Pine Ridge’s Marvin Richard III has verbally committed to play basketball at Division I University of South Dakota. Richard III announced his intentions to play for the Coyotes on Twitter. 

A 6-foot-1 junior guard, Richard III is a two-time first-team all-state selection. Last season, he scored 764 points and currently has 1,946 career points. 

Richard III averaged 34.7 points, six rebounds and 3.8 assists per game last season. He had six games with 40 or more points, including a Class A boys basketball record 62-point performance. Richard III also set the Lakota Nation Invitational boys basketball single-game record (57). He nailed 87 3-pointers and totaled 76 steals on defense. 

Richard III also had scholarship offers from Division II programs Northern State University and South Dakota School of Mines.