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Purdue-bound guard receives top ranking among Big Ten’s incoming international freshmen

Fresh from an impressive summer performance at the FIBA U20 Men’s World Cup , Israel’s Omer Mayer is gearing up to join Matt Painter’s Purdue men’s basketball squad.

The incoming freshman got a boost Wednesday when Hoops HQ released its Top 10 Big Ten Incoming Internationals list, and ranked the Israeli guard No. 1.

“The breakaway star of the summer, Mayer flashed his top-notch dribbling, shooting touch and playmaking in consecutive FIBA tournaments,” Oliver Fell wrote .

The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 16.7 points, 5.1 assists and 2.6 rebounds per contest at the U20 tournament in July. He was the tournament’s leading scorer and is the current all-time youth scoring leader i

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