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Oklahoma State Showing Interest in Junior College Guard Corey Davis

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Mike Boynton was named as the head coach at Oklahoma State on Friday. And on Saturday morning in a meeting with reporters, he laid out his priorities and a blueprint for how he’d like to transition things under his watch.

“There’s a group of 1s on our priority list,” he told The Oklahoman. “Our current players, 1-A. Our recruits, 1-B. Our former players, 1-C. We gotta always take care of those people.”

In reference to 1-B: He’s seemingly taking steps to get that squared away behind the scenes. As John Helsley of The Oklahoman reports, Boynton will soon be jetting out to see Zack Dawson and Latravian Glover in Miami, as well as Amauri Hardy in Michigan, despite Hardy saying he hasn’t heard from him as of Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. In the meantime, Boynton seems to be working the sidelines, too.

Junior college point guard Corey Davis of Jacinto College named the Cowboys on his list of schools he’s considering late Sunday, along with Houston, New Mexico State, Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, Western Kentucky and Washington State, noting that he has “a couple weeks to figure this out.” It seems Oklahoma State has taken interest in the tough-nosed junior college prospect, but Davis says he hasn’t been offered a scholarship just yet.

“We’ve [Mike Boynton and Corey] been in contact,” he told Pistols Firing on Sunday.

“[Boynton] tells me he’s looking for a hard-nosed guard who can score, facilitate and defend as well as be a leader,” Davis continued. “He says that he believes I do all those things very well. That’s why he likes me so much.

“I’m almost sure he will offer me. It’s just a matter of us communicating and learning more about each other and for me, about the program.”

Davis, a 2017 prospect, could be an intriguing option at point guard for next season. He’s a proven commodity at the next level, averaging 17.2 points and shooting better than 46 percent from the three-point line, according to the Houston Chronicle. And he’s already spent two seasons busting his tail against players a step above the high school.

Where there might be some confusion, though, is determining where all the moving pieces settle. Jawun Evans has declared for the NBA draft, although conflicting reports about whether he has signed an agent or not mean he could potentially come back. And Amauari Hardy, a point guard commitment who can play off the ball, still has yet to decide what his final status is with OSU. The same can be said for Zach Dawson and Latravian Glover.

Overall, the scholarship pieces are fluid at best. You can’t have four point guards on a roster. So there’s a scenario in which Davis could potentially come in, but that would likely indicate other moving pieces would be headed elsewhere. We’ll likely found out sooner rather than later where the chips fall, but keep an eye on Davis, as newly-minted head coach Mike Boynton does the same.

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