Lancaster's Elijah Thomas commits to A&M

With the verbal commitment of Elijah Thomas on Tuesday, joining Plano's Tyler Davis, Plano West's D.J. Hogg and Dallas Madison's Admon Gilder, Billy Kennedy and his staff have landed four out of the top five-ranked basketball players in the State of Texas' 2015 class.

All four of those recruits are ranked in the top 100 nationally, including three in the top 40.

All four are also from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.