Kentucky interested in rising international recruit Flory Bidunga

Flory Bidunga first arrived in america from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ten months in the past, electing to play at Kokomo Excessive College (IN).

In that brief time, Bidunga has made himself one of many fastest-rising recruits in all of highschool basketball.

At Kokomo this previous season, Bidunga averaged 17.5 factors, 13.3 rebounds, and 5.3 blocks per recreation whereas main the Wildcats to a 20-8 file and a run to the Indiana Class 4A Last 4. Bidunga carried over his spectacular play to the Spring, which propelled him from unranked to No. 6 in Rival’s newest recruiting rankings.

Bidunga’s spectacular play additionally earned him an invite to final week’s NBPA Prime 100, the place the highest 100 highschool basketball prospects – as deemed by the NBPA – come to showcase their abilities and play towards one another.

After simply 10 months of basketball, how did Bidunga fare?

Briefly, fairly impressively.

Whereas nonetheless studying about Bidunga and but to accurately pronounce his identify, one coach told Adam Zagoria, “I don’t know who’s higher than him in ’24, however he was dominant immediately.”

In 5 video games, the 6-foot-9, 215-pound prospect averaged 10.4 factors on a camp-leading 75.8% from the sphere to associate with 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per recreation.

After such a formidable spring and NBPA Prime 100 efficiency, many Energy 5 faculties have gotten extra or have already provided. Of these faculties, the Kentucky Wildcats are one which has reached out and proven curiosity, confirmed by Kokomo coach John Peckinpaugh.

“They (Kentucky) like what everybody likes (about him). His motor’s unbelievable and he’s expert across the rim. He performs extraordinarily onerous,” Peckinpaugh informed Jack Pilgrim of Kentucky Sports activities Radio.

This sounds just like one other Congolese basketball participant that goes by Oscar Tshiebwe, aka the reigning consensus Nationwide Participant of the Yr.

Peckinpaugh additionally went on to say, “He’s not throughout social media himself, he simply desires to get into the health club and work out, proceed to get higher and attempt to benefit from the course of as a substitute of letting it turn into one thing that might overwhelm him.”

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