The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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NOVEMBER 2017 THE WOLVERINE 59 2017-18 BASKETBALL PREVIEW won by U-M teammate Zavier Simpson … Tabbed as a four- star recruit and the nation's No. 108 senior by Rivals.com. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2016-17 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 .143 Career 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 .143 G/F • IBI WATSON 6-5 • 200 • Pickerington, Ohio (Central) U-M Career Highlights: Played in 19 games as a rookie … Averaged 4.4 minutes and 1.3 points per contest. Prep Career Highlights: Named an AP Division I All-Ohio first-team choice in 2016 after earning honorable mention the year prior … Rivals.com listed him as a three- star prospect. Career Stats Year MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 2016-17 4.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 .345 Career 2.2 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 .345 Redshirt Freshman F • AUSTIN DAVIS 6-10 • 245 • Onsted, Mich. (Onsted) Prep Career Highlights: Played at On- sted Community High School and was run- ner-up for the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award in 2016 … Associated Press Class B Player of the Year in his final two seasons … Made the Dream Team (all classifica- tions) as a senior, according to the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press … Two-time first-team all-state Class B pick … Finished his prep career with Onsted's school records for points (1,687), rebounds (1,087) and blocks (297) … Ranked as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com. Freshmen G • ELI BROOKS 6-0 • 170 • Spring Grove, Pa. (Spring Grove) Prep Career Highlights: Played four years of varsity bas- ketball at Spring Grove under his father, James Brooks … Pennsylvania Interscholas- tic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class 5A first- team All-State in 2017 and Class 4A second team in 2016 … York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) first team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … Scored 2,426 career points — Spring Grove's all-time record and the second-most points for boys in York County history … Scored 2,000th point of his high school ca- reer on a three-pointer at Red Lion on Jan. 24, 2017, becoming the sixth boy and 13th player overall in YAIAA history to reach the lofty milestone … As a senior, averaged 29.7 points, 12.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists with 89 three-pointers, 67 steals (2.2 per game) and 53 blocks (1.7 per game) … Led Spring Grove to a 22-8 record, a third-place finish in PIAA Class 5A District 3 playoff and first-ever appearance in the PIAA 5A state tourna- ment, advancing to the quarterfinal … Listed as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com. F • NAJI OZEIR 6-8 • 225 • Novi, Mich. (Salisbury School [Conn.]) Prep Career Highlights: After graduating from Novi High School in 2016, the pre- ferred walk-on played a postgraduate year at Salisbury (Conn.) School and averaged 18.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game … Played four years of varsity basketball at Novi … As a senior in 2015-16, averaged 12.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. G • LUKE WILSON 6-0 • 165 • Boulder, Colo. (Boulder) Prep Career Highlights: The preferred walk-on played two years of varsity basket- ball at Boulder High, where he served as a team captain in both campaigns … First- team all-conference pick in 2016 and 2017 … All-region first team in 2017 … Ranked fifth in the nation for free throw percentage (91.8, 169 of 184) during 2017 season … As a senior, averaged 19.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game. F • ISAIAH LIVERS 6-7 • 230 • Kalamazoo, Mich. (Kalamazoo Central) Prep Career Highlights: Michigan's Hal Schram Mr. Bas- ketball in 2017 … AP Class A All-State first team in 2017 and honorable mention in 2016 … Detroit News Dream Team in 2017 and Class A All-State third team in 2016 … Detroit Free Press Dream Team and captain in 2017, and Class A All-State second team in 2016 … Kalamazoo Gazette Male Athlete of the Year in 2017 and Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2017 … Kalamazoo Gazette Dream Team first team in 2016 and 2017, and second team in 2015 … Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Academic All-State in 2016 and 2017 … As a senior, averaged 18.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game … Rated as a three-star recruit and the nation's No. 137 overall prospect by Rivals.com. G • JORDAN POOLE 6-4 • 190 • Milwaukee (La Lumiere [Ind.]) Prep Career Highlights: Played final prep season at La Porte (Ind.) La Lumiere, the 2017 Dick's High School Boy's National Champions who finished 29-1 … Scored 13 points (3 of 7 on three-pointers) in a 70-52 victory over Monteverde (Fla.) Academy in the national title game … Played three seasons at Mil- waukee King High School under legendary coach Jim Gosz, posting a 61-11 record … Three-year varsity player who scored 940 career points — 400 in 2016 (18.2 points per game), 361 in 2015 (14.4) and 179 in 2014 (7.8) — and made 150 three- pointers — 48 in 2016, 64 in 2015 and 38 in 2014 … Led King to back-to-back Milwaukee City Basketball championships (2014 and 2015), going 22-1 over the two-season span — 12-0 (2015) and 10-1 (2014) … Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Di- vision I All-State in 2016 … Wisconsin Associated Press All-State honorable mention in 2016 … Ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 106 overall player nationally by Rivals.com. ❏