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Power forward averaged 12.5 rebounds per game signs with Washington Adventist
Power forward averaged 12.5 rebounds per game; signs full ride to Washington Adventist.
On April 4, Gwynn Park High School senior and 6-foot-6 power forward Ackhel Bazil signed his letter of intent to play for Washington Adventist University.
“I consider [Bazil] the top defensive post player in the [3A/2A/1A League],” Yellow Jackets coach Mike Glick wrote in an email. When listing off his stats, Glick mentioned Bazil’s 12.5 rebounds per game, 5.0 blocks per game and 8.5 points per game. He then added, somewhat jokingly, Bazil also had “one million altered shots.”
Despite the Yellow Jackets suffering somewhat of a down year during his senior season, Bazil, who was selected to the Prince George’s County Senior All-Star Game a few weeks back, still recorded five double-doubles and reached double-digit rebounds in 11 games. His season-high was 25 rebounds in a win over Fairmont Heights, which followed a 21-rebound performance in a three point loss to Potomac.
“I embrace it,” Bazil said of his role being primarily to dominate the glass and alter shots. “I like it. I love it.”
Washington Adventist finished the 2012-2013 season 9-19 and its leading rebounder amassed 121 total rebounds. Bazil said he was told that he is currently the “No. 1 power forward they were looking at” and that he should “play major, major minutes.” He guesses that he will likely start as a college freshman.
Bazil’s role, he said, would be “to rebound the basketball, block shots, play defense, and if I can get a shot off, then get a shot off.”
The Shock also looked into other local recruits such as John F. Kennedy’s Marcus Murray, a second-team All-Gazette selection in Montgomery County.
