Published May 5, 2019
K-State lands JC point guard Sloan
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Matt Hall  •  EMAWOnline
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Kansas State has secured some backcourt help with the commitment of three-star rated junior college point guard David Sloan.

The graduations of seniors Kamau Stokes and Barry Brown have created an opportunity for playing time at the guard spots for K-State, and now Sloan - who was recruited hard down the stretch by Georgetown, Cincinnati and K-State - will be in a spot to fight for those minutes.

"I felt very comfortable," Sloan told KSO of K-State, where he visited this weekend. "The coaches did a great job recruiting me, and the players are great and fun to be around."

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Sloan had a pretty impressive resume as a high school recruit out of the Louisville area, earning offers from the likes of Butler, Iowa State, Louisville, Memphis, Missouri, Murray State and Tennessee before ultimately ending up in junior college.

The 6-foot, 195-pound lead guard filled up the stat sheet as a junior college sophomore, averaging 16.1 points, 10.2 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game while shooting 37.1 percent from deep on an average of about three three-point attempts a game.

"I am more of a true point guard," Sloan said when asked to describe his game. "I feel like people enjoy playing with me from the way I distribute the ball. I can shoot, score, and I feel like that I’m a great leader."

K-State returns a pair of experienced guards in Cartier Diarra and Mike McGuirl, but neither are true point guards. Sophomore Shuan Neal-Williams has point guard skills but has yet to prove himself at this level, and he and Sloan could battle for starting honors running the offense.

K-State didn't have any open scholarships entering the spring period after signing DaJuan Gordon, Antonio Gordon and Montavious Murphy in the previous signing period for the Class of 2019. The departures of Austin Trice and Goodnews Kpegeol opened up two more scholarships, however, and now Sloan's commitment adds depth, experience and numbers to K-State's options at guard.

Stay logged in to KSO for more on Sloan's game, specifically, and the Wildcats' recruiting efforts this spring.

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NOTE: The video below his from Sloan's junior year of high school; he's now a junior college sophomore. We were unable to find a higher quality video of him.

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