Quick Note: 2016 R150 PG Alani Moore
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:36 amApparently SMU is recruiting him and I couldn't be happier. This kid is one of the most under-rated and under-appreciated kids I think I've ever watched. Moore is a PG out of Montrose Christian (in MD and also where Kevin Durant went to school) in the Class of 2016. He's undersized which is his knock and quite frankly the reason big schools have waited on offering. The way I see it, the kid is a bit smaller version of Tyler Ullis. This kid can flat out score and gets everyone involved. He's one of the quickest guards I've ever seen. The first game (Against Franklin Ohio, one of top teams in the nation and have 5* Duke commit Luke Kennard), Alani had 35 points on 13-24 shooting in a two point 72-70 loss. He carried Montrose though, make no mistake. It was tough to distinguish who the best player on the floor was. The second game he was much quieter offensively but was effective on the floor.
So here's the bad/good news. He's very short. I'm talking listed at 5'9, not sure he's that tall. The good news...he's flying under the radar. Big schools have shied away from him from what I can tell at the moment but are starting to warm up to him. He comes from a great family and a month ago when I spoke with his mom, she had said that his only offers were Towson, UMass, Penn State and Rhode Island. A month later, he now has an offer from High Point and is receiving a lot of interest from both Tennessee and SMU. At any rate, probably best that people get aware of him, I expect him to move up the rankings here in the next few months. If he can develop some more consistency, he could be a very special prospect.
EDIT: One other tidbit, his mom transferred him from DeMatha High School (if you don't know the school, look it up, it's a legendary program). She felt that his strengths weren't being exposed at DeMatha in the way the family would've liked and were attracted to the Montrose offense, which is essentially a motion that uses 3 guards, a swing forward, and a true post presence. Not anything to important but a little more background on him.
So here's the bad/good news. He's very short. I'm talking listed at 5'9, not sure he's that tall. The good news...he's flying under the radar. Big schools have shied away from him from what I can tell at the moment but are starting to warm up to him. He comes from a great family and a month ago when I spoke with his mom, she had said that his only offers were Towson, UMass, Penn State and Rhode Island. A month later, he now has an offer from High Point and is receiving a lot of interest from both Tennessee and SMU. At any rate, probably best that people get aware of him, I expect him to move up the rankings here in the next few months. If he can develop some more consistency, he could be a very special prospect.
EDIT: One other tidbit, his mom transferred him from DeMatha High School (if you don't know the school, look it up, it's a legendary program). She felt that his strengths weren't being exposed at DeMatha in the way the family would've liked and were attracted to the Montrose offense, which is essentially a motion that uses 3 guards, a swing forward, and a true post presence. Not anything to important but a little more background on him.
