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Tigers, Coach Wade Add Two JC Signees to Top 3 Class

BATON ROUGE – LSU Basketball Coach Will Wade put the final touches on a top three nationally-ranked recruiting class on Thursday with the acceptance of Southeastern Conference and institutional scholarship paperwork by LSU Compliance for 6-1 combo guard Danya Kingsby and 6-9 forward Courtese Cooper.

Kingsby, who helped the College of Southern Idaho to the championship game of the National Junior College Tournament (Division I), will have two years of eligibility for the Tigers beginning with the 2018-19 season.

Cooper, part of the Division II junior college national championship team at Triton College (Illinois), has completed his freshman season at Triton and will have three years of eligibility remaining.