NORMAL — Tim Haworth knows Illinois State's basketball team struggled this season. The head basketball coach at Male High School in Louisville, Ky., believes Howard Fleming Jr. could be part of a Redbird resurgence.
"I really feel Howard is all about winning," said Haworth of his 6-foot-5 senior point guard, who signed with ISU in November. "If you can recruit those types of guys to your program eventually it will help turn things around."
Fleming is part of a five-player recruiting class that could be ISU head coach Dan Muller's best since 2013 when Paris Lee & Co.