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Xavier University men's basketball snags another 4-star commit in Zach Freemantle

Xavier University's 2019 men's basketball recruiting class received another big boost Tuesday with a verbal commitment from Zach Freemantle, a 6-foot-9 post player out of Bergen Catholic, N.J., who's rated as a four-star recruit by 247Sports.

Freemantle, who also had offers from schools like Boston College, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Georgia Tech, Penn State and Northwestern, announced he would be heading to Victory Parkway in a Twitter post.

Bergen Catholic head basketball coach Billy Armstrong told The Enquirer: "The stuff that jumps out to coaches and to me right away is his toughness. He doesn't like to back down from anybody he's competing against.