Video: Tyrese Maxey Ultimate HighlightsPoint guard led South Garland to 36-4 season in 2017-18.
Five-star guard
Tyrese Maxey of
South Garland (Garland, Texas)
committed to Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon, giving the Wildcats their
third elite prospect in the Class of 2019 early on in the recruiting
cycle.
Evan Daniels of 247Sports broke the news on Maxey's decision to head to Lexington.
Maxey
averaged 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game
as a junior at South Garland, leading the Colonels to a 36-4 record and
the semifinals of the Class 6A state tournament.
He did
everything he could for South Garland in a season-ending loss to
Tompkins (Katy), scoring 46 points and grabbing five rebounds.
Kentucky also has Class of 2019 commitments from fellow five-star point guard
Ashton Hagans of
Newton (Covington, Ga.) and four-star forward
DJ Jeffries of
Olive Branch (Miss.). The Wildcats also landed elite Class of 2018 forward
E.J. Montgomery in April.
There
has been plenty written on the possibility of both Hagans and Maxey
reclassifying and joining Kentucky this fall. While that remains a
possibility for Hagans, Daniels reported that Maxey intends to remain in
the rising senior class.
Maxey has played on the Nike EYBL circuit this spring for both Drive Nation and Houston Hoops.
New Kentucky commitment Tyrese Maxey in action at the Thanksgiving Hoopfest last November.
Photo by: Dan Wozniak
