Louisville '24 SF Target Trentyn Flowers Sets Commitment Date

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - One of the Louisville men's basketball program's top targets in the Class of 2024 will soon be off the board.

Charlotte (N.C.) Combine Academy small forward Trentyn Flowers announced Wednesday that he has set his commitment date for Friday, Mar. 7. He will choose between finalists Arkansas, Alabama, Creighton, Kansas, Louisville and North Carolina at 5:30 p.m. EST on 247Sports' YouTube channel.

Louisville has been persistent in their recruitment of Flowers ever since Kenny Payne became their head coach last March, and Flowers has reciprocated that interest. He was one of three players that Payne reached out to on the first day of the unlimited contact period last summer, he also an official visit to campus - as well as Louisville Live - this past October, and made a return trip to campus this past February for an unofficial visit.

"I went there on a visit for Louisville Live and the atmosphere was crazy," Flowers told 247Sports. "It is a good place to be and I have been there multiple times and it is a great place. Coach Nolan [Smith] has been recruiting me since he was at Duke and then when he went to Louisville there was no doubt in his mind to keep recruiting me. I have also been able to build a good relationship with coach KP and the rest of the staff so it's a good place and their fans are crazy."

The 6-foot-8, 210-pound wing is ranked as high as the No. 5 small forward in the class and the No. 16 player in the nation, according to On3. He is a 247Sports Composite five-star prospect, coming in as the No. 20 player in the nation according to the metric.

Flowers had an extremely productive freshman campaign for Huntington (W.Va) Prep, averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists per game. He transferred to Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon midway through his sophomore year, then later transferred to Combine Academy this past summer, where has averaged 15.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game so far during his junior year.

Flowers is one of just nine uncommitted prospects in the 2024 cycle to receive a Louisville offer so far. The Cardinals' lone commitment in the class is from Montclair (N.J.) Immaculate Conception point guard T.J. Robinson.

In the more immediate 2023 cycle, Louisville has a pair of signees in the form of La Porte (Ind.) La Lumiere small forward Kaleb Glenn and Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) Brother Rice small forward Curtis Williams. They also have a verbal commitment from JUCO Los Angeles Southwest Guard Koron Davis.

(Photo of Trentyn Flowers: Dan Fritz via On3)

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