Bradley men’s basketball head coach Brian Wardle has received two national letters of intent (NLI) from two guards for his first two commitments of the spring, the university announced Monday.
Guards Ronnie Suggs and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, from Washington, Missouri and London, England, respectively, have both submitted their NLIs and will enroll as freshmen next year.
“With this first recruiting class, the priority of our staff is not only bringing in talented players who can compete at a high level in the Missouri Valley Conference on a day-in and day-out basis, but more importantly, young men with great character, who are academically very strong and come from great family environments,” Wardle said in a statement. “We have signed two kids that we feel meet all of those characteristics.”
Suggs, a 6’6” guard who was a former University of Missouri commit under Frank Haith, chose Bradley over offers from TCU, Saint Louis, Nebraska and SIU.
“Ronnie is a very skilled, 6’6” wing who can really shoot the ball,” Wardle said in a statement. “His ability to score and his length are characteristics that we like in our perimeter players. So we’re very excited about bringing his 3-point shooting into our program.”
Lautier-Ogunleye, who is a 6’3” guard, comes to Peoria from London and plays for the Bristol Academy Flyers of the British Basketball League but maintained his amatuer status as he did not get paid.
“In Dwayne, we got a strong, physical combo guard that can play with the ball in his hands and make plays,” Wardle said. “He can play the point guard, he can move off the ball and score and he’s definitely a play-maker on both ends of the floor.”
