Look: WVU Basketball Hosts Pair of 4-Star Recruits Over Weekend

WVU Basketball hosted two visitors over the weekend in Naas Cunningham (2024 F) and Chance Mallory (2025 G). Both Cunningham and Mallory are four-star prospects in their respective classes.

Cunningham (6-foot-7) is currently a four-star recruit in all of the recruiting databases but once was No. 1 in his class back in 2022. Cunningham has received offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Bryant, UConn, Creighton, DePaul, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, LSU, Maryland, Memphis, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, UCLA and others. Cunningham has visited Memphis and Rutgers so far.

Cunningham played for Overtime Elite this past season, averaging 14.4 points, 2.3 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 30.2 minutes. Overtime Elite has emerged as one of the best developing programs in the country.

Mallory (5-foot-9), a native of Charlottesville, Va., received an offer from West Virginia back in May. WVU assistant DerMarr Johnson made direct contact with Mallory on the first day of the contacting period and has been in touch throughout the summer.

Mallory currently plays at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Virginia, as he is wrapping up his sophomore year there. Mallory also plays AAU ball for Team Thrill, which is run by current Toronto Raptors guard Will Barton. Mallory has received offers from Butler, Liberty, Maryland, NJIT, Radford, Seton Hall, UCF, Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and others. Mallory has visited Liberty, Maryland, Virginia and Virginia Techso far.

Mallory averaged 17.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.2 steals during his sophomore year at STAB.

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