Dillingham, Wagner collide at Peach Jam Friday night

KSR’s Jack Pilgrim is currently sitting courtside among all of the coaches and scouts at the Riverview Park Activities Center for Friday night’s Peach Jam action, a schedule that included one of the marquee matchups of the entire event.

In the 6:30 PM game, future Kentucky Wildcat guard Rob Dillingham went head-to-head with a player we hope is a future Kentucky Wildcat, DJ Wagner, in a meeting of the top-ranked guards in the Class of 2023. Also in the mix, Wagner’s high school teammate and fellow Kentucky target Aaron Bradshaw co-headlined the NJ Scholars with Wagner. Across the way, Dillingham had No. 1 overall player GG Jackson by his side in a CP3 uniform. Jackson is headed to the Southeastern Conference as the South Carolina Gamecocks’ prized blue-chip recruit.

As for how things went down in the game, Jack will be by later to share what he saw as a spectator on the scene. In the meantime, the official box score from the game reveals Dillingham came out on top of the run-in with Wagner as CP3 beat the NJ Scholars, 77-65.

Let’s pretend for a moment that AAU box scores matter… Dillingham had 15 points on 16 shots from the field and missed all three of his 3-point tries. Wagner needed 20 attempts for his 13 points in the loss. Bradshaw had 12 points and seven rebounds.

Aden Holloway, a four-star Auburn target, led all scorers with 19.

Dillingham vs. Wagner social media highlights

DJ 🆚 Rob and Aden was LIT 🔥 GAME OF THE YEAR⁉️ @NikeEYB #TheBallEndsHere pic.twitter.com/6YvGs86n9O

— SLAM HS Hoops (@SLAM_HS) July 23, 2022

More to come from Peach Jam.