February 1, 2019
Our month begins with some bright news from the Sunshine State.
Ben Miele will play his college basketball at Lafayette.
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#35 PG Ben Miele
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Height: 5-11
Weight: 152
High School: Suncoast High School
Hometown: Riviera Beach, FL
GPA: 2.72
Test Score: 1000
Rating: ***
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 15 42 67 61 41 42 24 7 20 28 14 21 93 62 53 32
Potential: D B B B C A D F D B B D
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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21.7 2.5 4.4 10.4 2.1 5.05 2.3 0.5 1.3
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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9.4 18.3 .514 0.8 1.1 .682 2.1 5.9 .356
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Lafayette
Rankings: #30 PG, Southeast Region #37 Overall, Southeast Region #15 PG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Lafayette, Florida, Georgetown, Duke
Now I wish I'd introduced Ben to you earlier. I'd become so tired of posting about recruits, only to see them go elsewhere, that I didn't feel like showing you his "hero card" unless he picked Lafayette. Now he's ours, so I'll point out that Ben is one of the most highly regarded players we've ever signed. He's a high 3-star recruit, ranked #112 nationally, and he's in roughly the same spots in the positional and regional rankings as players such as
Joe Lien and
Daniel Warnock. Players like Ben have good chances to develop into stars.
Ben is admittedly very raw for such a promising player. His shooting and passing are ahead of the other aspects of his game, but he'll need some polishing when he arrives in Easton. Then again, so did
Hubert Song. And, like Song, Miele is exceptionally quick, and he's even stronger and more athletic.
It amazes me that nobody had offered him a scholarship until very late in the recruiting cycle, but I'm delighted things turned out this way.
We have three players signed now, with two scholarships still open. We need a big man, and I'd be open to looking at a taller wing player, too. Maybe a player like
Rodney Lundgren will do.
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#54 SF Rodney Lundgren
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Height: 6-8
Weight: 247
High School: South Jefferson High School
Hometown: Adams, NY
GPA: 2.40
Test Score: 1030
Rating: **
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 24 21 67 56 29 33 48 6 12 22 21 54 41 61 67 44
Potential: B C B B A C C C D D D C
Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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20.0 2.9 8.0 4.0 1.8 2.26 1.6 3.5 2.4
Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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8.1 15.9 .506 2.8 3.7 .757 2.2 5.3 .406
Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Current interest in Lafayette: Very High
Rankings: None
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: Binghamton, Bucknell, Liberty, North Carolina Central, Lehigh
Rodney is a "small forward" in the sense that
Venceslás Castillo was. He doesn't have the defensive nous that most Lafayette players have, but his stats and scouted ratings indicate a role as a high-scoring sixth man.
I offer Rodney a scholarship and invest as much recruiting capital in him as I can.
There aren't a lot of big men left with any interest in playing for us. I'm thinking about saving the scholarship for the transfer period. Since we have money in our budget to do so, I'll check out an Australian player named
Gerald Pilkington. He's not very interested in playing for us now, but perhaps he might be if we express interest in him first. Coaches Sims and Manion will enjoy a bit of Australian summer on their visit to the Pilkington family.