(2023) - G Dravyn "Dra" Gibbs-Lawhorn to Illinois

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Last Saturday RSL defeated American Heritage 96 - 27.  Gibbs-Lawhorn with 21 pts. on 7-11 FG; 3-5 on 3s; 4-6 FT; 4 reb; 5 asst; 4 stls; 0 TO.

On Tuesday, RSL defeated Tooele 93 - 41.  Gibbs-Lawhorn with 16 pts. on 4-9 FG; 1-2 on 3s; 7-9 FT; 2 reb; 2 asst; 5 stl; 4 TO.

They play Montverde Academy tomorrow.

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Samad Hines --  2023 G Dravyn Gibbs of Real Salt Lake (UT) averaging 21.3 PPG, 66% FG, 4.3 RPG, 3.7 APG, and 3.3 SPG through his first 3 games.  

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From The Season Ticket.  On Friday night, Real Salt Lake was pounded by Montverde Academy 84 - 39.  Gibbs-Lawhorn played 23 min. scoring 9 pts. on 4-11 FG; 1-4 on 3s; 2 asst; 3 stl; 2 TO.

Yesterday RSL lost to Pebblebrook 80 -61; haven't seen stats for G-L.

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In the Pebblebrook loss I referenced immediately above, G-L finished with 11 pts. on 4-11 FG; 1-6 on 3s; 2-2 FT; 3 reb; 3 asst; 1 stl; 5 TO

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Big night for Gibbs-Lawhorn scoring 28 pts. in a 96 - 80 win over Wasatch.  He was 8-14 FG; 0-2 on 3s; 12-14 FT; 3 reb; 1 asst; 1 stl; 2 TO; 2 blk.  

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Real Salt Lake loses to Springville 69 - 63.  Gibbs-Lawhorn with 19 pts. on 8-17 FG; 1-9 on 3s; 2-5 FT; 7 reb; 5 asst; 2 stl; 1 blk; 3 TO.

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Tuesday night RSL crushed Grand County HS 114 - 41.  Gibbs-Lawhorn 18 pts. on 6-12 FG; 1-4 on 3s; 5-6 FT; 2 reb; 0 asst; 2 stl; 1TO.

 

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RSL defeated San Juan HS 87 - 63.  Gibbs-Lawhorn with 17 pts. on 7-12 FG; 1-4 on 3s; 2-3 FT; 3 reb; 2 asst; 1 stl; 1 TO.

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RSL defeated Cedar 87 - 50.  Gibbs-Lawhorn 16 pts. on 7-8 FG; 2-2 on 3s; 0 FT; 3 reb; 2 asst; 0 stl; 0 blk; 2 TO.

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RSL (9-3) defeated Desert Hills 72 -46.  26 pts on 10-15 FG; 3-7 on 3s; 3-3 FT; 5 reb; 4 asst; 3 stl; 1 TO.

 

[IUc2016 6,925]

Seems like he might be headed to Purdue

[craigyv88 384]

What’s crazy is I checked every source I could think of, including 247, Rivals, ESPN, verbalcommits.com, and his personal Twitter page, and can only find verification of two offers, that being Purdue and Indiana.  And per Dra’s own words in a recent Rivals interview Indiana isn’t even really recruiting him anymore aside from occasional contact from Brian Walsh.  BYU, Gonzaga, UCLA, and some others expressed interest and made contacts but apparently nothing more. 

It’s certainly not every day you can land a high 4-star, top-30 player with no other committable offers, but it looks like that’s what Purdue is going to do.

[craigyv88 384]

If anyone cares he is committing at I believe 4:30 today.  Going to be making toilets almost certainly.

[MemphisHoosier 1,915]

Surprised how little interest he has garnered...

[Alford Bailey 12,250]

Purdue 

[Stuhoo 75,564]

10 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Purdue 

Meh…okay but something about him makes me think Purdue has better ones than him coming in

[cthomas 5,917]

On 12/15/2021 at 12:49 PM, craigyv88 said:

What’s crazy is I checked every source I could think of, including 247, Rivals, ESPN, verbalcommits.com, and his personal Twitter page, and can only find verification of two offers, that being Purdue and Indiana.  And per Dra’s own words in a recent Rivals interview Indiana isn’t even really recruiting him anymore aside from occasional contact from Brian Walsh.  BYU, Gonzaga, UCLA, and some others expressed interest and made contacts but apparently nothing more. 

It’s certainly not every day you can land a high 4-star, top-30 player with no other committable offers, but it looks like that’s what Purdue is going to do.

Not going to be critical of the kid, but how is this possible. Really good players have multiple high level offers, unless there I something that makes people uneasy. Once again, I'm not trying to imply something. I just don't understand this particular situation.

[Alford Bailey 12,250]

3rd highest ranked recruit in Purdue history

[craigyv88 384]

15 hours ago, cthomas said:

Not going to be critical of the kid, but how is this possible. Really good players have multiple high level offers, unless there I something that makes people uneasy. Once again, I'm not trying to imply something. I just don't understand this particular situation.

I don't quite understand it either.  I know Purdue and Indiana both offered really early, then he missed his entire sophomore year with an injury before transferring to a prep school on the other side of the country.  A lot of schools contacted him, including Bruiser at Kentucky, Michigan St, and several high majors from out west that picked up on him, but no one after Purdue and Indiana actually followed up with an offer and I'm not sure why.  It's without a doubt the shortest offer list I've ever seen for a player of that ranking.

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I don't like how long his name is in the title of the thread. Purdue can have him.