Bradley Braves in college basketball top five for highly touted Tennessee prep point guard

PEORIA — Emerson "K.J." Tenner has great court vision among his many offensive skills, and now the highly touted Tennessee prep prospect has his eye on Bradley University.

The 5-foot-11 point guard has put the Braves on his list of top five college basketball choices, along with fellow Missouri Valley Conference rivals Murray State and Drake.

Tenner is a rising star as a senior at Cordova High School outside Memphis. He's received an avalanche of offers, according to his social media and verbalcommits.com.

They include Bradley (which made an offer on Aug. 27) Alabama State, Arkansas State, CSU Bakersfield, Central Michigan, UT Arlington, Murray State, Samford University, Charleston, UT Martin, Rice and Texas State.

Tenner had a 46-point game as a high school sophomore, and his skill set has steadily grown. He has an array of offensive moves and is dynamic with the ball in his hands. Observers consider him one of the top prospects in Tennessee. He can make shots from distance and aggressively attacks the rim, where he can finish with contact or convert floaters over taller defenders.

Last spring, Tenner reached 1,000 career points after just 42 career games, the fastest to that milestone in school history.

He joins a Bradley recruiting list that also includes Dennis Scott III, the son of a former NBA player.

Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @icetimecleve.

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