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Syracuse Basketball: 4-star J.J. Starling brilliant versus nation’s No. 2 team

Syracuse basketball, J.J. Starling (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images)

The annual Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament is underway in Florida, pitting some of the top prep-school teams from around the country against each other, and Syracuse basketball 2022 four-star prospect J.J. Starling has already made his mark.

Starling, an elite point guard in his recruiting cycle, currently plays for the La Lumiere School in La Porte, Ind., after transferring there from Charles W. Baker High School in Baldwinsville, N.Y.

The Central New York product and his La Lumiere School teammates went toe to toe with the Sunrise Christian Academy from Bel Aire, Kan.