CHAMPAIGN — Illinois continued to restock its recruiting board Tuesday with a pair of new targets, offering 6-foot-10 center Florent “Flo” Thamba and 6-8 forward Maurice Calloo.
Thamba plays for Mountain Mission School in Grundy, Va. He put up 20 points and 16 rebounds for Mountain Mission on Friday at the Phenom Showcase in Greensboro, N.C., and followed that Saturday with a 15-point, 10-rebound performance.
Thamba is a consensus three-star prospect and is ranked as the No. 25 center in the nation by 247Sports. At 6-10 and 230 pounds with an ability to run the floor, he fits the long, athletic big man prototype Underwood has shown he prefers.