Two players of the 11-member recruiting class that Old Dominion men’s basketball coach Mike Jones announced on Wednesday hail from Hampton Roads.
Cox High’s Ben Nacey and Maury’s CJ Parker are among the nine newcomers who will join fall signees Caden Diggs and Deion Ware for the upcoming season.
Nacey, a 6-8 freshman, averaged 21.7 points, 12.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game for Cox. He was the Class 5 Region A Player of the Year and a first-team all-state selection.
“Ben will be a big part of the foundation that we are laying,” Jones said in a release. “His size stands out when you first see him, but his hands, touch and skill set will be what we all will remember him by.”
Parker is a 6-4 freshman swing player who also played football on Maury’s state championship team.
“CJ is the son of former UVA great Cornel Parker,” Jones said. “Like his dad, CJ has great size and a superb basketball IQ. His ability to compete on both ends of the floor provide our team with depth …”
Siena transfer Sean Durugordon, a 6-5 junior from Harlem, New York, brings in the most impressive college stats in the group. He averaged a team-high 18 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last season.
“Sean brings a tremendous amount of talent on both sides of the ball as well as level of college experience that we really wanted,” Jones said.
Other transfers include Robert Davis Jr., a 6-6 sophomore from UMass; Donovan Raymond, a 6-10 sophomore who played for Hampton University last season; Stephaun Walker, a 6-7 junior from Robert Morris; and Caelum Swanton-Rodger, a 7-foot junior who played for Maryland the past two seasons.
Walker averaged 9.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game for Robert Morris last season. The other three saw limited playing time.
The remaining newcomers are high school recruits: 6-7 Caden Diggs of Bullis School (Maryland), 6-6 Scottie Hubbard of Jackson-Reed (Washington, D.C.), 6-2 Jaden Johnson of Fork Union Military Academy and Bishop McNamara High, and 6-4 Deion Ware of the Academy of Central Florida.
Johnson averaged 16 points, six assists and five rebounds for Fork Union last season.
