Show liHKnr ? hursday C)ctobet2? i warf CEU basketball: primed and ready to Troy DeLuca sports editor At CEU men's basketball is a winning tradition And the upcoming 199293 season should be nothing short of tradition The Eagles did a great job of Tilling in the spots that were left by some hard shoes to Till With Kris Hill graduating and playing at Depaul and Junsie COttcn at Utah State University and Rod Belnap at Mesa State CEU had some big spots to Till But Coach Ronnie Stubbs has brought in three talented freshmen to gain experience from the sophomores Leading this group of freshman is Leon Carter a talented 6'10" big man from down the road Green River High School Leon averaged 32 points 16 rebounds 3 blocked shots and complemented the rejects with three assists Nate Neilson will be filling the role at shooting guard At San Juan High School he averaged 22 points per game six rebounds seven assists and even held the state record for three- - pointers in a season The old record was 62 but Nate posted 64 treys in a season He also led San Juan to a state title and later grabbed the 2-- MVP honors Shalleo Wiliams is a forward from San Francisco As a senior in high school he averaged 19 points 18 rebounds and three assists He was selected to the A team in California Rounding out the freshman class will be a talented rt player Alton Bcndinger averaged 13 points six rebounds and nine assists Due to an accident he has chosen to red shirt his first year all-regi- on red-shi- Thesophmoresarean experienced bunch of future big college prospects One of the sophomores was rated with various other junior college standouts Amos Richardson a forward for the Eagles was the player rated nationally for his previous play As a freshman he avraged 14 points and 10 rebounds He has committed to Central Connedcut after play at CEU 12 capture region title Coach Stubbs was fortunate enough to have three returning starters off last year's squad Johnny Selvie a center will lead the Eagles in the paint Last year he averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Eagles This year he is expected to be selected to the All Region 18 team Jermaine Avie will be back at the power forward position Last year he posted up six points six rebounds and added three assists He as well should be a candidate for the Region 18 honors Jason Martin is the otner returning starter of last year's squad Last year he directed the Eagles at the point He will be asked to do the same again this year CEU was also fortunate to a get talented shooting guard from their rivals UVCC Eric Talley averaged 24 points six rebounds and three assists for the Wolverines He will play for Montana State next year Rstwnhig starter JanmalM Avia premlaae to ba a htarricale (actor kilo Golden EaolaptaV Avis demonstrates aomie Herns teaphgabUdefc Photo by Travis Day forward Mann added that we are such a fast running team we are working hard to perfect our defensive game and we are technifing on offense If everyone stays healthy we should be a top finisher in the icgton” Darrell Benson and Carlton Maim will round out this talented bunch of athletes Bensen will be asked to help with at the point while Mann will be rotating in at the power forward position Homs Gama Dec 5 Alumni Game Dec 11 Ricks College Dec 12 North Idaho Dec 18 Rotary Holiday Dec 19 Rotary Holiday Kurt Schneider contributed to the team's success last year He came off the bench to play tough defense and help with the scoring Hus year he will probably be asked to start at the small Eric TaBayproroo matter Talllay to CEU b— balpfcyrChlaHrthawey that Vifta man cart JumpT or pfeydslanea ter that lea aophemoreftanafar from Utah Vallay Community Cottage Photo by Travis Day |