Recruiting report: Domonique Loyd (2016)
SPRINGFIELD — A 6-foot-2 senior guard, Domonique Loyd capped a terrific senior with a strong performance at last week’s MBCA Missouri Challenge, helping lead St. Louis to the championship. Loyd averaged 16.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game his senior…
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Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD — A 6-foot-2 senior guard, Domonique Loyd capped a terrific senior with a strong performance at last week’s MBCA Missouri Challenge, helping lead St. Louis to the championship.
Loyd averaged 16.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game his senior year, and saved his best for last. He capped an outstanding career at Kirkwood by scoring 25 in the Pioneers final Suburban 12 game against Parkway North, connecting on six 3s. He later scored 18 in the opening round of the C5 D8 tournament, then, against CBC in the championship game, Loyd scored a game-high 35, including six more 3s.
“I’m not that quick and I’m very methodical with my moves and can get to the rim or I can shoot the 3,” Loyd said.
Loyd competed at the Missouri Challenge alongside fellow St. Louis area all-stars Ryan Briscoe (Duchesne), Aaron Cook (Westminster), Malik Barnett (Riverview Gardens), Corey Shepherd (Hazelwood East) and Darius Rice (Jennings).
“It was fun playing at the Missouri Challenge,” Loyd said. “Besides Darius Rice I didn’t know anybody else on the team, but I did know that we had some good players like Aaron Cook and Ryan Briscoe who were already committed.”
Loyd played his summer ball with 34 Hoops, a St. Louis based squad.
“It influenced my career by playing against some good competition and seeing some of my strengths and weaknesses,” he said.
Loyd has an offer from St. Louis Community College in Forest Park, and heard from several other college programs, including Columbia College, Webster University, Missouri Baptist, Rockhurst University, Maryville, Illinois Central College, and Fontbonne University.
Loyd, who looks up to LeBron James because of his unselfish play, says the biggest influence on his basketball career has been his father.
“He taught me most of the things that I know now and he always pushed me when I was a kid and a teenager to get better at basketball,” Loyd said.