Sooners land foreign power forward
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Back in June, Rivals.com had the opportunity to watch Matthew Freeman a class of 2016 power forward prospect from New Zealand, and tabbed him a four-star prospect.
At the time, the 6-foot-9 face-up four man from the Westlake Boys Club was starting to make some noise with high major college coaches in the United States.
Last weekend, Rivals got another look at Freeman at the Adidas Nations event in Long Beach, Calif. where he averaged 17.8 points and 3.3 rebounds a game. Now he's ended his recruitment by making a commitment to Lon Kruger and the Oklahoma Sooners.
One of the better shooting big men in the class of 2016, Freeman has a pure shooting stroke and range that easily stretches to and beyond the college three-point line. He has a solid 215=pound frame, runs the floor very well and is a good overall athlete who has room to carry more muscle without losing any flexibility or athleticism.
Like any foreign player there is going to be an adjustment period for Freeman when he arrives in the States but he's had some International experience playing for New Zealand that should help him out when the time comes to play college ball.
Because he doesn't regularly play against competition in the States, he won't factor into the 2016 Rivals150. However, it would be fair to look at him as a top 50 type of recruit for the Sooners so he should be able to help out early in his career.
Freeman is the second four-star prospect to join Oklahoma's recruiting class after shooting guard Kameron McGusty committed just a few weeks ago. The Sooners third early commit is Rivals150 swingman Kristian Doolittle.
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