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Recruiting continued to heat up for Nico Antoniacci, the much-celebrated sophomore basketball prospect from Riverside.
On Tuesday, the sharp-shooting and playmaking guard announced via social media he received a scholarship offer to Syracuse University. It is the third NCAA Division I offer the 6-foot-2 Antoniacci received. The list includes Manhattan and Penn State.
Last season as a freshman, Antoniacci earned The Times-Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year and was a Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class 3A all-state selection.
Antoniacci built an early reputation as a scorer during the AAU basketball season. He is a member of NEPA Elite, plays up age divisions and draws praise from scouts while excelling at showcase events.
Manhattan University delivered Antoniacci’s first scholarship offer before he played in a varsity basketball game.
As a freshman, Antoniacci led Riverside to the District 2 Class 3A championship and the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals, where it lost to eventual state champion West Catholic.
Antoniacci, who was also the Lackawanna League Division II Coaches’ Player of the Year, led the Lackawanna League in scoring at 20.4 points per game with 572 points and 86 3-pointers. In addition, he contributed 3.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.5 steals per game and had 80 points in five postseason games, including 61 in three PIAA Class 3A playoff games.
Manhattan is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and finished 17-14 overall last season.
Penn State, a Big Ten program, had a record of 16-15 overall for coach Mike Rhodes.
Syracuse, a traditional power and member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was 14-19 last season.
Mid Valley eighth grader Michael Abda had a successful AAU summer season as a member of Hoop Heads and earned an opportunity to play in Spain or Italy by being selected as an EXACT All-American at a showcase in Philadelphia earlier in August.
“NCAA and NAIA college coaches carefully evaluated each athlete at EXACT camps across the country,” according to a letter received by the Abda family from Sam Morgan, the National Director of EXACT Sports.
Athletes were selected based on “exceptional performance, commitment and mental preparation.”
Abda, whose father, Mike Abda, is the head coach of the Mid Valley boys basketball team, also received the Gold Standard bracelet at the PGC basketball camp in July and attended the USA Basketball Gold Camp in Pittsburgh.
Mid Valley’s Bryce Davis, Chase Gasper and Patrick Lavelle from Riverside, and Colton Gryboski from St. Paul’s also attended the Gold Camp. Delaware Valley head coach Kris Holtzer is a member of the USA Basketball coaching staff.
Abda averaged 20 points per game as a seventh grader playing on the freshman team coached by Lamont Tillery at Mid Valley.
Scranton Prep sophomore Chloe Mamera also received an NCAA Division I women’s basketball scholarship offer from Rider University this week, according to her X account.
The 6-0 guard/forward, who also plays for Keystone Karma AAU, also has offers from St. Bonaventure University and Le Moyne College.
In her freshman year at Scranton Prep, Mamera scored 198 points, which included 12 in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal loss to Neumann-Goretti.
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