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Auburn adds Australian Jack Purchase to 2014 class (VIDEO)

Tony Barbee

Auburn head coach Tony Barbee encourages his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in Columbia, Mo. Missouri won the game 91-77. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

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Last week, the Auburn Tigers added Indiana-native Sam Logwood as the first commitment to it’s 2014 class, but late this week they added a second member of the 2014 class by nabbing Australia-native and wing shooter Jack Purchase.

Purchase, a 6'9" forward, took an official visit to Auburn with Logwood last weekend and the duo now forms the start of head coach Tony Barbee’s latest class.

Purchase played for the Melbourne Tigers last season and averaged 21.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists and hit 47.8 percent of his three-pointers. While it’s hard to gauge how good the competition is for those kinds of numbers, 47 percent from three-point range is impressive no matter how you cut it, especially for a 6'9" forward. Purchase has also competed for the Australian U17 National team.

The son of former Australian NBL player Nigel Purchase, Jack is one of a few Australians -- along with Dante Exum and Ben Simmons -- that could make a splash in the American college basketball scene in the next few seasons.

Here’s some video of Auburn’s newest recruit. Purchase is wearing No. 20 in the video.

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