The Academy at Mountain State University played host to Oak Hill Academy last night and the Mountain State squad featured two of WVU’s future recruits. Most notable was Noah Cottrill, the 2010 point guard recruit, formerly of Poca High fame who put on quite a show in the 85-63 loss. Also of interest was forward Deniz Kilicli, the 2009 recruit who is somewhat mysterious.

He came to the U.S. a few months ago after creating an international profile for himself back home in Turkey. While there seems to be no questioning his potential, especially with Huggins, one bit of feedback I received this morning reported Kilicli was “terrible” and “timid” in what was his first so-called big-time game in the states.

“It’s disappointing,” Fulford said. “I’m not upset with Deniz over his scoring, but two rebounds is just not acceptable. Rebounding is ‘want to.’ I told him after the game that this is the American style of basketball. And he’s going to have to adapt.”