Emerging 2018 Chicago point guard picks up USF offer
Xavier Castañeda, a 6-foot point guard from Chicago, Illinois, picked up an offer from South Florida Saturday evening.
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Castañeda who played for Mean Streets on the Nike EYBL Circuit, averaged 9 points, 4.1 assists, 2 rebounds, 1.8 turnovers and 1.2 steals per EYBL game according to according to krossover.com. He shot 40 percent from the floor and attempted 35 percent of his shots in the mid-range, connecting on 39 percent of those attempts.
USF made the offer after watching Castañeda at the Victor Oladipo Skills Academy in Maryland. He was a breakout player and the top facilitator at the camp averaging 4.5 assists per game.
Castañeda attends Whitney Young Magnet High School who won the Illinois Class 4A state championship in March