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Marques Bolden set to announce decision Thursday

Related Topics: DeSoto, Texas

Bolden a 6’11 center out of Desoto, Texas plans to announce his decision on Thursday at his high school, according to Desoto High School’s twitter page.

Hold up – Bolden moving to Thursday for family reasons!
9 am tomorrow will be all other student-athletes!

— DeSoto ISD (@desotoisdengage) May 16, 2016

The five star center has indicated that his recruitment came down to a two team race between the Duke Blue Devils and Kentucky Wildcats.

Duke has been heavily favored to land the elite post player. If Duke were to add Bolden, that would be the sixth player in their 2016 recruiting class (Jack White, Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum, Javin DeLaurier, and Frank Jackson.