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Five-star Class of 2015 guard sets an announcement date

Malik Newman, David Sanders

(AP)

AP

Five-star guard Malik Newman will announce his college decision on Friday at 1 p.m. EST, he announced on Twitter. The Class of 2015 guard is a native of Jackson, Mississippi and will select from a group that includes Kansas, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, N.C. State and Ole Miss.

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Many recruiting analysts believe that Kentucky and Mississippi State are the two teams out in front for Newman at the moment and new Bulldog head coach Ben Howland has done a great job closing ground on the local shooting guard after his recent hiring.

Regarded as the No. 3 overall prospect in the 2015 class, according to Rivals, Newman is one of the best scorers in the class and can get hot in a hurry from the perimeter. Although he’s a natural scorer, Newman has worked a lot on becoming a ball handler in pick-and-roll scenarios and has greatly improved on his reads for others in the last year.