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Boys basketball recruiting notebook: Fordham picks up point guard; Thomas set to prep

Fordham landed a point guard, the position it had long been in search of, Monday night, picking up a verbal commitment from Blair Academy standout Jermaine Myers on his 19th birthday. The Rams hope the Canadian import can be the floor general to lead them back to prominence and mesh well with their array of scoring options like Bryan Smith, Branden Frazier and Chris Gaston.

The 6-foot-1 Myers, who averaged 14 points and nine assists for Blair this winter, chose Fordham over Valparaiso, Western Kentucky, Vermont and Middle Tennessee State.

“I really enjoyed my visit to Western Kentucky and I liked Valparaiso a lot, but when I went to Fordham I fell in love with it,” he said. “The coaches are great. The people come out and watch a lot of games, they show a lot of love. … I think there is an opportunity for me to play right away. I got a really good feel for the campus and New York City was very attractive as well.”

He guided Blair to an 18-7 record and the New Jersey Prep A state final, where it lost to nationally ranked St. Benedict’s Prep. Blair coach Joe Mantegna said Fordham is getting a leader who does what it takes to win. He could’ve averaged over 20 points per game for the New Jersey prep school, but created for others instead, though he did have big scoring games when the opportunity presented itself.

“He does what he has to do to win,” Mantegna said. “He’s the best point guard I’ve ever had here and we’ve had some pretty good players. He has a real high IQ, he’s won at every level he’s been at and he makes everybody on the floor better. He’s just a winning player. He’s something special.”

Thomas headed for prep school: Queens native Jevon Thomas will not be attending Dayton this fall, his brother Datalia Holness and AAU coach J.R. Rodriguez of Team Melo told The Post. The 6-foot point guard, who signed with the Atlantic 10 program, remains committed to the Flyers, but feels he needs another year of developing. He is set to graduate from Quality Education (N.C.) this spring and will attend a prep school in the fall.

“He wants to do another year, get bigger and get ready for college,” Holness said. “He’s not decommitting or anything like that.”

Thomas, the 22nd-ranked point guard in the Class of 2012 by Scout.com, originally committed to St. John’s in October of 2010, but decommitted that summer and later committed to Dayton last September. Quality Education is Thomas’ third school – he spent one year at Thomas Edison in Queens, two seasons at Our Savior New American in Centerreach, L.I. and then this year at the North Carolina school.

zbraziller@nypost.com