Syracuse Basketball: 4-star commit Elijah Moore has gone off lately in Overtime Elite

The playoffs following the 2023-24 regular season of the Atlanta-based professional league Overtime Elite are taking place, and Syracuse basketball 2024 four-star signee Elijah Moore has been straight lit in recent games.

Over his past two games, which went down this past Thursday and Friday nights, the four-star shooting guard has combined for a whopping 53 points.

The 6-foot-5 Moore, who is officially signed with the Orange after verbally committing to the ‘Cuse in late January of 2023 over other finalists Alabama, Arkansas, Miami and Oklahoma State, is spending his senior year during 2023-24 at the Our Saviour Lutheran School in the Bronx, N.Y.

Our Saviour Lutheran is one of eight squads in Overtime Elite, where the New York City program operates as JellyFam. As a senior, Moore has proven a top-10 scorer in Overtime Elite, while facing some of the best high school players around the country.

Syracuse basketball 2024 four-star commit Elijah Moore is playing at a high level.

In the Overtime Elite playoffs, as part of the second round, the No. 6 seed JellyFam is battling the No. 3 seed Cold Hearts.

So far in the best-of-three series, it’s all tied at one win for each group. The winner will move on to the semifinals to face No. 2 seed City Reapers.

Here is what Moore has done to date in this second-round series, per stats provided on the Overtime Elite Web site.

Thursday, Feb. 22
Cold Hearts prevailed, 79-67
Moore had 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal
Connected on 10-of-21 from the field

Friday, Feb. 23
JellyFam prevailed, 80-78
Moore had 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
Connected on 10-of-18 from the field and 6-of-9 from 3-point land

Moore, a top-55 national prospect and a top-10 shooting guard in the 2024 cycle per 247Sports, and JellyFam will look to advance when they play Cold Hearts in the second-round elimination contest beginning at 1 pm on Sunday, Feb. 25, from the OTE Arena in Atlanta.

By the way, the Cold Hearts 2023-24 roster includes 2026 five-star wing Adam Oumiddoch, who has expressed an interest in Syracuse basketball. The 6-foot-6 Oumiddoch, recently, was one of four Overtime Elite players to sign name, image and likeness deals with Adidas.

Should JellyFam advance to the semifinals to square off with the City Reapers, Moore and his teammates would go toe to toe with 2025 four-star point guard Tyler Jackson.

The 6-foot-3 Jackson, a top-25 national prospect in the junior class, received a scholarship offer from the ‘Cuse in late April of 2023.

In late January of this year, Jackson took an official visit to the Syracuse basketball program. Currently, the Orange is in the lead for Jackson, according to On3’s recruiting prediction machine.