Jerone Morton Grew Up in Winchester. Today He's at Rupp to See About Coming Home.

Jerone Morton played his high school basketball at George Rogers Clark, just east of Lexington. Then he went west — two seasons at Washington State, 7.6 points a night on 39% shooting from three, a quiet role on a team nobody back home was watching. His family has told reporters Kentucky is the dream destination, and today he's in Lexington for his official visit — days after Donnie Freeman picked St. John's and Eric Reibe chose USC. Pope already has four commits locked in — Mason Williams, Zyon Hawthorne, Zoom Diallo, Alex Wilkins — so Morton wouldn't headline this class. But sometimes the best April stories aren't about the five-stars who slip away. They're about a Kentucky kid trying to find his way home.