Eyes
on Davis, Harwell
Rivals.com Basketball RecruitingGARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- High-level 2016 big man De'Ron Davis and Malek Harwell put in some memorable performances at the Cream of the Crop Challenge on Saturday afternoon, while in the evening at the Best of the Summer, under-recruited Kyle Leufroy showed off his game.
Davis does his
thing
The No. 26 player in the class of 2016, 6-foot-9 big man De'Ron Davis looks to be
finding his way. At least, he has been very good during his time in Southern
California with the Colorado Hawks during the second live evaluation period of
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De'Ron Davis is generating more and more recruiting interest. |
A big, strong kid, Davis looks a bit like Johnny O'Bryant at the high school level. He is best around the rim taking his time, moving around defenders and scoring deep in the post. After establishing himself down low, Davis has the skill to face up and make some jumpers.
That kind of game at his size draws a lot of attention and there was no shortage of eyes on Davis on Saturday. Colorado coach Tad Boyle tracked him and so did assistants from Indiana, Arkansas, Purdue and Oklahoma State. They've all offered, along with Wake Forest, Arizona, Oregon and UCLA while Kansas, Duke, California and Louisville are taking a look.
"They like how I pass the ball and get teammates involved," said Davis of the college interest. "I like to get my teammates going early and then I can do my thing on offense."
In the past, Davis has sometimes settled for jumpers, but he has made a good effort to play from inside out and his game is now about patience and playing to his strengths.
"I think that I'm really patient," Davis said. "With my patience, I can feel things out in the post and make good decisions. I'm trying to be more focused on playing from inside to out."
Leufroy being
under-recruited
The trip to SoCal has produced a lot of under-recruited options on the
perimeter and 2015 combo guard Kyle Leufroy of Earl
Watson Elite falls into that category. The strong and confident scorer has offers from Lehigh, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but frankly he should have more.
Leufroy has good strength, handles the ball well and is a dangerous shooter from deep. He can run the point, doesn't force too much and makes good decisions. It probably isn't fair to call him a late bloomer because he has been playing at a pretty high level for a while now.
However, Leufroy's recruitment hasn't quite taken off as much as one might expect. More performances like Saturday night against the Northwest Express, though, and the offers should begin to pour in.
Harwell
rounding back into shape
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Malek Harwell has been offered by Colorado, among other schools. |
Playing with the Utah Basketball Club at the Cream of the Crop, the 6-foot-3 three-star shooting guard looked like he is well on his way to recovery.
Harwell shot the ball from deep, showed some bounce in his step and effectively used the dribble to create his offense. He isn't at full strength just yet, but he didn't look to be too far away.
"This is just my second tournament back from injury," Harwell said. "I'm getting there. I'd say I'm probably at 80 percent, but I feel better every game."
So far, Harwell has been good enough to draw offers from Colorado, Boise State, San Francisco, Portland, Utah State, Lehigh, Weber State, Toledo and LMU. He has additional interest from Stanford, Harvard, California, Kansas State and Memphis with more soon to follow.
"I think they see me as a combo guard," said Harwell. "I can pass well and I can score well off the dribble. My strength is shooting."
Saturday news
and notes

At the same time, though, you can't help but watch him and think he could give even more by being a bit more aggressive off the dribble. That is pretty scary, considering he went for 17 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists during his Big Ballers squad's win over Team Access on Saturday night. Many times, Ball whipped the ball 30-50 feet up the floor for easy assists and didn't even have to cross half court. His development over the next few years is going to be interesting to watch and there is no denying that he has big-time talent.



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Josh Speidel's stock continues to rise this summer. |





Eric Bossi is the national basketball recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. You can click here to follow him on Twitter.
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