WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Incoming Purdue men’s basketball freshman Myles Colvin will compete in the Rocket Mortgage High School Slam Dunk Championship as part of Final Four festivities in Houston.
The Slam Dunk Championship and 3-Point Championship, won previously by Purdue recruits Ryan Cline (2015) and Fletcher Loyer (2021) will be held on Friday at 7 p.m. CT, at the Bayou Music Center in Houston. CBS will air the event on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.
Colvin will be joined by Michigan State recruit Coen Carr, Michigan recruit George Washington and Oklahoma recruit Kaden Cooper.
Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting www.houstonhoopshouse.com or at the Bayou Music Center box office on the day of the event.
Numerous current professional and college hoops stars have introduced themselves to the basketball world as part of the High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, including a trio of current Houston Rockets in Jabari Smith, Jalen Green (committed in 2020 before the its cancellation) and Kevin Porter Jr. Additionally, all-stars like Trae Young, Donovan Mitchell, Ariel Atkins and Jordin Canada have competed in the event.
Ranked No. 50 nationally by the 247Sports recruiting rankings, Colvin brings an electrifying style of basketball to West Lafayette next season. The 6-foot, 6-inch guard with a 6-foot, 10-inch wingspan from Indianapolis’ Heritage Christian High School averaged 19.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a senior, while shooting 45.0 percent from the field with 45, 3-pointers. He scored 35 points in a loss to 2A state champion Blackhawk Christian in February.
Colvin competed in the 2022 3×3 U18 World Championships with USA Basketball and turned eyes at the NBPA Top 100 Camp in June 2022. Colvin will be just 17 years old when he arrives in campus in June.
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