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Future Duke Basketball Wing Catches Fire on Senior Night
Last week, North Meck (N.C.) forward and 2024 Duke basketball signee Isaiah Evans eclipsed 2,000 points as a prep. Fast forward to this week, and the 6-foot-6, 170-pound five-star added 33 points to that total on Senior Night.
Evans, a McDonald's All-American who ranks No. 13 on the 247Sports 2024 Composite and draws comparisons to 2015-16 Blue Devil sensation Brandon Ingram, is no stranger to 30-plus outings, as he's posted loads of them across his brilliant high school career. He tallied 44 earlier this month and 62 in a playoff bout last year.
But the 18-year-old saved arguably the filthiest pump fake and stare in his arsenal for his final regular-season performance in front of his home crowd on Friday night.
Check out the first highlight in the video below, in which Evans stops on a dime at the top of the key, dizzies the West Charlotte defender, takes a moment to look back at him, and splashes the three:
Isaiah Evans will be alongside at least four other celebrated recruits arriving in Durham this summer. They are Montverde (Fla.) five-star forward and top-ranked 2024 talent Cooper Flagg, Wisconsin Lutheran five-star forward Kon Knueppel, and two Paul VI (Va.) standouts in five-star center Patrick Ngongba II and four-star wing Darren Harris.
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The collection remains No. 1 in the country. It will mark Duke basketball's third top-two haul since now-second-year head coach Jon Scheyer began calling all the shots for the program on the recruiting trail.
Stay tuned to Blue Devil Country on SI.com for more Duke basketball recruiting news.