position for Stoglin and Quinn.
Posted by: Terp'nTexas | January 5, 2010 7:42 PM