Potential landing spots for Quade Green
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Texas Tech has been in contact with Green and are pushing to get him on campus for a visit. Chris Beard and staff are looking to get more experience for next season.
Other schools at play: Washington, USC, Oregon, Arizona State, Nevada, LaSalle, Temple, Villanova, and Syracuse.
Here is his bio from the Kentucky website:
https://ukathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4146
2018-19
Sophomore: Elected to transfer in December after appearing in nine games ... Left UK with 43 career games, 13 starts, 387 total points, 112 assists and 52 3-pointers ... Averaged 8.0 points in his sophomore season while shooting 44.9 percent from the floor and 42.3 percent from 3-point range ... Totaled 21 assists ... At the time of his departure, his 3-pointers and assists both ranked second on the team ... Scored in double figures in four games. Scored 14 points in 18 minutes vs. Monmouth with a career-best four 3-pointers ... Scored 11 points and was a perfect 4 for 4 from the free-throw line vs. Winthrop ... Totaled a season-best 17 points with three 3-pointers vs. VMI ... Dished out five assists vs. North Dakota ... Scored 14 points with three assists vs. Southern Illinois.
Bahamas: Averaged 9.0 points and 2.8 assists while shooting at a 50-percent clip from the field in four games ... Totaled 10 or more points in each of the final three games ... Had five assists and a pair of steals against the Bahamas National Team.
2017-18
Freshman: Started 13 of the 34 games in which he appeared as a freshman … Averaged 9.3 points, 2.7 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game … Led the team in scoring three times, steals four times and assists on seven occasions … Topped double-figure scoring 17 times, including in six of his final 11 games played … Had three or more assists in 17 games … Was third on the team with a 37.6 field-goal clip from beyond the arc … Made 41 3-pointers on the season, including hitting at least three in four games … Ranked second on the team with an .808 free-throw percentage … Made two 3-pointers in the Sweet 16 against Kansas State … Had 10 points and two assists in the SEC Tournament championship win vs. Tennessee … Dished out a career-high eight assists in the SEC Tournament vs. Alabama … Scored in double figures and made at least two 3-pointers in five straight games beginning with a win over Alabama on Feb. 17 … Had 18 points and four assists in the win over Missouri … Logged 12 points, a career-high six rebounds and four assists at Arkansas … Scored 15 points vs. No. 15/14 Tennessee at home ... Posted 12 points, including an end-to-end drive for the game-winning layup at home vs. Vanderbilt with four seconds remaining in overtime … Scored 14 points at No. 23/22 Tennessee and then suffered a back injury and missed UK’s next three games … Had 15 points and four boards vs. Georgia … Posted 13 points and five assists in the dominating win over Louisville … Tallied 17 points and dished five dimes in the win over Virginia Tech … Scored 12 points, had six rebounds and four assists in the win over UIC … Scored a career-high 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting against ETSU … Posted 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in a win over Vermont.
High School
Considered a five-star point guard prospect by Rivals, ESPN and Scout ... Rivals ranks him as high as the No. 22 overall prospect, ESPN ranks him No. 24, Scout tabs him at No. 24 and 247Sports has him ranked at No. 33 ... Green enjoyed a prolific high school career that saw him capture four state championships, including a 22-point, eight-assist and two-steal performance in the title game during his senior season ... Green was named the 2016 and 2017 Pennsylvania Class 3A Player of the Year ... Was a part of the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship team that won a gold medal in Chile ... He averaged 20.8 points and 8.0 assists in leading Neumann-Goretti High School in his senior season ... Participated in the McDonalds All-American Game, the Jordan Brand Classic and was the MVP of the HoopHall Classic.
Personal
Born May 12 in Philadelphia … Major is undeclared/exploratory studies in agriculture ... His mom is Tamika Johnson … Lists his nicknames as Q, Q-Boogie and Day-Day ... Participated in baseball and football as a youth, including earning MVP honors in baseball in middle school ... His most prized possession is his gold medal ... A talent he lists as unknown is the ability to dunk ... Chris Paul has influenced his game the most ... Most memorable basketball moment is scoring 40 points in a game ... Chose Kentucky because of the elite talent every day in practice.
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Texas Tech has been in contact with Green and are pushing to get him on campus for a visit. Chris Beard and staff are looking to get more experience for next season.
Other schools at play: Washington, USC, Oregon, Arizona State, Nevada, LaSalle, Temple, Villanova, and Syracuse.
Here is his bio from the Kentucky website:
https://ukathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4146
2018-19
Sophomore: Elected to transfer in December after appearing in nine games ... Left UK with 43 career games, 13 starts, 387 total points, 112 assists and 52 3-pointers ... Averaged 8.0 points in his sophomore season while shooting 44.9 percent from the floor and 42.3 percent from 3-point range ... Totaled 21 assists ... At the time of his departure, his 3-pointers and assists both ranked second on the team ... Scored in double figures in four games. Scored 14 points in 18 minutes vs. Monmouth with a career-best four 3-pointers ... Scored 11 points and was a perfect 4 for 4 from the free-throw line vs. Winthrop ... Totaled a season-best 17 points with three 3-pointers vs. VMI ... Dished out five assists vs. North Dakota ... Scored 14 points with three assists vs. Southern Illinois.
Bahamas: Averaged 9.0 points and 2.8 assists while shooting at a 50-percent clip from the field in four games ... Totaled 10 or more points in each of the final three games ... Had five assists and a pair of steals against the Bahamas National Team.
2017-18
Freshman: Started 13 of the 34 games in which he appeared as a freshman … Averaged 9.3 points, 2.7 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game … Led the team in scoring three times, steals four times and assists on seven occasions … Topped double-figure scoring 17 times, including in six of his final 11 games played … Had three or more assists in 17 games … Was third on the team with a 37.6 field-goal clip from beyond the arc … Made 41 3-pointers on the season, including hitting at least three in four games … Ranked second on the team with an .808 free-throw percentage … Made two 3-pointers in the Sweet 16 against Kansas State … Had 10 points and two assists in the SEC Tournament championship win vs. Tennessee … Dished out a career-high eight assists in the SEC Tournament vs. Alabama … Scored in double figures and made at least two 3-pointers in five straight games beginning with a win over Alabama on Feb. 17 … Had 18 points and four assists in the win over Missouri … Logged 12 points, a career-high six rebounds and four assists at Arkansas … Scored 15 points vs. No. 15/14 Tennessee at home ... Posted 12 points, including an end-to-end drive for the game-winning layup at home vs. Vanderbilt with four seconds remaining in overtime … Scored 14 points at No. 23/22 Tennessee and then suffered a back injury and missed UK’s next three games … Had 15 points and four boards vs. Georgia … Posted 13 points and five assists in the dominating win over Louisville … Tallied 17 points and dished five dimes in the win over Virginia Tech … Scored 12 points, had six rebounds and four assists in the win over UIC … Scored a career-high 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting against ETSU … Posted 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in a win over Vermont.
High School
Considered a five-star point guard prospect by Rivals, ESPN and Scout ... Rivals ranks him as high as the No. 22 overall prospect, ESPN ranks him No. 24, Scout tabs him at No. 24 and 247Sports has him ranked at No. 33 ... Green enjoyed a prolific high school career that saw him capture four state championships, including a 22-point, eight-assist and two-steal performance in the title game during his senior season ... Green was named the 2016 and 2017 Pennsylvania Class 3A Player of the Year ... Was a part of the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship team that won a gold medal in Chile ... He averaged 20.8 points and 8.0 assists in leading Neumann-Goretti High School in his senior season ... Participated in the McDonalds All-American Game, the Jordan Brand Classic and was the MVP of the HoopHall Classic.
Personal
Born May 12 in Philadelphia … Major is undeclared/exploratory studies in agriculture ... His mom is Tamika Johnson … Lists his nicknames as Q, Q-Boogie and Day-Day ... Participated in baseball and football as a youth, including earning MVP honors in baseball in middle school ... His most prized possession is his gold medal ... A talent he lists as unknown is the ability to dunk ... Chris Paul has influenced his game the most ... Most memorable basketball moment is scoring 40 points in a game ... Chose Kentucky because of the elite talent every day in practice.
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