Exclusive Recruiting Notes, Silent Verbals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: Alarric Hudson</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>De'Costa Ricks</strong> (Gallatin) intends to sign Wednesday. In the last couple of months he has been fond of UT Southern and Cumberland, but I expect his recruitment to be filled with suitors until the last day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Dexter Lewis</strong> (Fulton) verbally commits to Motlow State University. His teammate <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1135401' first='Tyler' last='Lee']</strong> signed to Central Arkansas and brothers <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1381653' first='Denaj' last='Kimber']</strong> and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1381652' first='Taj' last='Kimber']</strong> verbally committed to Tusculum University. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brock Vice</strong> is transferring from Creighton to North Texas. He played high school for Houston High.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1215120' first='Murray' last='Norman']</strong> (Munford) committed to Rhodes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2145531' first='JoJo' last='Lyles']</strong> added an offer from Pellissippi State University. PSU signed <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1140748' first='Kendrick' last='Lloyd']</strong> (Red Bank) and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1720187' first='Anthony' last='Bonner']</strong> (Red Bank) earlier this month. Further, <strong>Zak McElroy </strong>(Cascade HS) verbally committed to Pellissippi State days ago.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1578677' first='Blake' last='Dean']</strong> (Ezell-Harding) verbally committed to Freed-Hardeman University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1338482' first='Jackson' last='Ary'] </strong>(Bradley Central) signed to Freed-Hardeman Monday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1336400' first='Bryson' last='Andrews']</strong> (HHCA) visited Montevallo. They offered him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1465836' first='Kaleb' last='Walker']</strong> (Powell) will sign April 30th to Alice Lloyd College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Seon Dowlen </strong>(Springfield) added a Bryan College offer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Seon can move without the ball and do what he's best at is finding open shots. Seon can shoot the ball at a very high level and can be the best shooter in his division.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><cite>Alarric Hudson on Seon Dowlen</cite></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Teammate <strong>Alarric Hudson</strong> signed 10 days ago to Cleveland State Community College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/Coachgriggs/status/1782402005954085160","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Coachgriggs/status/1782402005954085160 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Columbia State Community College Making Splash</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Elite on-ball defender <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1718013' first='Kenny' last='Ellis'] </strong>(Green Hill) signed to Columbia State and made it official Monday. Green Hill Head Coach Troy Allen is retiring after years of sending players to college basketball. Kenny is a wonderful dude to put a bow on that. Ellis will graduate ranked #39 by PrepHoopsTN.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/AndrewForce8/status/1782450487926661519","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/AndrewForce8/status/1782450487926661519 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cleveland State Community College also offered Kenny a scholarship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Columbia State Community College will bring on <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2045018' first='Antonio' last='Ward'] </strong>(Rockvale) to redshirt. Ward injured his leg in the winter and missed most of his senior season. Ward's reputation, as a person, helped keep alive his basketball future in the short-term. College coaches, speaking generically, do not like to bring players into a program that will cause headaches or problems, which is very possible for redshirt guys. Imagine not being able to do what you did for the last 13ish years every winter and just watching it courtside. Emotions and anger can bubble up. [player_tooltip player_id='2045018' first='Antonio' last='Ward'] is a high-character, hard-working, former PrepHoopsTN Combine MVP that will only make Columbia State Community College better in the near future. When he is healthy again there is a real possibility he impacts the program on the court too.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2321809' first='Emanuel' last='Allen']</strong> (Ridgeway) verbally committed to Columbia State Community College, though he is not formally signed just yet.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1563745' first='Daunte' last='White'] </strong>signed to Columbia State University. He is one of the best forwards in the entire state, though slightly undersized (height). He gives not an inch when engaged in rebounding battles. Strength is a plus. White is the kind of guy that can inspire toughness in his teammates and La Vergne's breakout season was in large part thanks to White and Head Coach Tony Rutland.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Snead State Community College (Alabama) was recruiting him until the end.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->