Tuesday night at the Cam Henderson Center Chris Lutz, Tyler Wilkerson, and Darryl Merthie played there last home game. Marshall already has one commitment for this years recruiting class to replace that senior trio but who else is the Herd looking at?
As mentioned Marshall did sign one player during the early commitment period in November. Current junior college forward and former High Point standout Steadman Short will be joining the Herd next season. At 6 foot 9 inches Short has the ability to fill Wilkerson’s void. At High Point Short averaged 6.9 points and 5.6 rebounds while starting 23 of 28 games. After transferring Short is playing at Chiploa Junior College this season. I can only find statistics for Short’s through December 5th but don’t fret, he is healthy and playing but the NJCAA website has not been updated.
With a forward in place Donnie Jones is looking for a few guards to round out his recruiting class. During the early signing period Marshall did lose out on Cardinal Gibbons (Ft. Lauderdale FL) point guard Sam Mills who will play at LaSalle next season. Marshall also lost out on guard Cory Stanton, (Springfield Tennessee) who visited Huntington but decided to play at Wright State. Currently Marshall has offers out to two guards, Kenyon McNeaill (Conway Arkansas) and Chris Grier (Decatur Georgia). Grier is also considering offers form Xavier, Tennessee Tech, UNC Greensborough, and Canisius, while McNeaill is being perused by fellow C-USA members Rice and UAB.
Marshall is also perusing Huntington Prep forward Gorgui Dieng. Huntington Prep’s Justin Coleman has already committed to Louisville which is also going after Dieng.
The NCAA opens up its regular signing period on April 14th.
Rivals.com pages for each of Marshall’s targets is below:
Gourgui Dieng: http://rivals.yahoo.com/marshall/basketball/recruiting/player-Gorgui-Dieng-106796
Kenyon McNeaill: http://rivals.yahoo.com/marshall/basketball/recruiting/player-Kenyon-McNeaill-95325
Chris Grier: http://rivals.yahoo.com/marshall/basketball/recruiting/player-Chris-Grier-80998
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