LSU BasketBall Recruiting Class - 2018

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• DARIUS DAYS – Four-star forward Darius Days will attend the IMG Academy in Sarasota, Florida this coming season. From Raleigh, Florida, Days was named the Gainesville Sun’s co-boys basketball player of the year for 2017, averaging 21 points, 10 rebounds and two steals per game for The Rock School in Gainesville. Days is ranked the 13th best power forward in the nation. Days shot 47.3 percent from the field, 38.5 percent from three-point range and 82.1 percent from the free throw line.
• NAZ REID – Five-star forward Nazreon Reid of Asbury Park, New Jersey is a 6-10 power forward. Reid prepped at Roselle (New Jersey) Catholic school. Reid was listed as the No. 3 power forward for the class of 2018. He played this past summer for Sports U and averaged 14.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. For Roselle as a junior he averaged 13.8 points and 9.1 rebounds a contest. He helped lead Roselle Catholic under Coach Dave Boff to the Tournament of Champions title. According to SB Nation, Reid has a 7-5 wingspan and a vertical of 19.5” with a standing reach of nine feet.
• JA’VONTE SMART – Four-star guard Ja’Vonte Smart of Scotlandville Magnet High School in Baton Rouge is the two time winner of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Insurance/Louisiana Sports Writers Association Mr. Basketball award as well as the Gatorade Louisiana Boys Basketball Player of the Year. He was MVP of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A team for the second time as well. Smart is the No. 1 player in the state of Louisiana. As a junior, Smart led Scotlandville to the LHSAA Division I select state title with averages of 25.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 2.1 steals. It was the second state title in three seasons for Scotlandville and Coach Carlos Sample.