{"id":433888,"date":"2024-11-02T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T18:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=433888"},"modified":"2024-11-02T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T18:24:21","slug":"kentucky-beats-out-uconn-duke-for-elite-pg-in-class-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/kentucky-football\/kentucky-beats-out-uconn-duke-for-elite-pg-in-class-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky beats out UConn, Duke for elite PG in Class of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the top point guards in the Class of 2025 is heading to Lexington to play for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p>Acaden Lewis is the player in question, a 6-2 lefty with an impressive control of the offense at his young age. Lewis&#8217;s jump shot has been a bit off and on, but he can still be a threat to score from range and has shown an ability to be an elite facilitator.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why top schools such as Duke, UConn and North Carolina all wanted Lewis, who is rated as a 4-star prospect. Instead, the PG out of Washington DC is heading to Kentucky.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Top-30 recruit Acaden Lewis, one of the top point guards in the country, has committed to Kentucky, he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3Recruits?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@On3Recruits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-1 senior out of Washington, DC held offers from Duke, UConn, UNC, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnueZr5Zh7\">https:\/\/t.co\/hnueZr5Zh7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rH9DsCrWPw\">pic.twitter.com\/rH9DsCrWPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiptonEdits\/status\/1852775348611506370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lewis is Kentucky&#8217;s 3rd commitment of the 2025 cycle, joining 5-star CG Jasper Johnson and 4-star Center Malachi Moreno.\u00a0He&#8217;ll need to bulk up some to compete against SEC competition, sitting at 170 pounds according to 247Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky&#8217;s 2024 season starts in just a few days, with the Wildcats opening the year against Wright State on Monday. It&#8217;s a brand-new year with a brand-new roster, Wildcats fans &#8211; soon we&#8217;ll see what Pope&#8217;s crew is made of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky added a pledge from an elite PG prospect Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364280,"featured_media":417798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-433888","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","series_tags-hoops","teams-kentucky-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/433888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}