Darius Williams - '16 Guard, Dunbar - Recruiting

[JokersWild24]

Have heard from a couple of people that Paul Laurence Dunbar's Darius Williams, a 2016 wing, has been getting some attention from Louisville, who might have even went as far as to have had some people at last week's King of the Bluegrass event at Fairdale.

 

Coming into the season, I know that WKU (as well as other programs) had been rumored to have been heavily interested in Williams, and had heard more than one person remark that this could be the year that his interests and offers really started to take off.

 

Williams, a junior just scored his 1000th career point last week, and as of Saturday morning, was leading the 11th Region in average points per game with 24.

 

Saturday evening, he only added to that, getting 30 while primarily being matched up with Manual's Dwayne Sutton (who is a great player in his own right). Williams' bumped his average by shooting 64.3% from the floor (9/14) and 84.6% from the line (11/13), and also grabbed 11 rebounds.

 

Congratulations to Mr. Williams, whose year is making me think that he could be a name in play for Mr. Basketball during his senior season.

[JokersWild24]

Below is a video with some highlights of Darius' play against Manual this past weekend.

 

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3558348/highlights/231256375

[Northstar85]

I've seen him play a few times. He can definitely fill it up. How does a player this good only have 1 offer? Academics maybe?

[mooremiller31]

I've seen him play a few times. He can definitely fill it up. How does a player this good only have 1 offer? Academics maybe?

 

His academics are fine. He has only the 1 offer but a ton of serious interests from D1 schools such as WKU and NKU to name a couple.

[Northstar85]

His academics are fine. He has only the 1 offer but a ton of serious interests from D1 schools such as WKU and NKU to name a couple.

 

Good to know. Like I said, he's really impressive to watch play. Complete scorer.

[strongopenyon]

I have seen Darius Williams play back to his freshman year, but I have not seen him play this season.

 

I will get a chance to see him next week. I am looking forward to seeing the improvement I have heard about.