Ready to Invest in Their Future : Recruiting: Several South Bay basketball players are considering options as national signing date nears.

With the Wednesday signing date approaching, most of the South Bay’s uncommitted basketball standouts are narrowing their college choices.

Gardena High’s Robin Kirksey, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, said he will decide between Nevada Las Vegas and Loyola Marymount.

“I’m leaning towards Loyola right now,” said Kirksey, who averaged 29.7 points and 13.5 rebounds last season. “They are the school that seems the most interested in me.”

Kirksey has already taken a recruiting trip to Loyola.

“I was supposed to visit UNLV after the Final Four and all the NCAA stuff died down,” he said. “So far they have not called me back. If they call, I’ll still visit.”

Kirksey said he would like to sign a letter of intent during the first week of the signing period.

St. Bernard forward Wyking Jones will honor an unwritten commitment and sign with Loyola, St. Bernard Coach Jim McClune said. The 6-7 Jones was also recruited by UCLA, Oregon State, Oregon and UC Santa Barbara, McClune said.

Banning guard Jabari Anderson, the 6-4 sharpshooter who led the L.A. City Section in scoring (35.1), said he has narrowed his choices to four schools: UNLV, Fresno State, Utah and New Orleans. He has made plans to visit each school during the next four weeks.

“Right now, I’m not leaning towards any one place,” Anderson said. “After the trips, me and (Banning) coach (Marc Paez) and my mom are going to sit down and pinpoint what I want. I need a place that will fit me in terms of basketball and my major, radio and television communications.”

Anderson recently took the Scholastic Aptitude Test and is waiting to find out if he scored 700, the minimum score required by the NCAA for freshman eligibility. If he does not qualify, Anderson said he will attend either Ventura Community College or Dixie College in Utah.

Narbonne’s D’Mitri Rideout, a 6-3 guard who was among area leaders in scoring (22.4), rebounding (12.9) and assists (4.5), said he will not be making any immediate decisions.

Rideout has talked to representatives from New Mexico State and Boise State and is also interested in attending USC, although the Trojans have wavered in their interest.

“They’ve sent me tons letters, but no assistants have phoned me,” Rideout said of USC. “But I have visited the school on my own.”

Holding up Rideout is the fact that he has not taken the SAT.

Mira Costa’s Chris Davis, a 6-8 forward-center, left Thursday for a recruiting visit to San Diego State. He is also considering Colorado and Colorado State.

“Those are the schools that have been interested in me throughout (the season),” said Davis, who averaged 17.2 points and an area-leading 14.3 rebounds. “I narrowed it to them because they’ve been interested the longest. Right now I like them all the same.”

Davis has arranged a visit to Colorado, but will wait on visiting Colorado State until it names a successor to Boyd Grant, who resigned in March.

Three of the area’s top players signed letters of intent during the early signing period in November. Rolling Hills’ forward Roger Hendrix will attend Utah State, Leuzinger’s 6-8 Frank Willis will attend New Mexico and Westchester’s 6-8 LeRoi O’Brien is headed to Pepperdine.

Princess Murray, point guard of Morningside’s state finalist girls’ basketball team, signed early with Loyola.

In baseball, Rolling Hills pitcher Kirt Kishita has given an unwritten commitment to UC Irvine.