Early Season News & Notes

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The basketball season's in West Virginia are underway with games in the WVCAT already being played along with several scrimmages this past week for SSAC schools. Here's the latest news and notes going into this week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>The Man Hillbillies have sured up their roster with 6'9" transfer [player_tooltip player_id='2683371' first='Moise' last='Kasenda']. Kasenda transferred from Weslyan Christian in Kentucky and is listed as a junior in the official SSAC roster. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>6'7" center/forward [player_tooltip player_id='1463045' first='Preston' last='Luzader'] has received an official offer from Marietta College recently. Marietta is a perennial top 25 Division III ranked team and tournament participant. Luzader is </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='1309597' first='Xavier' last='Kirk'] has had contact with Wheeling University coaches recently, which likely results in a visit. Kirk who also has a sizable academic scholarship offer from Wheeling seems like the perfect fit there athletically as well. Xavier has offers in hand already but this would be his first D2 level interest. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='2306566' first='Isaiah' last='Turner'] has transferred and began his season at Cross Lanes Christian. The super talented point guard left Teays Valley Christian early in the school year and landed at Cross Lanes immediately and posted a 30 point 5 assist game in his opener. Turner has also reclassed to 2027 which will allow him time to work on his body to be more college ready.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='2243492' first='Dazon' last='Reid'] has been busy since transferring to Huntington Prep from South Charleston. Since joining the nationally recognized prep program Reid has almost immediately received Division I attention. Most notably Dayton and Morehead St having the most contact with Reid, However he's also heard from Pepperdine, WVU and Loyola. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='1851878' first='Noah' last='Lewis'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1851879' first='Braydun' last='Ferris'] were both named top 10 standouts by Pure Prospects at the Zip Zone Classic. Lewis lit it up with several dunks and threes with Ferris dazzling with transition finishes. Lewis has a current offer from Radford and lots of contact with Liberty University as well as a handful of MAC schools. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->