IHSA executive director Marty Hickman indicated Thursday that he anticipates the Mooseheart boys basketball team will be eligible to compete in the postseason next month.

Mooseheart’s program was placed on probation in December in conjunction with the IHSA Board of Directors’ vote to allow South Sudanese transfer students Akim Nyang, Makur Puou and Mangisto Deng to continue competing after Hickman had earlier declared the towering trio ineligible because of a violation of the IHSA’s recruiting bylaws.

In an emailed statement to the Chronicle, Hickman said Mooseheart is on track to satisfy the IHSA’s requirements to be released from probation. Those requirements include devising a compliance plan to more closely adhere with the IHSA’s bylaws in the future.