Elijah Carter Signs to Compete for Scarlet Knights
Apr 28 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (April 28, 2011) - Rutgers University head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice announced Thursday that guard Elijah Carter (Paterson, N.J.) has signed to compete for the Scarlet Knights.
“To add a versatile and play-making guard to our incoming class is a big plus for our program,” said Rice. “Eli has the ability to make plays in the open floor. Having competed for Coach Hurley at Saint Anthony, Eli fits our style of switching defenses very well. He also played at Brewster Academy with five other high major signees, so he knows when to give the ball up and when to take over. Just like the rest of our class, Eli is a competitor. He is used to winning and he will do what it takes to help Rutgers be successful.”
Carter joins the highest rated recruiting class in Rutgers history. The class was most recently ranked No. 11 nationally by Scout, No. 15 by both ESPNU and Rivals and No. 5 by Hoop Scoop. Seven members of the class, including current forward/center Kadeem Jack (Queens, N.Y.) have been rated among the top 150 overall players nationally. Jack, who arrived “On the Banks” as a mid-year enrollee this past December and redshirted, was the No. 33 overall player for 2011-12 according to Rivals. Guard Myles Mack (Paterson, N.J.), a 2011 ESPN Rise First Team All-American and USA Today Second Team All-American, is rated No. 53 overall by Hoop Scoop, No. 62 by ESPN and No. 82 by Scout. Guard Jerome Seagears (Washington, D.C.) is classified as the country’s No. 89 overall prospect by Scout and No. 101 by Rivals. Forward/center Derrick Randall (Brooklyn, N.Y.) is rated No. 119 overall by Hoop Scoop. Fellow big man Greg Lewis (Baltimore, Md.) is ranked 127 overall by Hoop Scoop and 139 by Rivals. Guard Malick Kone (Guinea, West Africa) is rated as the country’s No. 145 overall recruit by Hoop Scoop.
ELIJAH (ELI) CARTER
Guard 6-2, 185
St. Anthony HS (N.J.)/Brewster Academy (N.H.) Paterson, N.J.
Scholastic: A scoring guard ranked as the nation’s 114th overall prospect and No. 32 shooting guard by Rivals…Cited as the country’s No. 31 point guard recruit by Scout…Prepped at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H. in 2010-11 under head coach Jason Smith…Helped team to a 31-3 overall record en route to earning Honorable Mention NEPSAC All-New England honors while also being named the sixth-best overall prep prospect by the New England Recruiting Report…A 2010 graduate of St. Anthony HS in Jersey City, where he averaged 15.2 points, six assists and five rebounds per game as a senior to help the Friars to NJSIAA Non-Public, North B championship and a 27-3 overall record under Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Head Coach Bob Hurley…Scored 28 points and had 14 rebounds against previously unbeaten Paterson Catholic, which was ranked No. 3 nationally and featured incoming RU signee Myles Mack, in the title game at the RAC…Earned Newark Star Ledger Second Team All-State and First Team All-Hudson County honors…Was cited by NJHoops.com as the Garden State’s sixth-best senior prospect…Had 31 points, including five 3-pointers, in SAHS’s win over Oak Ridge Military Academy in the Prime Time Shootout…On the all-star circuit, posted 42 points in New Jersey’s 124-119 double-OT loss to Connecticut in the 2010 JCC Schoolboy Classic, the second most in Classic history behind only Jeff Ruland’s 45 in 1977…Competing for the New Jersey Roadrunners, scored 55 points in a victory at the 2010 Donofrio Classic in Conshohocken, Pa…Plays AAU basketball for Sports University/Team IZOD under coach Eric Harrield. Personal: Son of Dale Sterling and the late Valarie Carter…Grandson of Sadie Sterling and Pearl Carter…Step brother, Khalil Murphy, plays basketball at the University of San Francisco.
