Monday Musings: How Syracuse Targets Fared in AAU Play This Weekend

Orange basketball recruiting targets were in action in EYBL and AAU circuits.

Mike McAllister | Apr 24, 2023

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Syracuse basketball recruiting targets were in action over the weekend in AAU play. Most were on the Nike EYBL circuit while one participated on the Adidas circuit. The table below is a look at how they performed.

Notes: Darius Adams and Kiyan Anthony played for the U-16 squads while Jerry Easter played up a level with the U-17 team. Jalik Dunkley-Distant played in the Canadian version of the EYBL, the EYCL. Stats from the Nike EYBL website.

Player	Class	Team	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG%	3P%	FT%	Min
Darius Adams (PG)	2025	PSA Cardinals	16.0	5.2	1.2	1.0	0..0	38.5%	33.3%	76.0%	27.2
Kiyan Anthony (SG)	2025	Team Melo	15.2	4.2	1.0	0.4	0.0	43.1%	33.3%	63.0%	29.5
Jalil Bethea (CG)	2024	Team Final	17.8	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.3	42.0%	29.6%	91.3%	28.0
Tyler Betsey (SF)	2024	NY Rens	13.5	2.5	3.0	1.3	0.3	42.9%	35.5%	87.5%	26.5
Jalik Dunkley-Distant (SF)	2024	UPlay Canada	11.8	3.5	2.8	0.5	1.0	60.0%	40.0%	55.6%	22.3
Jerry Easter (SG)	2025	All Ohio	13.5	4.3	4.5	1.0	0.5	42.5%	20.0%	86.4%	28.0
Boogie Fland (PG)	2024	PSA Cardinals	12.8	2.8	3.5	1.8	0.0	50.0%	33.3%	81.8%	25.5
Donnie Freeman (PF)	2024	Team Takeover	10.5	6.0	2.8	0.5	2.0	48.5%	28.6%	80.0%	20.5
Curtis Givens (PG)	2024	Mokan Elite	18.8	3.0	4.8	1.0	0.0	46.3%	40.7%	73.7%	25.3
Mikey Lewis (PG)	2024	Oakland Soldiers	25.3	4.5	3.3	0.8	0.0	49.2%	53.8%	79.4%
Thomas Sorber (C)	2024	Team Final	10.0	6.8	1.3	0.3	1.0	62.5%	0.0%	58.8%	20.5

In addition to the players noted above, Syracuse commit Elijah Moore played for the New York Wiz Kids on the Adidas AAU circuit at the 3SSB event over the weekend. Unfortunately, the Adidas AAU website has no statistical information. Still, various reports indicated Moore played extremely well, including on Friday where he made six three-pointers.

Syracuse head coach Adrian Autry was spotted at Adidas watching commit Elijah Moore and other targets, while Gerry McNamara was at the Nike EYBL watching various targets including those listed above.

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Published Apr 24, 2023

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