Oregon has received a national letter of intent from Chipola College point guard Malcolm Armstead, a long-rumored signing even before former guard Kamyron Brown left the program on Saturday.
Armstead is the teammate of Oregon recruit Jeremy Jacob, a forward for the Indians of Marianna, Fla. Armstead averaged 6.8 points, 4.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game, shooting 41-of-79 on 3-pointers (52 percent)
Armstead, 6-feet and 195 pounds, finished with an assist-to-turnover rate of 3.3 per game.
Armstead finished his freshman year at Chipola, and will have three years of eligibility remaining.
“The thing that impressed me the most about Malcolm was his contagious passion for the game of basketball and his understanding for the point guard position,” Kent said in a media release. “That passion is going to make everybody around him better.”
More from the release by Oregon Media Services’ Chris Geraghty.
Chipola finished third at the 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association Men’s National Basketball Championship in Hutchinson, Kan.
The Indians, who ended the regular-season as the top-ranked team in the NJCAA Top 25 Poll, defeated Conners State College, 102-70, in the consolation game of the national tournament. Chipola lost a 78-73 semifinal contest to Salt Lake Community College, a team that would go on to defeat Midland in the title game.
Chipola had a 32 game winning-streak before falling to Salt Lake CC. The only other loss came early in the season to Three Rivers College (78-71).
Oregon has signed a total of four players to NLIs for the upcoming season. In addition to the Chipola College signees, the Ducks have also added prep standouts Jamil Wilson (Racine, Wis.) and E.J. Singler (Medford, Ore.).
“This is a very good recruiting class. Individuals in this group will be counted on to make an immediate impact on our basketball program,” Kent said.
