Rhode Island basketball adds another recruit; what he’s expected to bring to the Rams

It’s roughly a month until the 2024-25 academic year begins and the University of Rhode Island is still filling men’s basketball scholarships.

The Rams received a commitment on Tuesday afternoon from 2025 point guard Damone King. He’s a Louisville native who will bypass a planned prep year at Hargrave Military Academy and enroll immediately at URI this fall.

King plans to redshirt and will debut alongside fellow 2025 backcourt commit Barrett Loer. They’ll serve as reinforcements at the outset of the 2025-26 season with the Rams set to lose Albany transfer Sebastian Thomas, Jaden House and, pending a possible medical redshirt, East Carolina transfer Quentin Diboundje.

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King is a Louisville native who took an official visit to campus last week. The 6-foot-3 prospect attended a private practice at the Ryan Center organized for the school’s name, image and likeness donors. King announced he would forego his admission to Hargrave on social media and pledged to URI on his Instagram account a couple of days later.

King claimed recent offers from the likes of Atlantic 10-rival Saint Louis, Youngstown State, Charlotte, North Alabama and Stetson. He earned earlier offers in his recruiting process from Illinois State, Northern Kentucky, Ohio and more. King could have seen his stock rise by reclassifying and following through on a prep year — Louisville, BYU, Murray State and Western Kentucky had all been in contact at some point.

King played his final high school season at DeSales, an all-boys power in his native city. The Colts finished 24-10 overall, captured a 22nd District title and reached the Region 6 playoffs. King posted a team-high 20.0 points per game, ranked second at 5.6 rebounds and compiled an elite shooting line — 50.6% from the field, 40.9% from 3-point range and 87.1% from the foul line.

King played his grassroots basketball on the Adidas circuit with Wildcat Select….

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Author : The Providence Journal

Publish date : 2024-08-06 23:38:27

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