NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – The Niagara men's basketball team will add former USC guard Kahlil Dukes to the incoming recruiting class.

"Khalil is an outstanding addition to our core of guards," head coach Chris Casey said.  "He can score, play as a point guard and play off the ball.  His speed and shooting ability will add a lot to our offense."

Dukes, a 6-foot-0, 170-pound guard, spent the last two seasons playing for the PAC-12's USC Trojans. He made 39 appearances, including two starts, in two seasons while leading the Trojans in 3-point percentage each season. 

Dukes saw action in 20 games as a sophomore, averaging 2.1 points per game while connecting on 8 of 19 3-pointers to lead the team with a .421 percentage. Dukes poured in a career-high 18 points and made a career-high four 3-pointers in a career-high 29 minutes at Arizona State on Feb. 22, 2015. As a freshman, Dukes played in 19 games and made two starts, averaging 2.7 points per game. He was fifth on the team with 11 3-pointers made and led the team with a .355 average from beyond the arc. He also went 6-for-7 (.857) from the free throw line.

Dukes was a prolific scorer in high school playing at Capital Prep Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. He finished his four-year career with 2,228 points to become the 17th player in Connecticut high school history to score more than 2,000 points. As a senior, he averaged 23.9 points, 3.9 assists and 3.0 steals per game. Dukes had 12 games with 25 or more points while helping lead Capital Prep to a 22-3 record.

As a junior, Dukes led his team to a 22-4 record and an appearance in the state finals while averaging 21.8 points and 4.0 assists per game. He scored 51 points in a 120-116 double overtime win versus Classical Magnet.  As a sophomore, Dukes averaged 14.8 points and 6.5 assists per game as Capital Prep went 21-5. In his first five high school games as a freshman he combined to score 160 points for an average of 32.0 per game and finished the season scoring less than 20 points only twice.

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