Ohio point guard commits to St. Joe's

KYLE MOLOCK grew up in Wilmington before his family moved to Dublin, Ohio, 5 years ago. He remembers watching Jameer Nelson and Delonte West at Saint Joseph's.

Next summer, the 6-2 point guard from Dublin Coffman High will be on Hawk Hill; he's the second member of the class of 2012 to commit.

"My dad and I were just talking about watching the Philadelphia teams when I was growing up," Molock said. "He always said it would be fun [for me] to play [at St. Joe's]."

St. Joe's actually offered Molock during his sophomore year, but the point guard committed to Purdue. In his final AAU tournament before school last year, he tore the ACL in his left knee and missed all of last season.

"I feel like I've got everything back," Molock said. "I'm actually more explosive, can jump a little higher."

Molock's coach, Jamey Collins, confirmed that.

"He's more explosive than before," Collins said. "He's still fearless going to the hole."

What Molock has really improved over time is his jump shot and ball distribution, the coach said

"Right now, we're having trouble finding anything he doesn't do well," Collins said.

There are some interesting videos of Molock on line before he got hurt.

Molock was the starting point guard from the day practice began his freshman year. The only other player to have done that at Coffman is former Notre Dame star Chris Quinn, who played on several NBA teams.

After his sophomore year, Molock was ranked as Ohio's best point guard in the class of 2012.

"As a player coming out of high school, you hope your coaches see you as you see yourself," Collins said. "I think coach [Phil] Martelli expressed what he thought of Kyle and it's really the same vision Kyle has of himself."

When Molock was hurt, Purdue got a commitment from another point guard so Molock re-opened his recruiting.

"I just didn't feel too comfortable with the situation," he said. "They kept saying they needed to protect themselves just in case. I was like I need to project myself and look for some other schools."

Molock and his family were on Hawk Hill last weekend for his official visit. He looked no more.

After getting an earlier commitment from 6-7 Isaiah Miles (Milford Mill High, outside Baltimore), St. Joe's has one scholarship remaining for the class of '12.