Re: That gave Jallow an exclusive opportunity to not only field questions from the other participants about what playing college basketball is like, but also to get to know a few of the players who Ohio State is recruiting for the class of 2019.
"One of the guys that I know we’re recruiting pretty hard, D.J. Carton, I met him when he came on campus and then I also knew him through AAU, because we played in the same tournaments, so I already kind of had a relationship with him, so I talked to him about all the stuff that would translate from the USA team to Ohio State," Jallow said. "I was rooming with Josiah James, which is another recruit. So I just got to talk to him and give him a little bit more insight than he had originally. And then also Trayce Jackson-Davis, who I played against in high school, so I got to talk to him a little bit."
Carton, a four-star guard from Bettendorf, Iowa, who is ranked as the No. 25 overall player in the class of 2019, included Ohio State among his top six schools last month. James, a five-star point guard from Charleston, South Carolina, who is ranked as the No. 12 overall player in the class of 2019, told Rivals.com’s Corey Evans earlier this month that Ohio State is among nine schools who “sit in a solid spot” in his recruitment. Jackson-Davis, a five-star center from Greenwood, Indiana, who is ranked as the No. 18 overall player in the 2019 class, took an unofficial visit to Ohio State last fall.