Iowa State Commit Hogue Leads Indian Hills at Mullens

Dustin Hogue

Dustin Hogue, a 6-6 wing out of Yonkers (NY) Lincoln HS, gave a verbal commitment to Iowa State the week before leading Indian Hills (IA) at the Mullen-Mitchell JUCO Jamboree in Dallas.

Hogue (pictured at right) averaged 11.1 points and 5.5 rebounds as a freshman in 2011-12 for the Warriors, who finished seventh in the NJCAA National Tournament. He also received offers from Iowa, Washington State and Texas Tech. 

The annual Dallas Jamboree had another large turnout of Division I coaches watching the 58 junior colleges and prep school teams from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Iowa, Florida and California.

In addition to Hogue and his IHCC teammate Rawane Ndiaye, a 6-10 soph from New York (NY), more than 40 players from the tri-state were in action during the two days of scrimmages at four sites.

David Samuels

David Joseph, a 6-1 redshirt freshman from Queens (NY), and DaShaun Wiggins, a 6-2 soph from the Bronx (NY), were part of the backcourt rotation for Howard (TX). . . Edson Avila, a 6-10 soph from the Bronx (NY), and Jabari Peters, a 6-4 soph from Brooklyn (NY), played major minutes for Seward (KS). . . Ede Egharevba, a 6-6 redshirt freshman, from Queens (NY), is now at Midland (TX) after transferring from Wichita State. . . Mike Taylor, a 6-3 soph from Brooklyn (NY), and Tafari Whittingham, a 6-8 freshman, from Stratford (CT), are both at Hutchinson (KS). . . Defending NJCAA South Plains (TX) has Malik Nichols, a 6-6 freshman from Queens (NY), and Darrel Lucky, a 5-9 freshman from Brooklyn (NY). . . David Samuels (pictured at left), a 6-7 soph from the Bronx (NY), received considerable interest while playing for host school Collin (TX).

Also on the roster of teams from the Dallas event: Mohammad Lee, a 6-3 soph from the Bronx (NY), and Uzonna Akazi, a 6-7 freshman from Queens (NY), at San Jacinto (TX). . . Andell Cumberbatch, a 6-4 soph from East Orange (NJ), at Barton (KS). . . Dondre Jackson, 6-0 freshman from Queens (NY), Mika Harris, 6-5 freshman from Camden (NJ), Jaymere Hadden, 6-4 soph from Milville (NJ), Josh Ashley, 6-6 freshman from Brooklyn (NY), Devin Coleman, 5-10 freshman from Bridgeport (CT), all at Carl Albert (OK). . . Audy Tillery, 6-2 soph from Brooklyn (NY) and Romell Bateman, 6-4 soph from Newark (NJ), both at Clarendon (TX). . . Mike White, 6-5 freshman from Brooklyn (NY) at Hill (TX). . . Jamal Goodwin, a 6-4 freshman from Bloomfield (NJ), and Will Meachum, a 6-9 freshman from Shoreham (NY), at Independence (KS). . . Davon Anderson, a 6-7 freshman from the Bronx (NY), at Jacksonville (TX). . . Anthony Allen, a 7-1 redshirt freshman, from Bridgeport (CT), at Lamar-Port Arthur (TX). . . Trashon Burrell, 6-7 freshman from Albany (NY) at Lee (TX). . . Justin Phillipe, 6-7 soph, from Linden (NJ) at Navarro (TX). . . Jeff Neverson, 6-4 freshman from Brooklyn (NY) at New Mexico. . . Dashawn Suber, a 5-11 freshman from Mount Vernon (NY), Najee Whitehead, a 6-3 freshman from Mount Vernon (NY), Tajay Henry, a 6-5 freshman from Queens (NY) and Eric Edwards, a 6-7 freshman from Binghamton (NY), all at New Mexico Military. . . Shondell Stewart, 6-2 soph from Paterson (NJ) at Odessa (TX). . . Ben Merritt, 6-5 soph from Logan Township (NJ) at Panola (TX). . . Markens Charles, a 5-11 soph from Newark (NJ), Jerry Corillion, a 6-5 soph from West Orange (NJ), both at Ranger (TX). . . Jakari McCalop, 6-7 freshman from Hartford (CT) at Trinity Valley (TX). . . Diijon Allen-Jordan, a 6-6 freshman from Plainfield (NJ), Jalen Chapman, a 6-7 freshman from the Bronx (NY), Ronny Paden, a 6-4 freshman from Willingboro (NJ), and Najee Senior, a 6-1 freshman from the Bronx (NY), are all at Western OKlahoma. . . . Among the preps, Trey Dickinson, 6-1, and Lloyd Wheeler, 6-0, from New York (NY) are at God's Academy in Dallas (TX) while Tarik Raynor, 6-4, and Jameik Riviere, 5-8, from  Queens (NY) are at TAAG Academy (FL).