Boston College Athletics
Basketball Signs Five Players
November 28, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 22, 2006
Five high-school standouts - 6-foot-8-inch forward Courtney Dunn, 6-foot-2-inch guard Biko Paris, 6-foot-6-inch forward Corey Raji, 6-foot-4-inch forward Rakim Sanders and 6-foot-9-inch forward Josh Southern - have signed national letters of intent to play basketball at Boston College, according to an announcement by Boston College head coach Al Skinner. All five players will enroll at BC in September 2007 and begin play during the 2007-08 season.
Dunn, a standout at Lake Highlands (Texas) High School, averaged 10.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game last winter. He also recorded 98 blocked shots. Dunn played AAU ball for the Dallas Mustangs, a team that had 11 Division 1 signees this fall.
Paris, who plays at Cypress Community Christian School in Houston, earned 2005-06 TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) All-State 4A first team honors. In his first year in the program, he averaged 19.0 points and 8.0 assists per game to guide the Warriors to their second consecutive TAPPS 4A title.
A Louisiana native, Paris played his sophomore season at John Curtis High School, before being forced to relocate after Hurricane Katrina.
Raji earned All-Group 2 first-team honors in 2005-06, averaging 25.7 points and 15.6 rebounds per game at Westwood (N.J.) High School. He also competes on the AAU circuit for the Playaz Basketball Club.
Corey is the younger brother of BC football player B.J. Raji. B.J. is a junior defensive tackle for the Eagles.
Sanders currently stars at St. Andrew's (R.I.) School. Last winter, he earned All-State accolades after averaging 18.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Sanders led the Saints to the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class B title.
Southern averaged 16.0 points and 16.0 rebounds per game as a junior at Saginaw (Mich.) High School. He earned All-State Class A third-team accolades from the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan in 2005-06.
