Basketball recruiting roundup: Gamecocks holding in Miami hoopster’s final three

South Carolina has its eyes on 6-foot-10 Dewan Huell of Miami. USC head coach Frank Martin and assistant Lamont Evans went down Thursday to South Florida to visit him.

Huell has his list down to the Gamecocks, Miami and Florida State. He has set official visits with each: Miami Oct. 2, Florida State Oct. 9 and USC Oct. 16.

“All three are still in it,” said Huell’s coach Lawton Williams. “He likes that Coach (Martin) showed him how he’s worked with kids like him in the past. They have a great idea of his skill set and how to use it. He has a great relationship with Lamont. He has a great opportunity to play early.”

In his conversations with Martin, Williams said the Gamecocks coach told him what he likes about Huell is “his competitiveness, his skill set and toughness.” Huell scores a lot of his points around the rim and averaged 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks per game. His team has won four straight state championships.

Florida State and Miami also have been in this week. Williams said Huell right now plans to wait until the spring to make his decision, but no other schools will be involved. The decision will eventually come from one of the current final three. There is no leader, according to Williams.

▪  The Gamecocks also are checking in on 6-foot-10 Sedee Keita of Philadelphia. He once attended a school in Greenville but is now at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut. Assistant coach Josh Scraba said the Gamecocks have been in touch about coming up to watch Keita work out. Providence, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Temple and Kansas State have been in this week. He has taken unofficial visits to Providence and Temple and may take an official visits to Providence. Clemson has also been an offer for him but has not been in touch recently.

▪  De’Riante Jenkins (6-6) of Hargrave Prep, Va., has been visited this week by Clemson, LSU, Tennessee, VCU, Georgia Tech and Rutgers. He said USC had an in-home visit with his mother in Santee and is coming to see him Monday. Jenkins has taken an official visit to VCU and will go to Tennessee this weekend. He’s going to Rutgers Sept. 25 and Clemson Oct. 3.

▪  Coaches from USC and UNC met with Hammond’s Seventh Woods Wednesday, per his coach. He is scheduled to take his official visit to Georgetown this weekend.

▪  The USC women are in the final four with 6-foot-1 Jaelyn Brown of Murrieta, Calif. She’s also considering Cal, Louisville and UCLA.

▪  According to several media reports, USC will get an official visit this weekend from 6-foot-8 Romello White, a Suwanee, Ga., native who attends IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. He originally was scheduled to visit Iowa State this weekend. Some of his other offers are Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Kansas, Virginia Tech, Kansas State and Middle Tennessee State.

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 9:58 AM with the headline "Basketball recruiting roundup: Gamecocks holding in Miami hoopster’s final three."