Sanders is ‘Maine’ Man This Season

by Zach Smart Jermaine Sanders’ stock as a major Divison I prospect has been growing, growing, growing, Jack and The Beanstalk Style, this fall. Coaches have hounded him down and kept tabs on his all-around game. Sky is the limit for the young gun. According to Sanders, his recruitment is an afterthought right now. Talk to him at the end of his heavily anticipated junior campaign at Rice HS—a traditional New York City basketball breeding ground—and this likely won’t be the case. As of now, however, the subject of the electrifying 6-4 wing’s recruitment is in the shadows. What’s front-and-center for the Rice HS junior guard/forward? Carrying the torch proudly for the one of Gotham’s several hoops hotbeds. Sanders must immediately fill the scoring void left by high-volume scoring machine Durand Scott. June 2009 graduation claimed Scott, one of the most exciting kids to watch on the high school level last year. Some ownership of Mo Hicks’ squad is now funneled down to Sanders. Scott, n...