Your George Mason Patriots are hosting 6’3 Northern Illinois rising junior wing Makhai Valentine. The 6’3 wing is from the Pittsburgh area.
Valentine was unranked out of both high school and as a portal prospect.
Makhai averaged 3.9 points and 1 rebound in 6.1 minutes per game on 66.7% true shooting as a freshman, albeit in only 12 games for Missouri State.
In his sophomore season with Northern Illinois, Valentine averaged 13.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal on 57.5% true shooting and 36.5% from three.
Makhai is an absolute shooter, with 67.3% of his shots coming from behind the arc. Somehow, he had a fine free throw rate of 30.5, which is pretty high considering only 25% of his shots came at the rim.
The high volume of threes and an assist rate of 7.1% suggests this guy is much more of a wing than a guard, but would probably be a SG only player. The only two-guard on the roster right now is Brayden O’Connor, along with maybe? Malik Presley and Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor.
There are open minutes as of now for him.
