Weekly recruiting roundup
Terrell Stoglin has a chance to end his high school career as a state champion.
The Maryland-bound point guard led Tucson (Ariz.) Santa Rita to an 85-68 win over Palo Verde on Thursday in the 4A-II state semifinals.
Terrell Stoglin led the No. 2 Eagles with 27 points, and Santa Rita's ability to shut down Palo Verde guard Bryce Cotton came up equally huge.
Stoglin will lead Santa Rita against Amphitheater on Saturday for the championship.
Over the last 10 games, all of them victories, Stoglin has averaged 33.5 points, shot 58 percent from the field and produced far more assists (61) than turnovers (26). He is sizzling.
• InsideMDSports.com unveiled a new feature today called The Terps Recruiting Trail. The first installment, which is free, has updates on Richmond, Va., small forward Michael Gbinije, Egg Harbor Township, N.J., forward Luke Piotrowski, St. John's (D.C.) defensive tackle Kevin McReynolds, Gonzaga (D.C.) quarterback Kevin Hogan, Boys' Latin defensive end Marco Jones, Friendship Collegiate (D.C.) offensive guard Eddie Goldman, Hereford running back Vince DePaola and more. Click here to check it out.
• Maryland junior shooting guard target Trevor Cooney was Sanford (Del.) High's leading scorer in its 72-67 overtime win over Delcastle.
Trevor Cooney led the Warriors with 21 points, while [Deon] Jones added 20 points and eight rebounds. Stephen Poarch contributed 16 points, including six in overtime, and Khallid Hart had 10 points.
• Terps junior center target Desmond Hubert has led New Egypt (N.J.) to the South Jersey Group 1 playoffs.
Monday night, Hubert and his Warriors teammates completed the regular season with a 59-49 Burlington County League road win over Bordentown. Hubert led the team, as he normally does, with 23 points, about seven more than his season average. Hubert's offensive role is just one of the things that have changed for him this winter.
• UM junior point guard target Sterling Gibbs was listed under the Others to Watch category for the Essex County (N.J.) Tournament by the Newark Star-Ledger.
The 6-1 Gibbs (22 ppg.) has rightly distinguished himself as one of the top juniors in New Jersey. He can handle the ball against pressure, defend, pass and he also possesses a rare capacity to score by almost any means in the clutch. He poured in 11 of his 25 points last Saturday in the semifinals against Shabazz, eight-of-eight from the foul line, to spur a 69-57 victory.
• Terps junior point guard target Quinn Cook willed DeMatha to a 73-69 win over Gonzaga (D.C.).
DeMatha junior point guard Quinn Cook, the on-court leader of the Stags (25-3 overall, 16-1 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference), hit 4 of 4 free throws in the final 2 minutes, and scored eight of his 22 points in the fourth quarter.
• UM women's small forward commitment Alyssa Thomas guided Central Dauphin (Pa.) to a 59-37 win over Solanco in the District 3-AAAA playoffs.
Thomas dazzled the ninth-seeded Golden Mules with a game-high 30 points, including 12 in the opening period, while Noss pitched in nine of her 10 points in the second. Thomas added 13 rebounds and Karyn Purcell dished out seven assists in the one-sided affair at Harrisburg High.
Football recruiting
• The Washington Post's Josh Barr reports that Damascus athlete Brandon Phelps has picked up an offer from Maryland.
A two-way starter since his freshman year, those were the first two scholarship offers for Phelps. Maryland and Penn State are recruiting Phelps to play cornerback. His father, Gary, played football at Virginia.
• Philipsburg (Pa.) Osceola defensive end Kurtis Walker is waiting on a Maryland offer, but the Terps are still his current leader.
“It’s tough to say I have a favorite, but I’d say it would be Maryland. They’ve invited me down to their campus quite a bit and when I went down there they treated me real well. The facilities were good.”
• Whitehall (Pa.) quarterback Chris Polony has received some early interest from the Terps.
“I got invited to junior days by Virginia, UConn and Maryland, and most of the other letters were just informational or about summer camps,” he said.
Comments
Hey Matt, are the Terps still looking to add to the 2010 basketball class? And no, I am not talking about Ross. Just curious if the class is complete or if this season's success (so far) might bring a late signing.
Posted by: Mikepcfl | February 26, 2010 2:42 PM
Mikepcfl -- I believe Maryland has looked at Juvonte Reddic, Haukur Palsson, Eric McKnight and Josh Langford, all of whom are unsigned, for the 2010 class.
Posted by: Matt Bracken | February 26, 2010 3:15 PM
Matt or anyone, whose decision is it to put numbers up in the rafters? Is it Gary's, or is there a committee? Just wondering in G.V. case.
Posted by: Rob | February 27, 2010 2:19 PM
You have to take Jonathon Graham over any of those kids. Also aren't they making a strong late charge on Moses Abraham.
Posted by: lefty | March 1, 2010 11:34 AM
lefty -- They offered Abraham but I get the sense that it's a longshot. I don't think Graham will receive an offer.
Posted by: Matt Bracken | March 1, 2010 11:41 AM
The quality of basketball that is played locally in the Balt.-Wash. Metro areas is far superior to anything played anywhere else in the country. This is what makes Md. basketball so frustrating to me at times. The strength of this years surprise team is built around Vazquez and Hayes (DC area) and Moseley and Gregory(Balt.) kids. Recruit good solid well coached kids from the local programs and add an occasional regional(J.Williams) or national recruit and you will contend every year. See Georgetown with 4 local kids and a national recruit who wanted to play there. Or George Mason a final four team with 8 local kids in their top 9 players. Graham is a solid player who has been well coached on the court and well taught off of it. That epitomizes the Balt. Catholic league(which I did not play in)and the DC Catholic league. Lewis from St. Frances should be their no.1 recruit next year. He is both big and good. I for one am tired of reading about the Terence Ross' and Lance Stephenson's of the world who have never been told no in their lives and are only interested in a team that plays by the rules until a better deal comes along.
Posted by: lefty | March 1, 2010 3:31 PM