Alistair Mackay, a 6′10 Senior out of Scotland has verbally committed to play basketball for the Davidson College Wildcats and coach Bob McKillop.
MacKay continues the tradition of Wildcat big men coming across the pond. Recent predecessors have been Ben Alison (England), Andrew Lovedale (England), and Boris Meno (France).
MacKay has been training this summer with the Great Britain U20 team in Essex and will be ready to prove himself in a deep Davidson frontcourt which includes returning co-freshman of the year, Jake Cohen, transfer, Clint Mann, Juniors Frank Ben-Eze and Ben Alison, and local recruit, DeMon Brooks.
MacKay comes to Davidson having already gained leadership experience captaining the Scotland U18 team in last year’s European Championships averaging 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds over 8 games.
After previously committing to Howard, DeMon Brooks reopened his recruitment when Howard made a coaching change. The 6′7″ power forward was pursued hard by many southern conference schools including Appalachian State, Elon and The College of Charleston, but decided to come to Davidson in order to anchor the young talented team down low.
Some important notes about Brooks:
> 6′7″ 215 lb. power forward from Hopewell High School in nearby Huntersville, N.C.
> During his senior year averaged 17.5 points and 10.2 rebounds and recorded 15 double doubles.
> The I-Meck 4A player of the year.
> Over the last two seasons, helped lead the Hopewell Titans to a 52-4 record and back to back conference championships.
> Nicknamed ‘Bootz’: “The fans are not booing, they are yelling ‘Boooooooootz!’”
> Will join friend and teammate Jordan Downing as the first pair of Titan Players to join the Davidson team.
Quotes from Hopewell Coach, Ed Davis on Brooks’ commitment:
> “This is a very special situation for Jordan, DeMon and everyone in the Hopewell basketball (family). It speaks so highly of their character and work ethic. Davidson won’t just let anybody into their school or on their basketball team. To take two guys from one team says a lot about the players.”
> “He really wanted to stay closer to home and Davidson had a really good freshman class last year and a really good one this year. (Brooks) is really excited about playing for (Davidson) coach (Bob) McKillop, and to play basically in your back yard is exciting to him, too.”
Video of Demon Brooks:
Below is video of Demon Brooks and his Hopewell basketball team beating rival Lake Norman on December 17. Brooks is #24 in blue. Basketball highlights begin at the 2:45 mark.
(Note: Fellow Davidson recruit Jordan Downing is #21 in blue)
Alistair Mackay, a 6′10 Senior out of Scotland has verbally committed to play basketball for the Davidson College Wildcats and coach Bob McKillop.
