Former Flint Hill School boys basketball standouts Jordan Hairston and Saxby Sunderland are members of college teams that are participating in the men’s NCAA Division I college tournament.
Hairston is a 6-foot fifth-year graduate student and guard for the Howard University Bison and Sunderland is a 6-4 sophomore guard for the Longwood University Lancers. Both were all-league and all-state when they played high-school ball for Flint Hill.
Entering the NCAA tournament, Hairston had played in 33 games and started eight for Howard. He was averaging 6.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, had made 34 three-pointers (third on team) and scored 202 points. Hairston had 35 assists and 25 steals.
Howard is the fourth college team for Hairston. He played his first two seasons for Texas A&M Corpus Christi, played the next at the University of North Carolina-Ashville, then last season was a member of the University of Texas at Tyler squad.
For his college career, Hairston has scored 892 points and made 143 three-point baskets, including 52 in his freshman season.
Sunderland has played in 21 games for Longwood, averaging 2.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per contest. He has made eight three-pointers, has six steals and three blocked shots.
Sunderland scored season highs of 10 points in two games this season.
Longwood is Sunderland’s second college team. His first was East Carolina University.
