Men's Basketball

2015 Mary Kline Classic: 6 Syracuse players of interest to watch

The fifth-annual Mary Kline Classic to benefit cancer research takes place Saturday at West Orange (New Jersey) High School, and a combination of six Syracuse signees, commits and offerees will be participating.

An underclassmen all-star game will be at 6 p.m., followed by a 3-point shooting contest, a dunk contest and the senior all-star game to conclude the night. Former and current Syracuse players to participate in the event include Tyler Ennis, Tyler Roberson, Chris McCullough and B.J. Johnson.

Here are the players in the 2015 classic that SU fans will want to keep an eye on:

Moustapha Diagne

In the past two years Syracuse’s Class of 2015 had three participants in the event with Malachi Richardson, Frank Howard and Diagne. But this year Diagne is the lone member of the class that will be in West Orange on Saturday, and will provide a glimpse of what the Orange may see at the backup power forward spot next season.



He stands at 6 feet 8 inches and weighs 240 pounds according to Scout.com, and could see significant time in the low block behind Tyler Roberson if DaJuan Coleman isn’t fully healthy and if Chinonso Obokoh doesn’t materialize into a reliable option.

Matthew Moyer

Moyer stands as the lone verbal commit in SU’s Class of 2016, and will be participating in the underclassmen game on Saturday. He too is 6 feet 8 inches, per Scout, but is more of a lanky forward at 215 pounds.

Moyer recently decided to transfer to South Kent (Connecticut) School from Ohio to play his senior season. ESPN has Moyer rated as the No. 58 prospect in his class.

Sedee Keita

Keita has been offered by the Orange and is a member of the Class of 2016. Scout has him as a three-star prospect standing at 6 feet 9 inches, with offers from Iowa State, UNLV and Xavier, among others.

ESPN slots Keita at No. 57 in the 2016 class and he played his junior season at 22 Feet Academy in Greenville, South Carolina. He’ll be playing in the underclassmen game along with Moyer.

Jordan Tucker

Tucker is a four-star small forward in the Class of 2017 from White Plains, New York. He’s received an offer from the Orange, and has picked up the same from Arizona, Oklahoma and Villanova, among others, per Scout.

Scout has him as the No. 27 prospect in his class and he is concluding his sophomore year at Archbishop Stepinac (New York) High School.

Trevon Duval

Duval, a five-star point guard in the Class of 2017, has received an offer from Syracuse and is rated the No. 17 prospect in his class by Scout. He’s from St. Benedict’s Prep in New Jersey and stands at 6 feet 3 inches and 170 pounds.

He’s one of two five-stars, along with Mohamed Bamba, to be offered by SU in the Class of 2017 and will be in the first game with Moyer, Keita and Tucker.

Nick Richards

One of the Orange’s more recent offers went out to The Patrick School (New Jersey) center Nick Richards. The 6-foot-11, 250-pound big man from the Class of 2017 has offers from Kansas and UCLA as well, according to ESPN.

He’s listed as the No. 22 prospect in the class by Scout, and will be one of four Syracuse offerees in the underclassmen game.





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