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Marshall County Hoopfest Gets Started Tonight

Marshall County Hoopfest Gets Started Tonight
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By Eric Chumbler
Dec. 05, 2019 | DRAFFENVILLE
By Eric Chumbler Dec. 05, 2019 | 08:35 AM | DRAFFENVILLE
Basketball season is in full swing in the Bluegrass and the Marshall County Hoopfest headlines the opening weekend of basketball in Kentucky. The 2019 edition of Hoopfest does not lack team talent or individual talent with local teams joining national and international teams this weekend at Reed Conder Gymnasium in Draffenville.

Some of the local highlights feature two First Region teams highly ranked in the state of Kentucky. Marshall County opens the season ranked 11th in the state of Kentucky while McCracken County starts the season ranked 13th in Kentucky. Both the Marshals and Mustangs will be tested this weekend as both teams face 2nd Region power Madisonville-North Hopkins who is ranked 3rd in Kentucky. Marshall County squares off against Madisonville Friday at 7pm while McCracken County faces Madisonville on Saturday at 1:30pm. 

Marshall County, McCracken County, and Madisonville all showcase local talent being recruited on a national level. Class of 2021 guard Zion Harmon has drawn interest from a host of schools including Louisville and Kansas. Madisonville’s Ksuan Casey and Kenny White are drawing interest from schools such as Evansville, Morehead State, and Samford. And McCracken County’s Jackson Sivills signed with Murray State last month after receiving many offers from various schools.

Here is a list of the notable players from each team participating this weekend and colleges that are actively recruiting them:


Arizona Compass (AZ)

2020

Ariel Bland (Southern Utah) Int. Air Force, App. St., UCF, Wisconsin

Fallou Diagne (Arizona St., CS Fullerton, Mississippi Valley St., New Mexico, Ole Miss, Pepperdine, Texas Tech)

Xavier DuSell- Northern Colorado

Seryee Lewis (Brown, Columbia, Loyola (MD), Milwaukee, Murray St., New Mexico, NJIT, Robert Morris, St. Louis, SIU, Southern Utah, UIC, UT-Martin, Western Illinois, Yale) Int. Illinois, Wisconsin

Sincere Parker (Grand Canyon, Green Bay, Long Beach St., New Mexico, UIC)

Jabari Walker (CS Northridge, Illinois St., Montana St.) Int. Cal, St. John’s, St. Mary’s

2021

#42 (Top 247) Josh Primo (Akron, Alabama, Cal, Creighton, Ohio St., Oregon, TCU, Utah)

#57 (ESPN) Frankie Collins (Arizona St., Auburn, Columbia, Eastern Washington, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, TCU, UNLV, UTEP, VA Tech, Washington St.) Int. Arizona, Auburn, Duquesne, Kentucky, Maryland, USC

#82 (Top 247) Maxwell Lewis (Arizona St., DePaul, Nevada, New Mexico, TCU, Utah, Washington St.) Int. Auburn, Loyola Marymount, Maryland, Oregon

 

Aspire Academy (KY)

2020

TJ Montgomery Int. Kansas, Louisville, Miami, VA Tech

Gethro Muscadin- Kansas

2021

Cherif Kanouté Int. Evansville

2022

DJ Jackson Int. Texas A&M

David Tubek (Youngstown St.)

 

Briarcrest Christian (TN)

2020

Marcellus Brigham (ETSU, Georgia Southern, Kent St., Troy)

2021

#11 (Rivals) Kennedy Chandler (Alabama, Arizona, Arizona St., Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida St., Georgia St., GA Tech, Illinois, Iowa St., Kansas, Lipscomb, LSU, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan, Mississippi St., Mizzou, Murray St., Nebraska, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Seton Hall, SMU, St. John’s, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Troy, Tulane, UAB, USC, UT-Martin, Vanderbilt, VA Tech) Int. Chattanooga, Duke, ETSU, Houston, Kentucky, UNC, Oklahoma St., UCLA

BS Tyler Harrington- Memphis (baseball)

 

Callaway (MS)

2021

#25 (ESPN) Daeshun Ruffin (Auburn, Alabama, Houston, LSU, Mississippi St., Ole Miss, Southern Miss, UAB)

 

Central Pointe Christian (FL)

2020

Jonathan Aybar- North Florida

Luis Rolón- Florida Gulf Coast

Víctor Rosa- Florida Gulf Coast

2021

Ramses "RJ" Mélendez (Florida, FAU, UMass, Oklahoma St., Rhode Island, USF, St. John’s)

Mobido Sanogo (Siena, Stetson)

 

Curie (IL)

2020

Ramean Hinton- SEMO

Saiveon Williams (DePaul)

 

Dream City Christian (AZ)

2020

#28 (247 Composite) MarJon Beauchamp- Forgoing college to train for the draft

Jalin Anderson- UC-Riverside

Maj Dusanić- San Francisco

Jhaylon Martinez- UNLV

Brandyn Talbot (UTEP)

2021

#23 (Top 247) Alex Tchikou (Arizona St., Baylor, Fresno St., G. Washington, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi St., NC St., Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, TCU, Texas A&M, UCLA, UNLV, USC, WKU, Wyoming) Int. Creighton, Southern Miss, Virginia

#35 (ESPN) Arthur Kaluma (Oklahoma St., St. John’s, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UNLV, USC)

2023

Ky Green (UCSB)

 

John Hardin (KY)

2020

Alex Matthews (Coastal Carolina, Hofstra, UIC)

 

Lausanne Collegiate (TN)

2020

Johnathan DeJurnett- Evansville

Jalen “Bo” Montgomery (Campbell, Holy Cross, Howard, SIUE)

2021

#7 (Rivals) Moussa Cissé (UConn, Florida St., Georgetown, Georgia, Kentucky, Memphis, Michigan, Ole Miss, Pitt, St. John’s. Texas, Texas A&M, UCLA, USC, Virginia) Int. LSU

 

Lyon County (KY)

2024

#3 (Coast 2 Coast) Travis Perry

 

Madisonville-North Hopkins (KY)

2020

Ksuan Casey (Evansville, Morehead St.)

Kenny White (Cleveland St., Evansville, Kent St., Morehead St., Samford, UT-Martin)

 

Male (KY)

2020

Howard Fleming- Illinois State

Tyren Moore- Lincoln Memorial

 

Marshall County (KY) boys

2021

#23 (ESPN) Zion Harmon (Kansas, LSU, Louisville, Maryland, Murray St., Seton Hall, WKU) Int. Kentucky #

 

McCracken County (KY)

2020

Jackson Sivills- Murray State

 

Our Saviour Lutheran (NY)

2020

Dylan Addae-Wusu- St. John’s

Posh Alexander- St. John’s

Max Amadasun- Pittsburgh

2021

Maximus Edwards (Bryant, Fairfield, Hofstra, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, Towson)

Daniel Rivera (Manhattan, St. Louis)

2022

Jaquan Sanders (UMass, St. John’s)

Ibine Sadiku (St. John’s)

 

Orangeville Prep (CAN)

2020

#54 (Top247) Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe (Arizona St., Florida, Georgetown, GA Tech, Oregon, Seton Hall, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Washington St.) Int. Michigan, SMU

Lorenzo Downey (Towson)

Jeff Ngandu (Boise St., James Madison, Kansas St., Utah Valley)

Alex Nwagha- James Madison

Shemar Rathan-Mayes (Southern Utah, UIC)

Coleman Stucke- Northeastern

2021

Darius DeAveiro (James Madison)

 

Prodigy Prep (FL)

2021

Emmanuel Maldonado (Bethune-Cookman) Int. FGCU, GA Tech, Iowa St., Kansas St., Murray St., North Florida

 

Prolific Prep (CA)

2020

#3 (all sources) Jalen Green (Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Cal, Cincinnati, UConn, Creighton, Florida St., Fresno St., Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Memphis, Oklahoma St., Oregon, San Diego St., UCLA, UNLV, USC, UTEP, Villanova, Washington)

#19 (ESPN) Nimari Burnett- Texas Tech

#87 (Top 247) Saba Gigiberia- Georgia Tech

Coleman Hawkins- Illinois

Mawot Mag- Rutgers

Jack Wetzel Int. Northern Iowa, South Dakota St., UIC

2021

#42 (Top 247) Frank Anselem (Alabama, Arizona, Arizona St., Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, DePaul, Florida, Georgia, GA Tech, Kansas, Kansas St., LSU, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn St., Rutgers, TCU, Tennessee, USC, VA Tech, Wake Forest, Xavier)

2022

Enkhiin-Od “Mike” Sharavjamts (Eastern Washington)

 

St. Louis Christian (MO)

2021

Jaden Jones (Arizona, Colorado, Delaware St., LSU, Rutgers, San Diego St., TCU, USC) Int. Nebraska

Jordan Nesbitt (Iowa, UL-Monroe, Nebraska, Ole Miss, St. Louis, Tulane) Int. Kansas St., Louisville

 

Tennessee Prep (TN)

2020

Tyrus Baynham (SIU, Temple, UT-Arlington, UT-Martin)

2021

Kidtrell Blocker (Buffalo, Cansius, IUPUI, Siena, St. Bonaventure)

 

Trinity International (NV)

2020

#11 (Top 247) Daishen Nix- UCLA

 

Here is the Hoopfest schedule for this weekend:

Thursday, December 5  Session 1

4:00 pm – Graves County vs Massac County

5:30 pm – Graves County (Girls) vs Massac County (Girls)

7:00 pm – Marshall County (Girls) vs Russellville (Girls)

8:30 pm – Lausanne Collegiate (TN) vs Callaway (MS)

 

Friday, December 6        Session 2

4:00 pm – Trinity International (NV) vs Central Pointe Christian (FL)

5:30 pm – Dream City Christian (AZ) vs Orangeville Prep (CAN)

7:00 pm – Marshall County vs Madisonville-North Hopkins

8:30 pm – Prolific Prep (CA) vs Our Saviour Lutheran (NY)

10:00 pm – John Hardin vs University Heights

 

Saturday, December 7   Session 3

9:00 am – Aspire Academy (KY) vs Tennessee Prep

10:30 am – Callaway (MS) vs Curie (IL)

12:00 pm – Marshall County (Girls) vs Anna-Jonesboro (Girls)

1:30 pm – Madisonville-North Hopkins vs McCracken County

 

Saturday, December 7   Session 4

4:00 pm – Briarcrest Christian (TN) vs Male

5:30 pm – Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) vs Dream City Christian (AZ)

7:00 pm – Marshall County vs Prodigy Prep (FL)

8:30 pm – Orangeville Prep (CAN) vs Prolific Prep (CA)

10:00 pm – Central Pointe Christian (FL) vs Arizona Compass

 

Sunday, December 8      Session 5

12:00 pm – Arizona Compass vs Aspire Academy (KY)

1:30 pm – St. Louis Christian vs Trinity International (NV)

3:00 pm – Murray vs Lyon County

4:30 pm – Prodigy Prep (FL) vs Tennessee Prep

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