Michigan State University Athletics
Men’s Basketball Adds Julius Marble in Late Signing Period
4/24/2019 9:55:00 AM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team has received a signed National Letter of Intent from Julius Marble (Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit).
Marble is the third signed recruit for the Spartans, joining Mark "Rocket" Watts Jr. (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]), who signed earlier this week and Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]), who signed in the Fall.
Julius Marble (6-8, 225, Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit)
Averaged 16.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game during a stellar senior campaign … Racked up 13 double-doubles over the year, including four consecutive double-doubles in the final four games of his high school career …Finished the postseason averaging 24.7 points and 14.0 rebounds over three games … Named the District Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and was an All-District First Team selection … Started 14 games for Jesuit during his first season on the varsity roster before suffering a season-ending injury ... Averaged 12.4 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game … Finished his high school career averaging 15.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots.
"Out of the great state of Texas, to hopefully follow in Matt McQuaid's footsteps, is a 6-8 forward who we fell in love with as we watched him in the later part of the year," MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo said. "Most importantly for us, he's a great kid and a good student who was very well-coached in high school by Chris Hill.
"He's a guy we think is going to help us in the way of an Andre Hutson-type player who can shoot a three, score the ball down low and he's very good with both his right and left hand. He's a strong kid who we think is going to mature and grow. He's worked on his ball-handling and 3-point shooting and we think is going to be a complete forward for us here. We're excited to add him here with Rocket and finish up our recruiting class."
Marble is the third signed recruit for the Spartans, joining Mark "Rocket" Watts Jr. (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]), who signed earlier this week and Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]), who signed in the Fall.
Julius Marble (6-8, 225, Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit)
Averaged 16.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game during a stellar senior campaign … Racked up 13 double-doubles over the year, including four consecutive double-doubles in the final four games of his high school career …Finished the postseason averaging 24.7 points and 14.0 rebounds over three games … Named the District Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and was an All-District First Team selection … Started 14 games for Jesuit during his first season on the varsity roster before suffering a season-ending injury ... Averaged 12.4 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game … Finished his high school career averaging 15.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots.
"Out of the great state of Texas, to hopefully follow in Matt McQuaid's footsteps, is a 6-8 forward who we fell in love with as we watched him in the later part of the year," MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo said. "Most importantly for us, he's a great kid and a good student who was very well-coached in high school by Chris Hill.
"He's a guy we think is going to help us in the way of an Andre Hutson-type player who can shoot a three, score the ball down low and he's very good with both his right and left hand. He's a strong kid who we think is going to mature and grow. He's worked on his ball-handling and 3-point shooting and we think is going to be a complete forward for us here. We're excited to add him here with Rocket and finish up our recruiting class."
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