Basketball: Utah State hosting a pair of recruits this weekend
Having wrapped up the WAC regular-season title, the Utah State Aggies play host to San Jose State on Saturday night with not a lot on the line before the conference tournament begins next week at Nevada.
However, the Aggies are hosting two recruits this weekend, including one player who has already committed to USU and one who hasn't. Both are high school seniors.
The uncommitted player is Jordan Mackie, a wing player from Dorsey High in Los Angeles who averaged 13.4 points per game in his just-completed senior season. Mackie as listed anywhere between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, and he weighs 180 pounds.
He is visiting the Logan campus this weekend with his mother, Brenda.
A source familiar with his recruitment said "he'd be a good get" for Utah State.
Boise State, University of San Diego and San Diego State have also offered Mackie, who has been described as a "diamond in the rough" by ESPN's recruiting Web site.
In December, Scout.com said the following: "A lot of college programs are missing the boat big-time on Mackie. Needs some coaching, and has some rough edges to polish out, but there is a huge upside here. Terrific athlete and multi-dimensional player. Potentially great defender. Good kid and a terrific prospect."
The other recruit is Preston Medlin, who is in Logan with his father. Medlin is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Hebron High in Carrollton, Texas, who committed to the Aggies on Feb. 27. Medlin averaged 22.5 points per game his senior year.
The Aggies signed just one player during the early signing period last November -- Nate Bendall of Salt Lake Community College. A Skyline High product, Bendall played his freshman year for USU before going on a church mission.
-- Jay Drew
However, the Aggies are hosting two recruits this weekend, including one player who has already committed to USU and one who hasn't. Both are high school seniors.
The uncommitted player is Jordan Mackie, a wing player from Dorsey High in Los Angeles who averaged 13.4 points per game in his just-completed senior season. Mackie as listed anywhere between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, and he weighs 180 pounds.
He is visiting the Logan campus this weekend with his mother, Brenda.
A source familiar with his recruitment said "he'd be a good get" for Utah State.
Boise State, University of San Diego and San Diego State have also offered Mackie, who has been described as a "diamond in the rough" by ESPN's recruiting Web site.
In December, Scout.com said the following: "A lot of college programs are missing the boat big-time on Mackie. Needs some coaching, and has some rough edges to polish out, but there is a huge upside here. Terrific athlete and multi-dimensional player. Potentially great defender. Good kid and a terrific prospect."
The other recruit is Preston Medlin, who is in Logan with his father. Medlin is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Hebron High in Carrollton, Texas, who committed to the Aggies on Feb. 27. Medlin averaged 22.5 points per game his senior year.
The Aggies signed just one player during the early signing period last November -- Nate Bendall of Salt Lake Community College. A Skyline High product, Bendall played his freshman year for USU before going on a church mission.
-- Jay Drew
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