South Carolina basketball’s big recruiting weekend got off to a strong start Friday.

Wildens Leveque, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward from Brockton, Massachusetts, has committed to the Gamecocks over pursuit from VCU and UMass, among others. Leveque joins Hartsville point guard Trae Hannibal in USC’s 2019 class. The group could soon grow to three as a decision is nearing for Carolina target Donta Scott, a swingman from Philadelphia.

Rivals first reported the news.

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2019 center Wildens Leveque just committed to South Carolina, he tells @Rivals https://t.