Recruiting Notebook: Silver Creek Teammates Making Moves

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Fall is here now and some guys are starting to speed up the process. This past week we had a top 2021 come off the board, another get a step closer, and plenty of other high-profile news.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s2">[player_tooltip player_id="569321" first="Kooper" last="Jacobi"] Off Board To Toledo</span></strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Another top 2021 prospect came off the board this week as Silver Creek (IN) forward [player_tooltip player_id="569321" first="Kooper" last="Jacobi"] decided to pull the trigger and commit to Toledo.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The MAC school has been a factor in the Hoosier state and this time they beat out Indiana State, Bellarmine, Akron, Miami (OH), Ball State, as well as a handful of others.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>With the way Jacobi has developed over the last year, it is likely you seem him be a dominant player pretty quickly in his career. He’s a willing defender and rebounder and has a ton of scoring ability that creates mismatches.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s2">2023 Standout Gibbs Lands Second Big Ten Offer</span></strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Once Purdue pulled the trigger and offered McCutcheon standout [player_tooltip player_id="868223" first="Dravyn" last="Lawhorn-Gibbs"], it was just a matter of time before Indiana joined in. Now, the 2023 prospect has the two biggest offers in the state ahead of everyone else and looks to be the prized point guard in the Midwest in the class.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Will be interesting to see if any others join the fray but with Big Ten schools on board, likely won’t see low-major D1 programs waste their time but some bigger out-of-state schools could by the time the calendar turns over to the next year.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s2">[player_tooltip player_id="529572" first="Trey" last="Kaufman"] Decides On His Top Options</span></strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The top player on the board in Indiana has narrowed his list of suitors down to just five this week.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Silver Creek (IN) forward [player_tooltip player_id="529572" first="Trey" last="Kaufman"] announced his Top 5 programs with Purdue, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, and Indiana State making the cut.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Trey will be taking trips to Virginia and North Carolina to do a drive through campus as official and unofficial visits are still not allowed by NCAA rules at this time.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>He’s very familiar with Indiana, Indiana State, and Purdue at this stage and as it stands, the two in-state Big Ten schools seem to be in the lead but one wouldn’t count out Virginia at this stage.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">A decision isn’t coming tomorrow but could be sooner rather than later with not much likely to change between now and the beginning of the high school and college basketball seasons.</span></p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s2">More Notes:</span></strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s1">[player_tooltip player_id="783183" first="Gabe" last="McNary"], a 6’7 power forward, has transferred from Avon (IN) to Warren Central (IN).<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Should be an instant impact guy as Warren lacks size but McNary can play with fast guards.</span></li> </ul> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s1">[player_tooltip player_id="874172" first="Ian" last="Scott"], a 6’7 power forward from Plainfield (IN), has picked up his first offer from Marian University.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This could be the end result of his recruitment but see other programs getting involved sooner rather than later.</span></li> </ul> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s1">[player_tooltip player_id="870213" first="Chris" last="Gunn"], a 6’4 guard from Lawrence North (IN), picked up another high-profile offer from Cincinnati this week.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>He already holds an Indiana offer as well as Kansas State, Ball State, and others.</span></li> </ul> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s1">[player_tooltip player_id="874196" first="Mason" last="Brooks"], a 6’6 forward from North Putnam (IN), picked up another DIII “offer” this week from Franklin College. The stretch forward has been popular lately with multiple offers since the summer.</span></li> </ul> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1"><span class="s1">Kaleb Edwards, a 6’2 guard from Guerin Catholic (IN), has been an intriguing player to come about this summer. This week, he landed a DePauw “offer” that could be big for him at this stage.</span></li> </ul>