Surely you remember the old Nike Air Jordan ad campaign featuring Michael Jordan and Spike Lee (as Mars Blackmon) where Mars comes to the conclusion of why MJ is the best player in the universe when he utters those now famous words….It’s gotta be the shoes!
Recently, 15 year old superstar Marcus Lovett Jr, one of the most highly touted high school freshmen in the country, recently put those words to the test when he switched from the Kobe Christmas Edition Nike’s to the Brandon Jennings Under Armour Bloodline’s during halftime of a tightly contested varsity league game.
After missing a go ahead 3 pointer that would have given his Providence HS varsity team a victory earlier in the week, the 5’5 and 155lb guard decided to take it to his next opponent, which happened to be the Campbell Hall Vikings, featuring fellow top freshman recruit Aaron Holiday. Holiday is the younger brother of 76ers PG Jrue Holiday, and has already scored 54 points in a game on the varsity level.
The epic contest between two of the top prospects in the 2015 Class seemed to be going Holiday’s way until Lovett decided to change kicks at halftime and pour in 27 points in the 2nd half, finishing with a whopping 45 points, helping Providence to a 73-66 victory. Holiday’s total wasn’t too shabby either, totaling 27 points in the loss.
On the season, Lovett Jr is averaging a ridiculous 32.4 ppg, 5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.8 steals in helping Providence get out to an impressive 17-4 record in the Burbank, California hoops action. While dropping 45 points is an impressive feat for a player on any level, it wasn’t even his season high, as he scored 55 points in only his 6th varsity game earlier this year.
There’s no doubt, The Hoop Doctors will definitely keep our eyes peeled on both Lovett Jr and Holiday in the future.
Marcus Lovett Jr Scoring 45 Points in HS:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen has also provided content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, Cleveland.com, CSN Philly.com, Buckets Magazine, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
