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Syracuse Basketball: 2025 five-star, four-star recruits are lights out in AAU

Neil Adler
Neil Adler

Inside the Loud House

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Multiple Syracuse basketball four-star and five-star recruiting targets in the 2025 cycle were spectacular this past weekend on the AAU circuit.

Last weekend, Nike’s EYBL league held its fourth and final regular-season session in Memphis, Tenn., prior to the annual Peach Jam tournament commencing in July.

Courtesy of the EYBL Web site, we’re taking a look at five Orange recruits in the rising-junior class who balled out at the Memphis Sports & Events Center over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Those ‘Cuse targets are four-star point guard Jerry Easter II, four-star shooting guard Kiyan Anthony, four-star wing Cam Ward, four-star forward Sadiq White and five-star point guard Tyler Jackson.

Syracuse basketball recruits were dominant in the latest Nike EYBL session.

Jerry Easter II (Columbus, Ohio-based All Ohio Red, 17U)

Game One: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
Game Two: 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals
Game Three: 31 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
Game Four: 27 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
Game Five: 24 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Kiyan Anthony (Baltimore-based Team Melo, 16U)

Game One: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
Game Two: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist
Game Three: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block
Game Four: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals

Cam Ward (Oxon Hill, Md.-based Team Durant, 16U)

Game One: 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals
Game Two: 32 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Game Three: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals
Game Four: 20 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block
Game Five: 23 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block

Sadiq White (Charlotte, N.C.-based Team United, 16U)

Game One: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals
Game Two: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal
Game Three: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Game Four: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks
Game Five: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

Tyler Jackson (Baltimore-based Team Melo, 16U)

Game One: 39 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks
Game Two: 36 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals
Game Three: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
Game Four: 30 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals

Neil Adler

Neil Adler

Since 2016, Neil has served as a writer with Inside The Loud House, while also taking on the role of editor in 2020. Neil, a graduate of Syracuse University in 2000, primarily covers 'Cuse basketball, football, recruiting, NIL and conference realignment issues. Neil has been an avid Syracuse sports enthusiast dating back to the 1980s. While with Loud House, Neil is regularly heard on the radio in Central New York, while also participating in numerous podcasts related to the 'Cuse. His exclusive reports are often picked up by other media outlets, too. When not writing about Syracuse sports, Neil also co-owns a marketing agency in the Washington, D.C., market. He loves playing hoops and buying basketball cards with his son, spending time with his parents, brother and nephews, and listening to Duran Duran.