Falcon Men's Basketball Verbal: Big News

So, for those who told me there was one men's basketball scholarship still available...that was correct.  And the Simon Crew has landed an interesting one for what presumably is now the final scholarship guy.

His name is Alijah Adem, and he is from Nevada.  He is from Spring Valley, which is just a couple miles from the Strip.  And he has some prolific numbers.  He put up huge numbers as a sophomore....averaging 26.4 points, 7.8 assists and three steals per game.  Then, he was injured for his junior season, with a knee injury that kept him out for the entire year.  He rehabbed, went back to work...and then put up basically as good or better numbers for his senior year.  He was a player of the year in Southern Utah, 

Here is a Twitter summary of his senior year.

"This season Alijah Adem averaged 26 pts, 7.8 Assist, and 5 Rebounds per game. He led the State of Nevada in Assist and he led 5A in scoring. He also shot 89% free throw and 53% from the 3-point FG %. This year he was nominated for McDonald American and Gatorade Player of the Year. He was also selected to Super 7 for 2nd year in a row."

Those are some huge numbers.  He's a G, 6'2".  The only thing I found was that he had interest from high majors including Houston...not sure if that was before or after the injury.  Anyway, it's hard to see what recruiting activity he had this year--and this is obviously a late commit--but he would certainly appear to be someone who can contribute in the MAC and possibly do more than that.

The team is very interesting.  I think you will see BG score points by the bucketful.  I cannot wait for the season to start.

Welcome to the Falcons, Aliah.