St. John's became the latest school to offer a scholarship to Justin Crosgile, a 5-11, 165-pound point guard from Wayne (N.J.) DePaul Catholic.
A tremendous defensive player as well as shooter, Crosgile already owns offers from Rutgers, St. Joseph and Houston, and has interest from Seton Hall, Michigan and Notre Dame.
He's averaging 20.6 points, six assists and five steals for the defending Passaic County champion Spartans, who open tournament play Saturday against Lakeland. Last year he poured in 32 against Seton Hall-bound PG Jordan Theodore and Paterson Catholic in the county semis, and then he added 24 with four 3-pointers in the final against Wayne Valley. Crosgile recently had 27 points, six rebounds and five steals in a win over Passaic Tech, which you can read about here.
Crosgile said St. John's assistant Chris Casey called him Tuesday night to make the offer.
"He's real cool," Crosgile said. "He's telling me their team is really young. They're doing alright, not too good this year. But they have a young team. He's just saying if he had a guy like me to come there, it would be a great step up in scoring."
Check back here Friday for an in-depth feature on Crosgile that will appear in that day's editions of the paper.
(Photo courtesy Kevin R. Wexler)
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