Several five-star candidates in the 2023 class holding Syracuse basketball scholarship offers have done reasonably well on their individual performances in recent holiday tournaments.
DJ Wagner, a five-star point guard and currently the No. 1 consensus junior, led his team, Camden High School in Camden, NJ, to a dominant 73-41 win over Archbishop Wood Catholic High School of Warminster. Pa.
According to a tweet from The HS Circuit, the 6-foot-3 Wagner racked up 21 points, two rebounds and an impressive six steals for the win. This competition was part of the recently held Hoophall East in Lewes, Del.
“Cuse trainers offered Wagner at Orange’s annual elite camp last August, although at that point it appears that the 2023 elite will be more popular with other college cadres.
Let’s look at some other five-star basketball candidates from Syracuse.
In another encounter in Hoophall East, St. Paul VI Catholic High School of Chantilly, Virginia defeated Imhotep Institute’s Charter High School in Philadelphia with a final score of 59:50.
Pioneering the Imhotep Institute Charter High School in 2023 was five-star small forward Justin Edwards. The 6-foot-7 Edwards, a top 10 player this cycle after some recruiting service, finished with 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, according to The HS Circuit.
Syracuse basketball coaches offered Edwards a scholarship last summer. He has a ton of important offerings, and we mentioned some of the campus visits Edwards is eyeing in a recent column.
Big five-star man GG Jackson, whose first college scholarship came from Orange in August 2020, is attending Ridge View High School in Columbia, SC
Jackson, a 6-foot-8 power forward and a top 10 candidate in the 2023 class, did a fine production when Ridge View High School did the 2021 Chick-fil-A Classic in Columbia, SC. started
In a setback against Prolific Prep in Napa Valley, California, Jackson had 15 points and two boards, according to statistics from Theseasonticket.com.
Against Huntington Prep in Huntington, W.Va., also a loss for Ridge View High School, Jackson was very strong, with 24 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
Recent media reports suggest that Jackson will trim his list of contenders at some point in the near future.
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