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Top-10 recruit and team-first player? UK target 'truly unique for someone in this generation' | Lexington Herald Leader

He’s one of the best high school basketball prospects in the country, but the evidence of Scottie Lewis’ promising future is often absent from the box score.

His stats so far this spring on the Under Armour circuit: 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Not bad, but also not indicative of his next-level talent and top-10 national recruiting ranking.

Lewis’ impact on the game — and on his teammates — shows up in other ways.

During one game at the Under Armour league stop in Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago, Lewis was taken out so he could get a quick breather.