A top New England prep basketball junior is visiting Iowa State and Iowa this week

Recruitniks mostly like the old veteran recruiting writers. I say, let high school kids tell me about high school kids.

I don't really say that, but play along for the purpose of this post.

Alex Kline is a 16-year-old who has a recruiting website, The Recruit Scoop. Alex has been doing this sort of thing for a couple of years now. According to his site, he writes and contributes to RedStormReport.com, NYCHoops.net, NJVarsity.com, ScarletNation.com, UConnReport.com, EagleAction.com, Kentucky Sports Radio, Zagsblog, Basketball Elite and many more.

That's a lot of contributing.

On his Twitter feed Thursday, Alex put out this morsel:

Iowa recently offered 2012 forward Georges Niang of Tilton School (NH). He is visiting Iowa State right now.

Niang Tweeted that he is visiting ISU and Iowa this week.

Here is ESPN.com's skinny on Niang.

Six-foot-7, 230 pounds, Niang was he MVP of the NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) Championship for the championship team earlier this month thanks to averaging 26 points in the three-game event. He had 25 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in the title game.

According to this ESPN.com blog, Niang from Methuen, Mass., said earlier this month that he had unofficial visits planned later this month for Iowa and Iowa State. Texas A&M, Colorado, Northeastern, Siena, Hofstra, George Mason, Florida Atlantic, Miami (Ohio) have shown interest, but Niang noted "my recruitment is open for everybody."

Tilton lost in the quarterfinals of the National Prep Championship. Iowa State freshman Melvin Ejim played in that event last year. Here's what the New England Recruiting Report said about Niang's game:

Once again, Niang was a masterful display of efficiency in Tilton's hard-fought loss to Notre Dame on Friday, scoring 13 straight points for his team down the stretch to help the Rams charge back and assume the lead with under a minute to play. The six-foot-seven, face-up forward hit big shot after big shot and consistently used a quick-spin to the baseline to lose his defender and finish with a smooth reverse lay-up with either hand. All rankings aside, Niang continues to put up outlandish numbers with astounding efficiency against players receiving interest from the highest levels of college basketball, and, if he can continue this type of production throughout the spring and summer, one has to think it's only a matter of time before some high-major programs begin to take notice of his ability to flat out get it done against elite competition on the biggest of stages.

Not many days later, Niang scored 31 points to lead his team to victory in the New England All-Star Challenge.

My man Alex Kline also noted on Twitter that Wake Forest has offered a scholarship to West Des Moines Valley small forward Kale Abrahamson.