Oklahoma State Lands No. 44 Basketball recruit Jalen Montonati

Jalen Montonati, the Senior, the 44th player in the 2026 Sports Center basketball ranking in Sports, announced on Thursday his commitment to the state of Oklahoma, giving coach Steve Lutz his first main prospect since he took care of the cowboys in 2024.

Montonati, the best high school player in the state of Oklahoma, also visited Kansas State and Oklahoma, but the 6 -foot and 6 wing chose to play where his father adapted to Eddie Sutton at the end of the 1990s.

“In a time with such recruitment of portal, they made me a priority,” Montonati told ESPN. “The day after coach Lutz got the work, he called me and said that I was a priority. The support and love of coach Lutz and the staff was great throughout the summer. They attended all my games.”

The state of Oklahoma made Montonati clear at the beginning of this month that was its main objective with a visit to high hours of the night on the first day of the recruitment period.

“When he opened the September recruitment period, they came to my house at midnight. They wanted to be the first to see me,” said Montonati. “We have built a great relationship in which we talk about basketball and life outside the court.”

An Owasso High School product (Oklahoma), Montonati averaged 15.8 points in the Nike Eybl circuit spring and summer last spring and summer for the Mokan Grassroots program, including a 29 -point performance against Brad Beal Elite in the Nike Peach Jam in July. Montonati also helped bring US basketball to a gold medal in the 2023 FIBA ​​Americas U16 championship, walking the team in triples.

Montonati is a shooter with a length that is capable of having clean looks against closures and in controversial situations. It will be an immediate asset as a threat outside the ball, someone who opens the floor for others and moves out of the screens.

It is the first commitment to the state of Oklahoma in class 2026.