(St. Louis, MO) – Jon Harris is filling out his coaching staff and Ohio Valley Conference teams are filling out their rosters.
SIUE – Kent Williams
We’ve been hearing from several sources, that former Southern Illinois Carbondale great, and Nashville, Illinois native Kent Williams will join Harris’ staff at Southern Illinois Edwardsville. The two coached together under Cuonzo Martin at Missouri State and Tennessee. He fits the ‘teacher’ qualification Harris spoke to us about at his press conference, as he is a highly qualified shooting tactician and has a long relationship with Harris and a familiarity with what the head coach will want to accomplish. Willams stayed in the Midwest when Martin, Harris others made the move to California last season, and did some regional basketball broadcasting.
Murray State – Re-Stocks
Meanwhile, the OVC’s premier program seems to be refilling to cupboard. With the likes of OVC player of the year Cameron Payne moving to the NBA draft, and seniors T.J. Sapp, Jarvis Williams and Jonathan Fairell ending their eligibility, Head Coach Steve Payne is reloading.
With transfers Damarcus Croaker (Texas) and Gee McGhee (Chattanooga) waiting in the wings and joining the team next year, Prohm has signed two quality replacement junior college players for next season’s squad.
Bryce Jones
Bryce Jones is a 6’ guard who averaged 19.4 points and 5.9 assists per game last year for Jones Community College in Mississippi. His team won the national championship his freshman season.
A. J. Patty is a 6’8” forward who played the past two seasons at powerful Vincennes Junior College (Indiana), where his teams won 67 of 72 games. The Westchester, IL native averaged 12.9 points and 7.6 rebounds last season.
Croaker appeared in 33 games at Texas his freshman year. He was an all state performer in his home state of Florida as a prep player.
Gee was on the Southern Conference all-freshman team two seasons ago. He started all 64 of his games with Chattanooga and averaged over 11 points per game.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
