Rutgers announced Sunday that guard
Malick Kone of Guinea has signed to compete for the Scarlet Knights.
Kone joins forward
Kadeem Jack (Queens, N.Y.), power forward/center
Greg Lewis (Baltimore, Md.), point guard
Myles Mack (Paterson, N.J.), power forward/center
Derrick Randall (Brooklyn, N.Y.), guard
Jerome Seagears (Baltimore, Md.) and shooting guard
Mike Taylor (Brooklyn, N.Y.) in the highest-rated men’s basketball recruiting class in school history.
“We are very excited to announce Malick to complete our incoming class,” head coach
Mike Rice said. “Recruiting these young men to Rutgers University has been a very rewarding process. We are confident that they have the talent, character and work ethic to make a significant impact on the future of Rutgers basketball.”
Rutgers’ incoming signee class of Jack, Kone, Lewis, Mack, Randall, Seagears and Taylor has been ranked among the nation’s best by every major recruiting news service and received an “A” grade from ESPN.com this past week. The class is currently ranked No. 12 nationally by ESPNU and No. 15 nationally by Rivals.com.
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