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Purdue Basketball Recruiting: Mason Gillis Commits

Vince Edwards was just drafted into the NBA after a successful 4-year career in West Lafayette.

Today Matt Painter got his replacement.

I apologize for getting to this story late, as I was in Cincinnati all day, but today we got the second member of the 2019 basketball recruiting class as Mason Gillis, a 6’7”, 210 pound forward from New Castle committed to coach Painter’s program. He is currently ranked 122nd nationally by both Rivals and 247.

Gillis is a very versatile forward in the mold of Edwards. Here are his highlights:

This past season he had New Castle ranked No.