Recruiting Report: Shammond Ivory (2016)
December 9, 2015 One of 2016’s highest rated uncommitted players, Shammond Ivory is starting to see his future take some shape. As a fringe Division I guy, who was seeing his fair share of D1 and Division II interest the…
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Continue ReadingDecember 9, 2015
One of 2016’s highest rated uncommitted players, Shammond Ivory is starting to see his future take some shape.
As a fringe Division I guy, who was seeing his fair share of D1 and Division II interest the past year-and-a-half, it appears now he’ll be headed the JuCo route.
He’s OK with that.
“I’m planning on going the junior college route. Kirkwood is hitting hard, Mid-Plains Community College (NE) is hitting hard, and DMACC,” said Ivory. “Those are the schools right now, and they’re waiting on me to play the rest of my season and then they’ll decide if they’ll offer.”
The ultimate goal for Ivory – as is the case with many JuCo commits – is to still play at the highest level of college basketball after two years.
“Freshman and sophomore year I messed around with grades and that’s what’s bringing my cumulative (GPA) down,” said Ivory. “And going the JuCo route I feel I could develop more before going a D1 route. It would let me continue to keep working on things I need to work on.”
With his exact college future still in limbo, the supremely talented guard is focused on leading his Perry team this season as a senior.
“Me being behind Will Whiton last year coaches just want me to take on that leadership role he had, and getting everybody going before and during the game,” said Ivory. “They also want me to bring points to the table. I’m hard to stop playing man (against me), so they just want me to get to the hoop and get a bucket whenever I can.”
Already with superb athleticism and explosiveness, Ivory will work to hone his shot-making ability this winter.
“Definitely my jump shot is something I’m working on. Me being a senior now, defenders know what I can do, which is get to the bucket. So most teams are going to sag off, and my pull up game needs to improve,” said Ivory. “What I’m doing right now is every practice I’m staying about 30 to 45 minutes after and getting up about 250-300 shots.”
July 8, 2015
By thines21
WEST DES MOINES — Shammond Ivory has spent a lot of time preparing for this month. The Perry senior is hoping it pays off with his first scholarship offers.
“I’ve been working really hard during June,” Perry told PHI, “and just hopefully it comes alive during July and gets my name out there, get a couple scholarships.”
Drake, Creighton, South Dakota State and Northern Iowa have all been keeping tags on the 6-foot-2 point guard with the Bulldogs working the hardest thus far, according to Ivory.
“They’ve all said that they’re looking forward to seeing me in July,” he said, “and that they have interest and they’re close to offering, but they want to see how I do in this live period.”
After averaging 21 points per game as a junior, Ivory said teams aren’t so concerned about what he can do offensively at the next level.
“They already know my offense,” he said. “They are just looking to see if I can step up on defense.”
In addition to playing his July slate with Kingdom Hoops, Ivory has spent part of his summer playing in the YMCA Capital City League, squaring off against mostly older players, including those from Iowa State and Drake.
“It’s going well,” Ivory said. “I like playing with all the Iowa State and Drake players. It’s really preparing me for the college stage.”
April 21, 2015
By trushing
Great speed, quickness and athleticism is what sets Perry guard Shammond Ivory apart from his peers, and it’s also been generating some Division I interest.
“Drake, Creighton, South Dakota State, a little bit of UNI and then Southwest Community College are sending me stuff,” said Ivory, PHI’s 17th-ranked 2016. “The ones that are really hitting me hard are Drake and Creighton.”
He says he plans to make a visit to Drake in the next couple of weeks and that he’d like to get to Creighton sometime soon.
With the whole summer ahead of him and many live period events left to showcase his talent, the 6-foot-1 combo guard will be a prospect we will monitoring closely.
He averaged 21 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as a junior at Perry while playing the off guard, however at the next level Ivory is eying point guard as his primary role.
“I think as I go into college I’ll become more of a point guard, I’m small and I have the ability to dribble — shooting guards at the next level are taller than 6-foot-1,” said Ivory, who says he hopes to work on physicality and get some added recruiting attention this summer with Kingdom Hoops Elite.
“Obviously just get some looks from colleges, D1, D2, D3 or whatever and then with the physicality here I can hopefully move that into my senior season at Perry, and then hopefully that helps us get farther than we did last year in substate,” he said.
As one of the lead guards on a stacked and busy Kingdom Hoops 17U Elite team, Ivory will have ample opportunity to develop into the player he ultimately wants to become.
Primarily improving upon his 26 percent 3-point percentage he posted this season at Perry.
“I definitely want to improve my jump shot off the dribble,” said Ivory. “Everyone knows I’m going to get to the basket whenever I want, so everyone sags off and does whatever they can to stop me, so now I need to work on my pull up game.”
September 3, 2014
By thines21
For Perry junior Shammond Ivory, playing an age group up this summer was a valuable experience.
“It was a pretty tough level,” said the Kingdom Hoops guard. “The 17 division is really competitive and kids are more physical. It’s much different than the 16s. The 16s is just slow. The 17s you’re just competing against the people being recruited by the top schools.”
Even after averaging 19.9 points per game, shooting 48.9 percent from the floor and dishing out 64 assists for Perry as a sophomore, there was a transition period for Ivory this summer.
“After the first tournament, I think, said PHI’s 10th-ranked player in 2016. “The first tournament I was getting used to the physicality and really after the first tournament I got used to it and picked up my game.”
Solid play led to some attention from recruiters.
“At Milwaukee’s NY2LA there was a couple (Division I), D2 coaches,” the 6-foot-1 Ivory said. “Drake was there, (Northern Iowa) was there and South Dakota State was there.”
When it comes to a choosing a college, Ivory’s first priority is playing time.
“Just wherever I can fit in, wherever I can play right away,” he said. That’s what I’m looking for.”
Ivory targeted one specific area to improve on prior to this winter’s season.
“My pull-up game,” he said. “I really thought I had to get that down. I usually attack the basket a lot and after two, three possessions (the defense is) going to know I attack the basket and sag off a bit, so I need to be able to pull it up.”