HARKLESS SETS FIRST OFFICIAL TO MARYLAND

Maurice Harkless, the 6-8 rising senior from Queens, will visit St. John’s unofficially on Sept. 2 and will take his first official to Maryland Sept. 17. After a terrific summer on the AAU circuit, Harkless trimmed his list to eight schools: St. John’s, Maryland, Florida, N.C. State, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Arizona and Memphis. Asked why Maryland gets the first visit, he said: “I just really wanted to get down there and check it out.”