Class of 2024 Point Guard Daquan Davis Commits to Providence
Seemingly everywhere Daquan Davis has played, he has been a winner. Now, Kim English and the new coaching staff at Providence will hope that the six-foot point guard out of Baltimore can bring postseason success to Friartown.
Davis, a dynamic scoring guard in the class of 2024, committed to Providence on Saturday night, closing out a recruiting process that seemed destined for the University of Maryland up until a few weeks ago.
The Terps were the first high major school to offer Davis a scholarship in June of 2022, and when Providence hosted him for a visit in early May it felt like one of those “might as well” visits from the outside looking in.
Instead, English pulled Davis from a final four that consisted of Maryland, as well as Notre Dame and Mississippi State.
Breakdowns of Davis’s game will feature his speed, terrific outside shooting ability, and toughness, but the headline should be on how he has fared on the biggest stage.
Davis led Team Takeover to the Peach Jam 16U title last summer, burying four 3-pointers and scoring a team-high 19 points in a win over a NY Rens team featuring Dylan Harper (listed by 247, Rivals, and On3 as the top player in the country in 2024) and Tyler Betsey (a top 30 player in the class of ’24).
Davis transferred from St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) to St. John’s College High School in Washington D.C. prior to the 2022-23 school year. At St. John’s, Davis led his team to a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament championship victory over a St. Paul VI team that ranked in the top five in the country at the time. He scored a team-high 21 points in the title game, including a layup with three seconds to play to give St. John’s a 65-63 lead (the eventual final score). Davis added seven rebounds and three assists as St. John’s won their first WCAC title since 2016. He scored six points in the final two minutes of the game.
The newest Friar is returning to St. Frances for his final season of high school ball, where he’ll play against top competition from across the country. In fact, St. Frances was featured here when they went up against SoCal Academy and Garwey Dual last winter.
Davis is ranked #77 in the class of 2024 by 247 Sports and #89 by On3.com, while Rivals has him as its 148th best player in ’24.
When asked about Davis in May, a member of the Friar coaching staff said they were enamored with his toughness and believe he is the type of player that will elevate any college program he attends.
English and Co. have attacked the DMV since being hired at Providence, and Davis marks an impressive first get in the class of 2024. After leading St. John’s to a 30-3 overall mark and the WCAC title, the point guard was named Washington D.C. Player of the Year by MaxPreps. From their writeup: “Davis averaged 16.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 42.3 percent from the field this season. He was also the locker room leader for his squad.”
Davis will spend this summer hoping to win the 17U Peach Jam title with Team Takeover. It’s a roster filled with Providence recruiting targets, including 6’11 Garrett Sundra, wing Isaiah Abraham, and 6’10 forward Patrick Ngongba. Ngongba visited PC with Davis in May, but has since seen his stock explode to the point where he received an offer from (and visited) Duke. Meanwhile, Kevin McNamara reported that Abraham visited Providence this week, while Sundra narrowed his list to PC, Virginia Tech, Butler, Miami, and Notre Dame earlier this week.
Davis is shooting 35.5% from three in EYBL play this season, and 85% at the free throw line, while scoring 7.8 points per game. He did not play in the most recent session in Memphis over Memorial Day Weekend. Team Takeover is currently 13-3 in EYBL play, winners of 11 of their last 12 games. They’ll return to action in early July.
More recently, Davis had a terrific game this weekend for St. Frances at the DMV Live event, scoring eight of his 28 points in the final minute to lead them to a victory over Bishop McNamara. Davis made 5-11 shots from deep, as well as 11-13 at the free throw line in the win.
With that, Kim English and his staff are off and running with the class of 2024, with a dynamic scoring point guard kicking things off.
Also on Friar Basketball this week:
Subscribers can read our look at the nearly 40 players Providence has contacted in the classes of 2025 and 2026 over the past two weeks:
Billy Ricci and I also welcomed Jalen Lindsey on The Friar Podcast to talk through his Providence career and to get his thoughts on Ed Cooley’s departure to Georgetown. Jalen has always been a great interview, and this was no different.
Billy also wrote his latest, an article on the energy that is clear for all to see as the Friars kicked off summer practices:
July will bring a lot of action on the various sneaker circuits, and we are looking forward to providing coverage of it all.
Great job as always, Kevin . I’m going to pass this around and hopefully you get more people to sign up. Keep plugging away!
A lot of RI connections in that 2023 WCAC championship game. Davis obviously, abraham and ngongba on the Paul VI team as well as Ben Hammond who committed to Rhody recently (he was impressive in that highlight package)