King Of Kings Update: DaJuan Coleman vs. Rakeem Christmas, SU Recruit In The Mix

Donna Ditota is all over the King of Kings League this year. With so many Syracuse Orange players and recruits involved, it only makes sense. She checks in with a couple updates on the action.

(And why any of you schlubs who live in the Utica area aren't going to these games, I do not know...)

First up, the war between Rakeem Christmas and DaJuan Coleman commences. Round one goes to Coleman.

Coleman, the Jamesville-DeWitt High School product, manned the middle for JD’s Finest. Christmas, the SU sophomore, played center for Utica Select.

JD’s Finest cruised to an easy 79-51 victory, though Utica Select was without James Southerland, said to be home in downstate New York on Monday.

It was a rebound-fest for both, with 21 boards grabbed between the two of them.

Meanwhile, Christmas may be doing some solid recruiting on SU's behalf. Highly-coveted recruit Isaiah Briscoe is playing for Utica Select thanks to Rak. Considering the team includes Southerland and he spent Monday night playfully-jawing with Michael Carter-Williams, this recruit is clearly in good hands.

He told Donna that he has a list of about six schools and Syracuse is one of them. In May, Briscoe told Nation of Orange that while he wasn't a Syracuse "lean," they were among the schools recruiting him the hardest. He also visited SU on Monday.