Kevin Henry talks about his commitment to Mississippi Delta Community College
Senior point guard Kevin Henry commits to Mississippi Delta Community College. Senior point guard Kevin Henry has aspirations of playing at the Division 1 level in college basketball, but no D1 school dialed Henry’s number. But in his mind,…
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Senior point guard Kevin Henry has aspirations of playing at the Division 1 level in college basketball, but no D1 school dialed Henry’s number.
But in his mind, there’s nothing wrong with starting at the junior college level and working up towards a reachable goal.
Henry, a 6-foot-1 guard, signed his national letter of intent to Mississippi Delta Community College Monday afternoon at Center Hill High School. He has the opportunity to go play right away, instead of sitting behind other guards. Henry could have went to Berry College, a four-year private school in Mount Berry, Georgia, but the situation wasn’t a great fit for him.
Lemoyne-Owen College was another option for Henry, but the coaching staff didn’t seemed as interested in Henry like they had seemed to be in the beginning.
In the end, Henry is in position to prove to others that he has what it takes to play D1 basketball.
“I think this is just another step to get me closer to my goal,” Henry said. “So, my goal is to go down there, play my year and go Division 1 if I put in the right work.”
Henry’s high school basketball coach, Newton Mealer, called him “the glue” to the Mustangs’ success this past season. Henry wasn’t the team’s best player. He wasn’t the team’s best outside sniper. Henry wasn’t the team’s best defender. He just did the small things such as dive for loose balls, make the right passes and take care of the basketball.
Henry was what Draymond Green is to the Golden State Warriors.
“Every coach that has called me about him, I said ‘Look at his tangibles,’ Mealer said. “Kevin is a selfless player, the glue to the team and one of the hardest workers. I got Calvin Temple on my team; I have Kenneth Lewis on my team, and those guys work hard.
“But Kevin Henry works a little bit harder, probably because he was trying to get his game where it needs to be.”
Henry averaged 11.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.0 assists last season for Center Hill, which finished the 2018 season 31-3, capturing the MHSSA 5A State Championship. He played in a total of 90 games over the last three seasons for the Mustangs, averaging 8.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals a game.
Matthew Murrell contemplating his future
Whitehaven High standout Matthew Murrell is unsure whether or not he will return to the Tigers next season after his high school basketball coach Faragi Phillips decided to join Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt as one of his assistant coaches.
“I don’t know at the moment,” Murrell said via text.
Murrell, a 6-4 combo guard, learned a lot from Phillips, who was a point guard during his playing days at Mississippi Valley State.
“You have to be mentally tough to be coached by him,” Murrell said about Phillips.
Murrell’s recruitment will get interesting as time goes along since Vanderbilt is one of many schools coming after him. Murrell isn’t the only one who could be contemplating about returning to Whitehaven. Guards Jesse Payne and Kavion McClain might be sitting down and weighing their options as well, and if all three players leave, the Tigers will not be one of the top teams in Class AAA basketball next season.