PC Basketball Gets Commitment From Top-50 Recruit AJ Reeves
Monday, June 26, 2017
Providence College basketball received a verbal commitment from top-50 recruit AJ Reeves for the recruiting class of 2018 on Sunday. Reeves made his decision just ahead of Providence’s annual Elite Camp.
Reeves is ranked as the 49th best player in the class of 2018 and the 13th best shooting guard. Both ESPN and Rivals.com rank him as a 4-star recruit.
Reeves chose Providence over Louisville, Villanova, and Virginia.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe commitment of Reeves makes it two straight commits from the Mass Rivals program following the commitment of Makai Ashton-Langford in April.
He is PC’s the first commitment for the class of 2018.
AJ Reeves
Reeves is a 6’5” 180 pound shooting guard out of Chestnut Hill Brimmer and May School in Massachusetts.
This past spring while playing for Mass Rivals, Reeves averaged 12 points per game and knocked down 46% of his threes.
The rivals team is currently undefeated and headed to tournaments in South Carolina, Las Vegas, Orlando and Springfield. The team also features PC target David Duke.
Reeves will take one of five currently available scholarships for 2018.
PC Recruiting
The commitment of Reeves builds on what the Friars have coming in for the class of 2017.
Following the commitment of Ashton-Langford, the Friars have one of the best incoming recruiting classes in the country. According to the 24/7 Sports Composite National Rankings, Providence has the 14th best recruiting class in the nation and the second best in the Big East, behind only Xavier who rank 9th.
Ashton-Langford will join forward Nate Watson and center DaJour Dickens as part of the incoming class of 2017.
After landing the No. 16 class in 2017, Ed Cooley is at it again. Providence lands four-star wing AJ Reeves, the No. 49 player in 2018.
— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) June 25, 2017
The backcourt of Makai Ashton-Langford, Alpha Diallo and AJ Reeves is gonna be something #pcbb https://t.co/9npY1NC1ZJ
— Terrence Payne (@terrence_payne) June 25, 2017
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