Clark’s Woodbury commits to UNLV

In securing its first oral commitment for the 2018 basketball class, UNLV didn’t have to go far.

The Rebels found a four-star recruit in Clark High School’s Trey Woodbury.

“We are very excited for him to stay home and be a part of the rebuilding of the Rebel program,” Woodbury’s dad, Ben, said in a Twitter message to the Review-journal. “Coach (Marvin) Menzies and his staff did an outstanding job recruiting Trey and set themselves apart from the other Pac-12 and Big 12

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group,” UNLV coach Marvin Menzies said Monday. “There are going to be a lot of eyes on him, but there were going to be a lot of eyes on him no matter where he went to play basketball. He’s that elite level of a player.

“The kid gets it, and he’s solid.

He’s coming to be a Rebel, and he’s coming to help us win games. That’s the most important thing. He loves the winning.”

UNLV sent a statement to the rest of the Mountain West and the nation after securing a commitment from Mccoy on April 25. Landing him led top recruits Shakur Juiston and Amauri Hardy to sign with the Rebels the following day, vaulting UNLV up recruiting rankings.

Mccoy is a Mcdonald’s All-american and a five-star prospect ranked No. 15 nationally by ESPN. He averaged 28.6 points, 12.6 rebounds and 5.3 blocked shots last season at San Diego’s Cathedral Catholic High School.

Now he is part of a UNLV team coming off its worst season in school history. The Rebels went 11-21 in the first season under Menzies, but Mccoy chose UNLV over Oregon,