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Tennessee Vols land second top-100 basketball commitment of 2021 cycle

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By David Paschall September 8, 2020 1 min read

Jahmai Mashack

The University of Tennessee landed its second top-100 men’s basketball prospect in the 2021 signing class Tuesday, receiving a nonbinding pledge from small forward Jahmai Mashack of Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Mashack, the No. 16 small forward and No. 92 overall recruit in the 247Sports.com composite rankings, made his announcement through a Twitter video.

“I chose a program that aligns with my faith and my willingness to work and where the culture will allow me to meet my full potential,” Mashack said. “That place is the University of Tennessee.”

Mashack (6-foot-5, 190 pounds) picked the Volunteers over other scholarship offers from Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisville, Oklahoma and Texas.

The first top-100 prospect to commit to Tennessee in the 2021 cycle was Kennedy Chandler, a 6-1, 165-pounder from Memphis who is the nation’s No. 2 point guard and No. 13 prospect overall.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.