Moline guard Brock Harding commits to Iowa men’s basketball program

Harding is a high school teammate with fellow ‘23 Hawkeye recruit Owen Freeman

Jun. 23, 2022 8:24 pm, Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 4:49 pm

Iowa got its second men’s basketball recruiting commitment of Thursday when guard Brock Harding of Moline (Ill.) High School verbally committed as a second member of Fran McCaffery’s 2023 recruiting class.

Harding will be Moline teammates with 6-foot-9 Owen Freeman, the other committed ‘23 Hawkeyes recruit. Freeman recently moved to Moline from Bradley, Ill.

Harding is 6-foot, 165 pounds, a 3-star recruit. As a junior last season, he voted a Class 4A first-team all-state player by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

Earlier Thursday, Cooper Koch of Peoria, Ill., became Iowa’s first 2024 commitment.