Show Bruins basketball complete team roster TT m O Marco l Villano Sports Editor The Bruins basketball team is currently ranked tenth in the nation and is undefeated after seven games this season This is the complete team roster with information on each player The Bruins are hosting the tournament this weekend and look to keep their winning streak alive 10 Da Veil Jackson Position Guard Height 60 Year Sophomore Hometown Las Vegas NV Jackson saw a lot of playing time for the Bruins last year playing in all but three games He averaged 71 points 28 rebounds and 28 assists last season Through six games this season he is averaging 12 points per game 11 Chris Medina ledina Position Guard Height 64 Year Sophomore Hometown Ogden UT Medina suited up for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins in the 2005 06 season but was a shirt red-shirt last season He is good shooter from short and long range and has improved his ball handling and defense in the off season Chris is averaging 7 points and 2 rebounds per game for the Bruins this season 12 Dathan Lyles Position Guard Height 5 11 Year Sophomore Hometown Columbus OH Lyles was a Second Team Region All-Region player for the Bruins last season averaging 68 points and 33 assists per game as a freshman He started ia in all 33 games last season but has yet to see any playing time this year because of an injury The Bruins are arc looking to have Lyles back after after- the break 15 Aaron Smith Position Forward Height 68 Year Sophomore Hometown Kendrick ID Smith played for the University of Idaho in his freshman year He is the former Northern Idaho Basketball Player of the Year and Idaho lA State Player of the Year He is averaging 6 points per game this season for the Bruins 20 Bonn Bonner r Position Guard Height 60 Year Sophomore Hometown Mesa AZ Bonner comes to Salt Lake CC from Cochise College in Douglas Ariz He was recruited heavily out of high school by BYU and Southern Utah He averaged 8 points a game for Cochise last season This season he heis heis heis is averaging 3 points per game in an average of 13 minutes 22 Vassy Banny Position Forward Height 63 Year Sophomore Hometown Abidjan Ivory Coast Banny is the third leading scorer for the Bruins this season with an average of 10 points per game He averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game and shot 61 percent from the field last season He was also named to the Academic All All- Region Team last season 23 Brian Green Position Guard Height 5 II 11 Year Sophomore Hometown Fruit Heights UT Green is considered to be one of the best shooters to ever play at Salt Lake according to Coach Rob Parrish He is the leading scorer for the Bruins this season with points per game Green was named Second Team Region All-Region last season as the Bruins' Bruins leading scorer 30 Dan Stafford Position Guard Forward Height 64 Year Sophomore Hometown Auburn WA This is Staffords Stafford's first year back after serving a two- two year mission to Japan He played as a freshman for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins in 2004 05 with his brother Ike Stafford is averaging 5 points and 2 rebounds for the Bruins this season 33 Andy Palmer Position Forward Height 65 Year Sophomore Hometown St. St George UT Palmer only had four starts for the Bruins last season but saw action in 32 games He averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds last season and shot 73 percent from the throw free-throw line So far this season he is averaging 9 points and 5 rebounds per game for the Bruins 45 Papa Samba Position Forward Center Height 69 Year Sophomore Hometown Senegal led the Bruins in blocks last season with 18 He didn't see to much playing time as a freshman but he made the best of the action he saw by averaging 3 points and 3 rebounds per game This season is getting much more playing time and is averaging 67 points and 67 rebounds per game 55 Marc Van Burck Position Center Height Year Sophomore Hometown Star City SK Van Burck joins the Bruins after playing his freshman season at the University of Colorado Amazingly he didn't start playing basketball until ninth grade and quickly picked up the game Within four years he was one of the top players in Canada 3 Drew Robinson Position Guard Height 60 Year Freshman Hometown Lehi UT Robinson enters his first year with the Bruins after serving an mission for two years He ne was WU a a First Team State All-State player in 2003 04 as well as team High School Drew is averaging 3 points per game and is shooting 83 percent from the field 5 Austin Robison Position Forward Height 67 Year Freshman Hometown Sandy UT Robison is another player for the Bruins who served a mission after high school He played for Jordan High and was named First Team State All-State as a senior 35 Kael Kacl Pope Height 68 Year Freshman Hometown Wendell Vendell ID Pope may have the most impressive resume coming out of high school He averaged 18 points 12 rebounds and 7 blocks per game and led his team to a 25 0 record He was named Idaho's Player of the Year in 2005 Pope is averaging 5 rebounds and 35 points for the Bruins this season |