Recruiting Report: Demetrius Mims (2018)

<h2>September 11, 2015</h2><p><em>PHM’s</em> 3rd-ranked 2018, Poly&#39;s <strong>Demetrius Mims</strong> may be highly-ranked, but he’s still waiting for his first offer to come his way.</p> <p>Still with three years to hash out his recruitment, it’s not too alarming that the 6-foot-5 wing has no offers yet -- but he certainly has a nice list of high-major Division I recruitment.</p> <p>“I don’t currently have any offers, but I have interest from UNLV, Georgetown, Notre Dame, California, Maryland and a few other schools,” said Mims.</p> <p>“I would say UNLV and Georgetown are the two after me the most, so far.”</p> <p>One of the finer prospects in the state, it’s only fitting that Mims ran with one of the state‘s best grassroots programs this offseason; Team Melo.</p> <p>“This offseason I got a lot better at rebounding, and created a lot of offensive and defensive possessions for our team,” said Mims. “And I got better at ball-handling and reading screens and stuff like that, and I’m better off the dribble than I used to be.”</p> <p>The 6-foot-5 wing says he has spent most of his career as a two or a three, but he may expand his game and learn the point guard role a bit this season with Poly.</p> <p>“I’m actually a two/three right now because of my size, and my my high school team is trying to get me to play more point guard,” said Mims.</p> <p>“I’m an isolation type player and I like to get out in transition. I don’t think a lot of people can stop me if I get out in transition with momentum going towards the basket. I’m a good finisher around the rim, and if you leave me open I can hit some jump-shots.”</p> <p>Mims started last season as a freshman, with the Engineers, and will look to have an increased role this season.</p> <p>“This year my position will change a little bit, so I have more of a role to score now, and my teammates will be getting me the ball more to score,” he said. “I’d like to score at least 15 points and averaged 6 assists per game.”</p>