There was an abundance of prospects the TBB staff covered on a busy Memorial Day Weekend in the DFW and It’s been four months since Texasboysbasketball.com have brought our subscribers the “TBB Recruitment 5.” We revived the series for the grassroots season and in this round we breakdown the performance and recruitment of five prospects at the Advantage Sports Complex in Carrolton, Tx.
Cade Cunningham, 2020 Wing – Drive Nation 16U
The rendition Cade Cunningham put together Saturday impressed the staff. A top three player in his class, Cunningham’s multidimensional skill set was on full display. Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Tulsa have offered the productive small forward out of Arlington and Kentucky has shown interest. Cade talked briefly to TBB about what he looks for in a program.
“I want to go somewhere that I can play and get minutes immediately and somewhere that fits my style of play,” Cunningham said. “I like a team that keys on defense and at the end of the day let me play my game.”
Cade talks about location.
“I love Texas obviously and but if I find a school outside of Texas that fits me better, that’s where I will go.
Brendan Wenzel, 2019 SG – HD Toros
It was night and day when comparing the halves for the talented HD Toros prospect. Wenzel was decent in the first half against Dallas Mustangs but his squad was down by 20 points. It clicked for Brendan in the second half as he accumulated over points and had 18 second half points with eight minutes left to play as his team closed the game to as small has three points at one point. Wenzel has three offers right now and that is from Incarnate Word, Army and Northern Colorado. Utah State and Rice have inquired recently about the guard.
Davonte Davis, 2020 PG – Woodz Elite 16U
Davis was picking apart defenses on Saturday for Woodz Elite. He impacted the games he played without having to score as he produced near double digit assist outings. Davis told TBB he has offers from Oklahoma State, Florida, Arkansas, SMU, Southern Miss, Ole Miss. and Auburn and UNC have called his grassroots coaches and shown interest.
Camden Patterson, 2019 PF/C – Oklahoma Impact
Patterson for Oklahoma Impact recorded a double double in the contest the staff watched. The Ringwood HS product showcased a skill set that translated and will keep evaluating him this weekend. Camden will be at Sunrise Christian (KS) this upcoming school year as Patterson has an offer from University of Central Oklahoma and has received interest from Texas State and Northern Colorado.
Donte Houston, 2020 Forward – Lonestar Elite
Donte had a solid showing on Saturday. The rising junior has seen his stock go up but Donte has been on texasboysbasketball.com radar for a while now. TCU, Kansas State, Colorado state, Texas Tech, West Virginia and SMU have inquired about the young forward out of Garland according to his grassroots coach Darius Coleman of Lonestar Elite.
Edited by AB