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HIGH SCHOOL Averaged 23.6 points and shot better than 40 % from 3-point range while helping Linton-Stockton High School to the Class 2A State Finals as a senior ... While playing on the Under Armour grassroots circuit prior to his senior season , the three-star prospect shot 45 % from deep , averaging 19.8 points per contest .

JOEY HARTJO OEY HART

Freshman | Guard | 6-5 | 180 | Linton , Ind .| Linton-Stocktoon High School
and grandfather are his life ' s greatest influences ... Off the court he likes to play video games and fish ... Superpower he most wishes he had is the ability to fly ... Dunked for the first time in eighth grade ... Must take a nap as his pregame superstition ... Lists LeBron James as his favorite player and Tyler Herro as his favorite former Wildcat ... Chose UK over Rutgers and UCF .
PERSONAL Born May 6 in Vincennes , Indiana … Parents are Brooke and Joey Hart … Has three siblings , Toby , Jack and Rylee … Father played basketball at Coastal Carolina ... Favorite show to binge watch is Breaking Bad ... Lists going to the state finals as his most memorable moment as a basketball player ... His father

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HIGH SCHOOL Rated as high as No . 4 by both ESPN and 247Sports ... McDonald ' s All-American Game MVP ... Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year for three straight seasons ... Member of USA Men ' s Nike Hoop Summit team ... 2023 Iverson Classic Co-MVP ... Iverson Classic 3-point Champion ... Iverson Classic National High School Player of the Year ... Stephen Jackson Community Leadership Award winner ... NJ . com First-Team All-State ... Averaged 19.6 points , 4.3 rebounds , 3.3 assists and 3.1 steals per contest as a junior , helping Camden to the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship .
PERSONAL Born May 4 in Camden , New Jersey ... Parents are Syreeta
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D . J . WAGNER

Freshman | Guard | 6-3 | 175 | Camden , N . J . | Camden High School
Brittingham and Dajuan Wanger ... Father played college basketball at Memphis for John Calipari and was drafted sixth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2002 ... Grandfather is Milt Wagner , who won a national championship at Louisville in 1986 and was a second round pick by the Dallas Mavericks in 1986 ... Siblings are Dayonni Wagner and Kareem Watkins ... Lists his parents as his life ' s greatest influences ... Favorite movie is Paid in Full ... Plays video games and watches movies in his free time ... Dunked for the first time in eighth grade ... Lists teleportation and invisibility as two superpowers he wishes he had ... Off the court talent is drawing ... Tyler Ulis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist are his favorite former Wildcats .

JORDAN BURKS