But he will tell you that competing against the elite players at the Reebok All-American Camp is a must.

"I fell off the map a little bit," Morgan said. "I want to bring my name up a little bit. I want them to know that I am still here."

Mission accomplished.

The Olney resident was one of the most exciting players during the camp's first day at Philadelphia University. Three-pointers, acrobatic layups, in-your-face defense, - you name it, Morgan put on a clinic for Team Still Talkin in front of college coaches who included Southern Cal's Kevin O'Neill, Rutgers' Fred Hill and Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg.

Morgan made 4 of 5 field-goal attempts - all three-pointers - and finished with 12 points, two rebounds, and a steal in a 77-74 setback against Team Pump yesterday afternoon.

He did that after scoring 18 points against Team Headliner in the morning.

"I think I'm doing good. I'm playing well," Morgan said after finishing his second of three games yesterday. "I've just got to continue to play well."

If so, he'll have a great chance to play in tomorrow's 8:15 p.m. All-Star Game. But that's just one of the 18-year-old's goals.

"I'm just trying to get as many scholarship offers that I can," said Morgan, who after yesterday hoped to add more colleges to his short list.

Two years ago, he didn't see himself trying to impress coaches the summer after graduating from high school. Nor did Morgan envision having to go to prep school.

At the time, he was the face of a Prep Charter team that was coming off consecutive PIAA Class AA state titles. Coaches from St. Joseph's, Temple, La Salle, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Providence, Miami, and Virginia flocked to his games in hopes of luring him to their schools.

Wanting to improve his grades and get a qualifying SAT score, Morgan said, he transferred to Apex Academy in Pennsauken last fall.

His stayed a few months.

"It was just unorganized over there," he said of his decision to leave Apex.

With that, Morgan transferred to Olney in time for the basketball season. An instant success, he scored 556 points in 20 games for a 27.8-point average. He also averaged 11 rebounds, five assists, and two steals while leading the Trojans (19-3) to the Public League A Division regular-season crown.

Morgan's ability to dominate games continued to impress coaches. However, his inability to qualify for freshman eligibility scared them off. As a result, he no longer was considered a top-flight recruit.

That's why he opted to go to South Kent, a private boarding school on a 500-acre campus in the hills of Litchfield County. Morgan's days will consist of going to class, basketball practice, and study hall - and then back to his dormitory room.

He won't have the luxury of hanging out or even eating cheesesteaks.

With a dream of playing major college ball, Morgan couldn't care less.

"I ain't going up there to do anything but work out and study," he said. "I'm going to focus [on getting a qualifying score] and ball."

As he showed yesterday, Morgan has the skills to become an impact player in college.

"This can't hurt you when you are out there playing like that and a bunch of other guys aren't playing hardly at all," Norm Eavenson, a recruiting analyst for Bob Gibbons All Star Sports, said of Morgan's outplaying some of the nation's best.

"He was knocking down as good an outside shot as anybody I saw," Eavenson continued. "That's got to help him. . . . But, you know, he's got to get it done in the classroom."

That won't be a problem, according to Morgan.

"I'm definitely going to get it done," he said.

Contact staff writer Keith Pompey at 610-313-8029 or kpompey@phillynews.com.