Commitments: Elite Seattle jump shooter to Creighton
Frank Burlison
<p> Creighton University (Omaha, Neb.) is the alma mater of <strong>Kyle Korver</strong> and <strong>Doug McDermott</strong>, two of the best shooters to come out of college in the past 20-plus years.</p>
<p> And the Blue Jay got a commitment on Sept. 25 from another player who seems to be on that career “jump-shooting trajectory”.</p>
<p> Six-foot-four <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="711278" first="John" last="Christofilis"]</strong> (Seattle O’Dea) announced his decision to head east for college, deceiving receiving scholarship offers from at least three programs from within the Pacific Conference in Washington, Washington State and Oregon State.</p>
<p> Christofilis knocked in 15 shots from behind the 3-point arc while helping the Washington Supreme 17s go 4-0 during the Sept. 5-6 “End of Summer” event in Gilbert, AZ.</p>
<p> Christofilis, with <strong>Cole Anderson</strong> (Fresno, CA, Clovis West), <strong>Jaden Hardy</strong> (Henderson, NV, Coronado) and <strong>Jake Wahlin</strong> (Provo, UT, Timpview), is one of the four-best jump shooters from the western Class of 2021 that I’ve watched in person.</p>
<p> Anderson committed to UC Santa Barbara in the spring while Wahlin announced recently that he will attend BYU following the completion of his expected 2021-23 LDS Church missionary stint.</p>
<p> Hardy, a consensus Top 10 player in the national class, has yet to commit to a college program. His brother, <strong>Amauri Hardy,</strong> is scheduled to play as a grad transfer at the University of Oregon this coming season.</p>
<p> Christofilis is the O’Dea teammate of another Top 10-ranked player in the national class in 6-10 <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="611182" first="Paolo" last="Banchero"]</strong>, who plans to attend Duke.</p>
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