Valley Recruits

[Da Coach]

Indiana State just got a commitment from a 2021 recruit. Lincoln Hale is a 6'4" shooting guard who plays at a small school (366 students) near Terre Haute, Linton-Stockton HS in Linton, Indiana.
https://www.tribstar.com/sports/updated-linton-s-hale-commits-to-sycamores/article_87c8155a-2dea-11ea-92c0-932296fe8592.html

http://verbalcommits.com/players/lincoln-hale

He is a good shooter, and is averaging 24.5 ppg so far this season through 9 games.

[Da Coach]

Missouri State head coach Dana Ford has several offers out to junior college guards, probably because their lack of quality point guard play has been a big part of why the team picked to win the MVC is struggling with an 9-10 record. Today, they got a verbal commitment from a 2021 high school player-
2021 Isaac Haney, a 6'1" guard from Dora R-III High School in tiny Dora, Missouri which is located in rural southern Missouri, verbally committed today.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2020/01/23/missouri-state-basketball-dora-star-isaac-haney-commits-bears/4521770002/

http://verbalcommits.com/players/isaac-haney

Video from his twitter page- https://twitter.com/IceHaney3/status...43014331232256

[Da Coach]

Here are the 2020 recruits that have committed to MVC teams-
Bradley- Darius Hannah, Connor Linke
Drake- Jordan Kwiecinski
Evansville- Johnathan DeJurnett, Trey Hall
Illinois State- Alston Andrews, Emon Washington, Josiah Strong, Howard Fleming
Indiana State- Julian Larry, Nick Hittle, Kailex Stephens
Loyola- Baylor Hebb, Jacob Hutson
Missouri State- Ashley "A.J." James
UNI- Tytan Anderson, Nathan Heise, Bowen Born, Michael Duax,
SIU- Eric Butler, Dalton Banks, Zachary Gibson (walk-on)
Valparaiso- Connor Barrett, Jacob Ognacevic, Sheldon Edwards

2021 recruits-
Drake- Connor Enright
Indiana State- Lincoln Hale
Missouri State- Issac Haney
UNI- Michael Duax

Evansville's 2020 recruit Johnathan DeJurnett, has decommitted, leaving only Trey Hall in their 2020 class. But expect there to be more significant turnover there after the season.

[Da Coach]

Missouri State just got a commitment from 6'6" guard Skylar "Sky" Wicks of Surge Academy in Florida-
https://www.news-leader.com/story/sp...rs/4922581002/

http://verbalcommits.com/players/skylar-wicks

Here are the 2020 recruits that have committed to MVC teams-
Bradley- Darius Hannah, Connor Linke
Drake- Jordan Kwiecinski
Evansville- Trey Hall
Illinois State- Alston Andrews, Emon Washington, Josiah Strong, Howard Fleming, Alex Kotov
Indiana State- Julian Larry, Nick Hittle, Kailex Stephens
Loyola- Baylor Hebb, Jacob Hutson
Missouri State- Sky Wicks, Demarcus Sharp
UNI- Tytan Anderson, Nathan Heise, Bowen Born, Michael Duax,
SIU- Eric Butler, Dalton Banks, Zachary Gibson (walk-on)
Valparaiso- Connor Barrett, Jacob Ognacevic, Sheldon Edwards

* 2020 Missouri State commit A.J. James was accidentally kllled 3/2/20

2021 recruits-
Drake- Connor Enright
Indiana State- Lincoln Hale
Missouri State- Issac Haney
UNI- Michael Duax

[Da Coach]

Illinois State just got a verbal commitment today from Alex Kotov, a 6'9" juco guard/forward from Daytona State College in Florida. He is originally from Russia.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/alex-kotov

He averaged
6.1 ppg and 5.9 rpg in 2018-19 at Palm Beach State College
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/20.../alexkotov3rdw

He then transferred to Daytona State College for his sophomore season. He averaged 4.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg in 2 games there then broke his hand and missed the rest of the season-
http://stats.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2.../alexkotov2re2

So he will be eligible for a medical redshirt and should have 3 seasons of eligibility at ISU.

This is an interesting signing, since it puts ISU 2 scholarships over the limit for 2020-21. They have 3 seniors leaving (Torres, Hillsman, and Copeland) but they have now gotten 5 new commitments.
It all but guarantees that there will be multiple additional players with eligibility remaining who are forced out this year. It's a good guess that the top candidates for trimming will likely include some of the players at the lower end of their stats page.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...ason_Stats.pdf

[Da Coach]

Missouri State got a commitment from junior college 6'4" shooting guard Demarcus Sharp of Colby Community College in Kansas. They still have 4 open scholarships for next season.

[Da Coach]

Here are the 2020 recruits that have committed to MVC teams-
Bradley- Darius Hannah, Connor Linke
Drake- Jordan Kwiecinski
Evansville- Trey Hall
Illinois State- Alston Andrews, Emon Washington, Josiah Strong, Howard Fleming, Alex Kotov
Indiana State- Julian Larry, Nick Hittle, Kailex Stephens, Tobias "T.J. Howard, Sam Mervis
Loyola- Baylor Hebb, Jacob Hutson
Missouri State- Sky Wicks, Demarcus Sharp, Nic Tata
UNI- Tytan Anderson, Nathan Heise, Bowen Born, Michael Duax,
SIU- Eric Butler, Dalton Banks, Zachary Gibson (walk-on)
Valparaiso- Connor Barrett, Jacob Ognacevic, Sheldon Edwards

* 2020 Missouri State commit A.J. James was accidentally kllled 3/2/20

2021 recruits-
Drake- Connor Enright
Indiana State- Lincoln Hale
Missouri State- Issac Haney
UNI- Michael Duax

[Da Coach]

It appears that Indiana State coach Greg Lansing is hinting at a possible commitment? Or maybe something else?
https://twitter.com/CoachLansing/sta...85216148197376

"Sycamores got better tonight!! Stay tuned."

[Da Coach]

It appears that Indiana State coach Greg Lansing is hinting at a possible commitment? Or maybe something else?
https://twitter.com/CoachLansing/sta...85216148197376

"Sycamores got better tonight!! Stay tuned."

It appears that what Indiana State Head Coach Greg Lansing was referring to was a grad-transfer from Towson State who just committed to Indiana State-
Tobias "T.J." Howard- he is a 6'2" point guard who has moved around a lot. Indiana State will be his 7th different school since his junior year of high school.
He originally was a 2015 recruit out of North Gwinnet HS in Suwanee, Georgia, however, he transferred and did his senior season (2014-15) at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL, then did a 5th year prep school season (2015-16) at DME Academy in Daytona Beach, FL. He then committed to Western Kentucky in 2016. He played only his freshman season at Western Kentucky (2016-17) where he averaged 3.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, and 1.2 apg. He then transferred to Chipola CC in Marianna, FL where he averaged 13.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 4.0 apg his sophomore season (2017-18 ). Then he went to Towson State where he played in 2018-19 and averaged 10.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, and 34.1% from three as a part-time starter for a 10-22 Towson team.
He then missed the entire 2019-20 season at Towson and does not even appear on the team's roster after he was prominently mentioned as a key player for them prior to the season. It is a bit of a mystery and I am unable to find a reason mentioned anywhere why he did not play this past season. Towson went 19-13, 12-6 and finished in 3rd place in the CAA in the 2019-20 season while Howard not part of the team. He remained at Towson, and graduated this spring. He is transferring to Indiana State as a grad-transfer and will be eligible immediately.

[Da Coach]

Minor MVC recruiting news-
Indiana State gets a commitment from a walkon- Sam Mervis, a senior 5'10" point guard from University High School in Carmel, Indiana.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/sam-mervis

[Da Coach]

Missouri State has lost 5 scholarship players to graduation and another 4 to transfer, lands a big man.
6'10" center Nic Tata, an Australian kid who played at Blinn junior college in Texas the past 2 seasons, has committed to Missouri State. He started all 32 games for Blinn in 2019-20, who went 23-10 this past season. Tata averaged 8.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg. He shot an amazing 73.9% from the floor. That was 0.1% behind the national leader in FG%.
https://www.buccaneersports.com/spor.../tata_nic_y391

http://verbalcommits.com/players/nic-tata

[Da Coach]

2 more added to Bradley's incoming class of 2020-
Bradley- Darius Hannah, Connor Linke, Jayson Kent, Sean East II
Drake- Jordan Kwiecinski
Evansville- Trey Hall
Illinois State- Alston Andrews, Emon Washington, Josiah Strong, Howard Fleming, Alex Kotov
Indiana State- Julian Larry, Nick Hittle, Kailex Stephens, Tobias "T.J. Howard, Sam Mervis, Ndongo Ndaw, Randy Miller, Jr.
Loyola- Baylor Hebb, Jacob Hutson
Missouri State- Sky Wicks, Demarcus Sharp, Nic Tata
UNI- Tytan Anderson, Nathan Heise, Bowen Born, Michael Duax,
SIU- Eric Butler, Dalton Banks, Zachary Gibson (walk-on), J.D. Mulia
Valparaiso- Connor Barrett, Jacob Ognacevic, Sheldon Edwards

* 2020 Missouri State commit A.J. James was accidentally kllled 3/2/20

2021 recruits-
Drake- Connor Enright
Indiana State- Lincoln Hale
Missouri State- Issac Haney
UNI- Michael Duax

[Da Coach]

Indiana State gets a commitment from 6'8" forward Ndongo Ndaw of Butler Community College in Kansas tonight.
He is primarily a defensive specialist. He averaged 6.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 1.1 blocks per game
He is originally from Senegal. It does not appear that he had any other offers.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/ndongo-ndaw

https://www.butlergrizzlies.com/spor...aw_ndongo_10u9

Here is a highlight video of his blocks-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

[Da Coach]

Indiana State lands their second recruit in the last 24 hours, and their 7th 2020 recruit overall (see post #27 above)-
The Sycamores get a commitment from Randy Miller Jr. tonight. He's a grad-transfer from North Carolina Central, a 6'2" shooting guard. He is originally from Maryland and played his first year at Mount St. Mary's before spending a year at Moberly junior college in Missouri, then NC Central. He averaged 13.2 ppg as a junior (2018-19) and was their leading returning scorer this season. He started the first 8 games for NC Central this past season, and averaged 14.3 ppg and shot 38.1% from three before an injury ended his season.
https://nccueaglepride.com/sports/me...iller-jr-/6113

[Da Coach]

Evansville's 2020 recruit Johnathan DeJurnett, has decommitted, leaving only Trey Hall in their 2020 class. But expect there to be more significant turnover there after the season.

One-time Evansville commit Johnathan DeJurnett, who decommitted after all the coaching turmoil at UE, has now committed to Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne.

http://verbalcommits.com/players/johnathan-dejurnett