Five-star center Patrick Ngongba II announced his commitment to Duke on Saturday, giving the Blue Devils their second five-star pickup of the week and solidifying their hold on the No. 1 recruiting class.
on Saturday, giving the Blue Devils their second five-star pickup of the week and further solidifying their hold on the No. 1 recruiting class in the country.earlier this fall. Kansas State recruited him the longest due to Ngongba's strong ties to Jerome Tang and assistant coach Jareem Dowling, who was atBut Jon Scheyer zeroed in on Ngongba as his top big man target and welcomed him on campus twice, including at last month's Countdown to Craziness, when No.
Ngongba comes from a basketball family. Both of his parents played at George Washington, with his mother, Tajama, setting the program record for career points scored before being selected in the 1997 WNBA Draft. She's been a college basketball coach at five different schools since 2000, including a five-year stint as the head coach at Radford from 2008-13.
He enjoyed a breakout spring and summer playing for Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit, averaging 12.0 points and 7.4 rebounds, shooting nearly 72% inside the arc. A 33-point, 18-rebound, 5-assist performance against Phenom University in late May opened eyes around the country.
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