St. John’s Rick Pitino to have home visit with Towson transfer Nick Timberlake

By ADAM ZAGORIA

New St. John’s coach Rick Pitino continues to build his first roster at the school and will meet Monday with Towson transfer Nick Timberlake at his home in Braintree, Mass.

“Coach Pitino [has] basically been saying he wants me to help him change St. John’s hoops back to its winning ways,” the 6-foot-4 guard said by text.

Timberlake is a a two-time All-CAA selection who averaged 17.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 42% from three. He scored 30+ points three times, including a season-best 34 against College of Charleston.

“The skillset I can bring is my shooting ability and toughness,” he said. “When I’m playing well feel like I’m just in a free mode and the game comes easy to me at those points.”

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6’4” Guard Nicolas Timberlake out of Towson – 17.7 pts 41.6% from 3pt pic.twitter.com/6VxbfkdwMn

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Timberlake said “Indiana, Auburn, UConn, North Carolina, Ohio State, Mizzou, LSU, Clemson, Maryland and Kansas State have all called me in the past couple days” but he has no other visits planned.

Joe Tipton of On3.com first reported news of the home visit.

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