HARRISONBURG, Va. – Guard Brycen Blaine has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the James Madison men's basketball team for the 2022-23 season, Head Coach
Mark Byington announced on Thursday morning.
Blaine returns to Virginia, where he formerly starred for L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield, after an outstanding senior season at Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Ga.
He averaged 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 2021-22 on his way to Second Team All-State and First Team All-Region honors, leading the Patriots to a Region 7A Championship and a spot in the state title game.
"Brycen is a great late addition to our basketball team and he will have a really successful career at JMU," Byington said. "The first two things that stick out with him are his competitiveness and his toughness - he just has an edge that he plays with at all times. He's a 6-5 combo guard that can do a lot of the things that help you win basketball games."
This spring also saw Blaine excel on the AAU circuit, averaging 20.5 points per contest with Team Huncho on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit, good for the fourth-highest scoring average in the nationally-renowned AAU league.
Blaine joins
guard Xavier Brown and
forward Jerell Roberson as incoming freshmen with the Dukes in 2022-23, coming to Harrisonburg alongside a pair of transfers in
forward Mezie Offurum and
guard Noah Friedel.