Ex-Norcom star, Illinois native to join NSU Spartans

NORFOLK, Virginia -- Norcom High School product Malique Trent and Illinois native LaTree Russell will join the Norfolk State basketball program as part of the 2013 recruiting class, interim head coach Robert Jones announced Thursday.

In addition, forward Grant Hefeng and guard Sajae Pryor will be eligible to compete after sitting out the 2012-13 season at NSU.

Trent, a 6-foot-2 shooting guard, was the Eastern District Player of the Year and first-team All-Eastern Region as a senior in 2013. He led Norcom to the Eastern District regular-season and tournament championships while averaging 19.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

Trent selected NSU from more than a dozen Division I offers. "Malique was a big-time recruit for us," Jones said in a statement. "He's one of the bigger local recruits we have had here in a while, so it was good to keep a player of his caliber at home."

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