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NPSI Taking Place This Week at RIC

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The annual National Prep School Invitational is taking place this Thursday through Sunday at the Murray Center on the Rhode Island College campus.

Many current NBA and college basketball stars such as Andre Drummond, Nerlems Noel, Michael Carter-Williams, Mitch McGary, Wayne Selden, Georges Niang, and Kaleb Tarczewski have starred in year’s past.

This year the NPSI will once again feature many of the top prep players in the country, including Wenyen Gabriel (Wilbraham & Monson), Omari Spellman (St. Thomas More), Hamidou Diallo (Putnam Science), Bruce Brown (Vermont Academy), Makai Ashton-Langford (Cushing Academy), and Tremont Waters (South Kent).

For Friar fans there will be a lot of PC recruits on hand this week including:

Makai Ashton Langford, 6’1 PG, Cushing Academy, 2017

Wabissa Bede, 6’4 PG, Cushing Academy, 2017

Hamidou Diallo 6’4 G, Putnam Science Academy, 2017

Tremont Waters, 5’10 PG, South Kent, 2017

Jarrod Simmons, 6’8 PF, Cushing Academy, 2017

Chubba Ohams, 6’7 F, Coastal Academy, 2016

Jermaine Samuels, 6’6 SF, The Rivers School, 2017

Kimani Lawrence, 6’6 SF, New Hampton Prep, 2017

Tomas Murphy, 6’9 PF, Northfield Mount Hermon, 2017

Aaron Wheeler, 6’5 SF, St. Andrew’s, 2017

Nate Laszewski, 6’7 SG, Northfield Mount Hermon, 2018

Cole Swider, 6’7 SF, St. Andrew’s, 2018

Emmanuel Umofia, 7’1 C, Putnam Science, 2018

In addition to schools from all over the United States, prep schools from Canada, Finland, and the Czech Republic will also be participating at the tournament.

Here is the complete schedule of games:

THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 4TH, 2016
10:00 – THETFORD MINES (QUEBEC) VS. MOUNT ZION PREP (MD)
11:30 – MONTVERDE PREP (FL) VS MASTERS SCHOOL (CT)
​1:15 – SPIRE ACADEMY (OH) VS. IMG (FL)
2:45 – ST. JOHN’S NORTHWEST MILITARY ACADEMY (WI) VS. GB ACADEMY (CZECH REPUBLIC)
4:15 – NOTRE DAME PREP (MA) VS. COASTAL ACADEMY (NJ)
5:45 – ST. THOMAS MORE (CT) VS. ORANGEVILLE PREP (CANADA)
7:15 – WILBRAHAM AND MONSON (MA) VS. SUFFIELD ACADEMY (CT)
​9:00 – ST ANDREWS (RI) VS. HELSINKI BASKETBALL ACADEMY (FINLAND)

FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 5TH, 2016
​8:00 – COASTAL ACADEMY (NJ) VS. LEE ACADEMY (ME)
9:30 – MT. ZION PREP (MD) VS. ST. JOHN’S NORTHWEST MILITARY ACADEMY (WI)
11:00 – ORANGEVILLE PREP (CANADA) VS. MONTVERDE PREP (FL)
12:30 – NOTRE DAME PREP (MA) VS IMG (FL)
2:00 – SPIRE ACADEMY (OH) VS. GB ACADEMY (CZECH REPUBLIC)
3:30 – HELSINKI BASKETBALL ACADEMY (FINLAND) VS. WILBRAHAM AND MONSON (MA)
​5:00 – SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (KS) VS. CUSHING ACADEMY (MA)
​6:30 – SOUTH KENT SCHOOL (CT) VS. NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL (NH)
​8:00 – HILL ACADEMY (CANADA) VS. PUTNAM SCIENCE ACADEMY (CT)
​9:30 – BRIDGTON ACADEMY (ME) VS. WORCESTER ACADEMY (MA)
SATURDAY – FEBRUARY 6TH, 2016
9:00 – GB ACADEMY (CZECH REPUBLIC) VS. THETFORD MINES (QUEBEC)
10:30 – BRIDGTON ACADEMY (ME) VS. SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PREP (KS)
12:00 HILL ACADEMY (CANADA) VS. CUSHING ACADEMY (MA)
​1:30 – ST. ANDREWS (RI) VS. NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON (MA)
3:00 – WORCESTER ACADEMY (MA) VS. BILL CROTHERS SECONDARY SCHOOL (CANADA)
4:30 – NOTRE DAME PREP (MA) VS. SCOTLAND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (PA)
​6:00 – ST. THOMAS MORE (CT) VS. HELSINKI BASKETBALL ACADEMY (FINLAND)
7:30 – VERMONT ACADEMY (VT) VS. PROCTOR ACADEMY (NH)
​9:00 -MONTVERDE PREP (FL) VS. PUTNAM SCIENCE ACADEMY (CT)

SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 7TH, 2016
9:00 – GB ACADEMY (CZECH REPUBLIC) VS. ST. THOMAS MORE (CT)
10:30 – NORTHFIELD MT. HERMON (MA) VS. HELSINKI BASKETBALL ACADEMY (FINLAND)
12:00 – VERMONT ACADEMY (VT) VS. CHESHIRE ACADEMY (CT)
1:30 – SPIRE ACADEMY (OH) VS. TILTON SCHOOL (NH)
3:00 – SCOTLAND PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (PA) VS. BILL CROTHERS SECONDARY SCHOOL (CANADA)
4:30 – BEAVER COUNTRY DAY (MA) VS. RIVERS SCHOOL (MA)

Directions to Rhode Island College can be found here. Hope to see you there!

 

 

 

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