Call Them the Fearsome Foursome : Basketball: Muir High has four Division I prospects on its roster.

Having one legitimate college prospect on a high school basketball roster is considered good fortune, but having four is like hitting the blue-chip jackpot.

At Muir High, they’ve hit the jackpot.

The four NCAA Division I prospects in the Mustangs starting lineup this season are guards Jacque Vaughn and Phillip Turner and forwards Darren Greene and Erid Scott.

No other team in the San Gabriel Valley, or maybe the entire CIF Southern Section, can make that claim.

It might be the most talented Muir squad since the 1985-86 season. That season, the Mustangs won the 4-A Division title led by Stacey Augmon, Kirk Wagner and Wayne Womack. Augmon is currently playing at Nevada Las Vegas, Wagner at Kansas and Womack at Arizona.

Vaughn, a sophomore, is the only underclassman, but many consider him the most talented.

A 6-foot point guard who averages 18.93 points and eight assists, Vaughn was named one of the top 15 players at the Superstar Basketball Camp at UC Santa Barbara in August.

“He’s gotten a great deal of attention for a player his age,” Muir Coach Rocky Moore said. “For a sophomore to receive so much attention is saying a lot. He has set some high goals for himself but the nice thing about it is he has it all in perspective. He is also a good student who knows the importance of an education.”

As a freshman, Vaughn started at point guard for the Mustangs and had a 4.0 grade-point average. Moore says Vaughn has the ability to be a top point guard or shooting guard in college.

“Right now he already runs the point real well,” Moore said. “But he has excellent all-around skills. He’s a good passer and he’s good on defense. His post defense is about as good as anyone we have. He keeps everything in front of him.”

The 6-4 Turner, a three-year starter, has been recruited as a shooting guard. He is averaging 17.9 points and six assists.

“He’s got the (shooting) guard mentality,” Moore said. “Not only can he shoot the ball, he can also create shots for himself.”

Not that Turner doesn’t have the versatility in his game to switch to point guard in college.

“I think his role at the next level is as a (shooting) guard but I could see him playing at the point because he always looks around when he dribbles,” Moore said. “I haven’t seen a player around who can change directions like him. He just needs a little more consistency.”

The 6-6 1/2 Greene, another three-year starter, has primarily been a strong player in the key for Muir. He averages 13.7 points and 13 rebounds.

“He’s more inside oriented but he has also developed an ability to post up to the basket better than he used to,” Moore said.

The coach said Greene also has the quickness to excel at a Division I school that likes to run.

“For a 6-6 or 6-7 athlete, he’s got great jumping ability,” Moore said. “He’s also really improved his hands and once he gets the ball in his hands he always finishes (the play).”

Like Greene and Turner, Scott is also in his third season as a starter. At 6-7, he is averaging eight points and six rebounds.

“He’s a kid who understands his role on this team,” Moore said. “He’s a player who can do very well when he wants to play but he’s also a sensitive kid who needs to develop his self-confidence more.”

That does not mean that Scott isn’t a major-college prospect or hasn’t received interest from Division I programs.

“In Erid’s case, he may not have the (perfect) attitude but he’s the kind of kid I’d like to take a chance on because he has all the (ability) in him,” Moore said.

Vaughn may develop into the best player of the foursome.

“He’s the kind of player who I feel could play right now at just about any place but he still has a great deal of growing to do because of his youth,” Moore said.

Moore, who said he learned a lot about the recruiting process as an assistant under former USC Coach Stan Morrison, is also hopeful about the prospects for Turner and Greene.

“I think they will definitely wind up signing Division I scholarships because of the number of inquiries they’ve already received,” he said. “I’ve been at that level (as a coach) and I think I understand what kind of ability you need to play at the Division I level. I know Phil and Darren can play at that level now.”

Moore said he has seen considerable progress in all four of the players since he took over as coach of the Mustangs last summer.

“It’s exciting just to watch them practice and see them grow,” Moore said. “They’re all good athletes but to see how hard they work and how they develop is fun to watch.”

What makes the situation even better for Moore as a coach is that the four players fit well into his team-first approach.

“We don’t have a star system,” he said. “It’s a team-oriented system but we just have some players who are recognized for their level of ability. It’s not any one of the four players who wins games for us. It’s the four as a group who make the contributions we need to win.”

Moore said the players may have had a little difficulty adjusting to his approach early in the season, when the Mustangs suffered all four of their losses. But that hasn’t been evident since early January. The Mustangs have rolled off 11 wins in a row to improve to 19-4.

“They’re learning every game,” he said. “They’ve learned to understand the significance of playing as a team.”

Turner said he and the other prospects on the team are more than willing to set aside individual accomplishments in hopes of reaching the Southern Section final.

“Most of the people on the team have been playing together for a long time and we really want to get to the (L.A.) Sports Arena,” he said. “We’re not looking at it as an individual thing. We just want to win.”