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Rams’ roster has nine newcomers By ROBERT COLLIAS Staff Writer

Khris Lane is new to Virginia Commonwealth, but that’s not out of the ordinary for the Rams this season. A graduate transfer from Longwood, Lane is one of nine new players for VCU, which will face Marquette on Monday at the Lahaina Civic Center in the first game of this year’s Maui Jim Maui Invitational. “The team’s really excited,� said Lane, who averaged 17.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last season at Longwood. “We’ve got a lot of new guys, a lot of guys who have never been on a (long) trip before, got a lot of freshmen, so we’re really excited to go out there and compete.� Also in a new role is first-year head coach Mike Rhoades, who spent the last three seasons as Rice’s head coach after five seasons as a Rams assistant under Shaka Smart. VCU opened its season with a 94-65 win over Grambling State and 95-85 victory over North Florida before facing Virginia on Friday. The Rams had five players averaging double figures in points through the first two games, including seniors Justin Tillman (20.5 points, along with 9.0 rebounds) and Johnny Williams (12.5 points and 6.5 assists), the returning starters from last season’s team, which finished 26-9 after making a seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament and losing in the round of 64. Lane totaled 28 points in the first two games, and De’Riante Jenkins had 20. Issac Vann, a sophomore who sat out last year as a transfer, averaged 16.4 points and 5.8 rebounds two years ago at Maine. He totaled 24 points and 13 rebounds coming off the bench in his first two games with VCU. “Throughout the exhibitions, the scrim-

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Virginia Commonwealth’s Issac Vann sat out last season as a transfer after averaging 16.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game two years ago at Maine.

mages, we really learned and got better every day,� Vann said, “Now just going into the season we’re still trying to get better every day. We spend a lot of time together, just to gain chemistry. So, I think as the season goes on we’ll get more and more better.� Tillman was named to the Atlantic-10 preseason first team after averaging 12.2 points and 8.7 rebounds last season, and he and Williams were named to the conference’s all-defensive team. The Rams were picked to finish fourth in the A-10 preseason poll. “Early on this year a lot of people aren’t expecting as much as usual out of

VCU,� Lane said. “So it would be great if we could go out in this tournament and have a really good showing against some great teams: Wichita State, Marquette, Cal, Notre Dame. If we can go in and have a really good showing, just kind of change some of those perceptions, show them that VCU is the same team that we’ve been in the past.� One thing that could be similar is the Rams’ pace of play. Last year, they averaged 81 points per game, best in the A-10 and 26th in the nation. “We’re going to get up in your face the whole 40 minutes,� Vann said. “We’re going to try to force turnovers, play fast

and just have fun.â€? Lane is looking forward to his first and last season with the Rams. “I wanted to play for Coach Rhoades, I wanted to come play for (assistant) Coach (J.D.) Byers,â€? Lane said. “So it’s been great. They’re intense, but they love their players. Everybody’s been working hard and it’s been coming together great. ‌ I worked for this. I worked for it. I just hoped and prayed that I would get the opportunity to play at a school that loved basketball like VCU does and play at the highest level.â€? â– Robert Collias is at rcollias@ mauinews.com

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M Golden Eagles boast 3-point threats A By BRAD SHERMAN Sports Editor

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How good are Marquette guards Markus Howard and Andrew Rowsey? It only takes the two of them to create a triple threat. That’s triple as in 3-point shots. Howard led the nation in 3-point percentage last season as a freshman, making 54.7 percent of his attempts while averaging a team-best 13.2 points per game. Rowsey, the second-leading scorer (11.6 points per game) among the Golden Eagles’ returning players, was the Big East’s Sixth Man of the Year after shooting 44.7 percent from behind the arc in his first season of eligibility after transferring from North Carolina-Asheville. “Those guys are a huge key to our season,” said Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski, whose team will face Virginia Commonwealth on Monday in the opening game of this year’s Maui Jim Maui Invitational. “Even though both of those kids have only really spent one year in a Marquette uniform, they’re two of our most experienced and accomplished players. In order for us to have a successful year, we need both of those kids to be really good. “With both those guys, one of the things that they do best is shoot the ball from behind the 3-point line.” Wojciechowski thinks the Lahaina Civic Center could be especially welcoming to long-distance shooters. “If I can make 3-point shots in that gym, then they should have no problem,” said the former Duke standout, who was named Maui Invitational MVP in 1997. “To me, this is an ideal shooting

environment, both with the sight lines and, hopefully, they still have those soft rims.” Marquette — which lost to eventual Final Four team South Carolina in the NCAA tournament’s first round last season to finish 19-13 — has opened this season 1-1, beating Mount St. Mary’s 80-59 before a 86-71 loss to Purdue, ranked 19th in the nation by The Associated Press. Rowsey has totaled 48 points in those games, going 7-for-17 on 3-pointers while recording seven assists and four steals. Howard has scored 35 points, making six of 13 attempts from behind the arc. Howard was named to the Big East preseason second team in coaches’ voting, which predicted Marquette would finish seventh in the conference. He and Rowsey are both listed as 5-foot-11, but the Golden Eagles have some size among their returning players as well. Sam Hauser was the team’s secondleading rebounder last season (5.0 per game), and the 6-8 sophomore has 16 Marquette University / MAGGIE BEAN photos points and a team-high 14 rebounds this season. Matt Heldt, a 6-10 junior, Markus Howard (left photo) led the nation in 3-point percentage last season, and has totaled 13 points and six rebounds Andrew Rowsey (right photo) was named the Big East’s Sixth Man of the Year. in the first two games. Theo John, a 6-9, 245-pound freshman, totaled six rebounds in his first two college games — he fouled out of each. • Take-off & land directly from the boat “He’s just such a different body • Fly Single or Tandem with a friend type than we have on the rest of the team,” Wojciechowski said of John. TWO LOCATIONS • On the beach at Ka‘anapali Beach Hotel “He’s got a college-ready body, and he’s trying to learn how to be a • Lahaina Harbor, Slip #15 college player. He definitely gives us a physicality that’s a little different than the rest of our guys.” ■ Brad Sherman is at sports@ mauinews.com

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W Shockers have nation’s No. 6 team I C H I T A By ROBERT COLLIAS Staff Writer

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The start of Wichita State’s rise to its current position of national prominence can be traced to the first time it participated in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. The Shockers, somewhat unheralded when they made their Valley Isle debut in 2010, arrive this season as the No. 6 team in The Associated Press poll, the tournament’s headline act going into Monday’s meeting with California at the Lahaina Civic Center. ON THE COVER: “We’ve come • Landry Shamet, who a long ways,” helped Wichita State said Wichita go 31-5 last season. WICHITA STATE State coach UNIVERSITY photo Gregg Marshall. Seven years ago, the Shockers lost by four points to Connecticut in a Maui first-round game, then followed with wins over Chaminade and Virginia to finish fifth. “I thought it was a good trip, it could have been a great trip,” Marshall said. “UConn ends up winning the national championship and we end up winning the NIT.” Since then, it’s been six straight appearances in the Big Dance for the Shockers, who went 31-5 last season, losing to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA tournament. “That (2010) trip was another step in our process that we had to make,” Marshall said. “At that point we had not even made the NCAA tournament in my tenure and that was year four. We eventually did and, again, that was one of the steps to helping us do that. … That was kind of the impetus, that kind of started the whole thing.” That year’s team and this one do have at least one thing in common.

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Darral Willis Jr. (left photo) and Shaquille Morris (right photo) are two of six seniors on the Wichita State roster “When we came out we came out there to win the whole thing, and we have the same mindset this time,” Marshall said. “We want to go out and become champions of the Maui Invitational because we know what that would mean.” Wichita State will not have junior Marcus McDuffie on the floor this week. The team’s leading scorer and rebounder last season — and a Missouri Valley Conference first-teamer — is out until

December with a broken foot. Darral Willis Jr., one of the team’s six seniors, scored 19 points to lead six Shockers in double figures in a 109-57 victory over Missouri-Kansas City last week. In Monday’s 81-63 win over the College of Charleston, senior Shaquille Morris had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Landry Shamet, who also earned conference first-team honors last season and was the Missouri Valley freshman of the

year, has totaled 27 points in the first two games of this season. The rest of the senior class comprises Conner Frankamp, Zach Brown, Rashard Kelly and Rauno Nurger. “They do all have an individual thing that they may do a little better than another, but they all get it done on both ends,” Marshall said. ■ Robert Collias is at rcollias@ mauinews.com

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C Golden Bears motivated by doubters A L I F O R Best wishes N to all Teams! $ off I VITAMIN SHOPPE A By ROBERT COLLIAS Staff Writer

Despite having nine newcomers and just one returning starter on a team picked to finish 11th in the Pac-12, first-year California coach Wyking Jones is far from concerned. “Everything is going great,” Jones said. “I’m really excited about my team. I’m excited about our season. Some people are kind of counting us out a little bit, but that’s fine. That gives us a little more motivation.” The Golden Bears finished 21-13 last season, losing to Cal State Bakersfield in the first round of the NIT. Cuonzo Martin left to coach Missouri the day after his third season at Cal ended and Jones, a two-year assistant under Martin, was promoted nine days later. After splitting their first two games of this season and facing Wofford on Thursday, the Bears’ biggest early test arrives Monday at the Lahaina Civic Center with a game against Wichita State, ranked No. 6 in The Associated Press poll, in the first round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. “Some people would wonder: Are we nervous about being in a tournament like that? Absolutely not,” Jones said. “You’ve got to go play games, you’ve got to get tested. That’s what the preseason is for, to prepare you for the conference. There’s no better tournament for that than the Maui Invitational.” Cal is in Hawaii for the second season in a row, after going 1-1 at last year’s Pearl Harbor Invitational. Jones called the Maui Invitational “probably the best tournament at this time of the year.” Kingsley Okoroh, the lone return-

ing starter, sounds eager for the challenge as well. “I think the three games in three days is going to be a good test for us against quite good competition,” he said. “We’re very happy, just excited, ready to play against Wichita. We want to prove to everyone that we should be in it.” Okoroh totaled 20 points and 20 rebounds in the first two games of the season, along with eight blocks — his 74 last season set a school record, and the 7-foot-1 senior is one of 20 players on the watch list for this season’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, which is presented to the nation’s top center. Don Coleman, a junior who totaled 61 points in Cal’s first two games of the season, said Jones is the person the team wanted as coach after Martin’s departure. “I think Coach Jones gives us, like, more freedom and more confidence to play within ourselves as a team,” Coleman said. “Coach Jones brought us together as one and we really trust isiphotos.com / AL SERMENO photo him and believe in him.” California’s Kingsley Okoroh records one of his school-record 74 blocks last seaOkoroh is also buying in. “We’ve been working hard to do son, against Oregon’s Dylan Ennis. the style that Coach Jones wants to implement,” he said. Marcus Lee, a transfer from Kentucky, had averaged 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds going into Thursday. Okoroh said he gets better in practice going against the 6-foot-11 Lee, IN-STORE COUPON who had four blocked shots in the first two games. “I think we have one of the best any purchase bigs in the country with Marcus,” of $25 or more Okoroh said. “I think he’s going to be Offer valid through 12/31/2017. Coupon valid at The Vitamin Shoppe® stores only. really special this year.” To redeem use The Vitamin Shoppe coupon code UGJJLTS3 at checkout. Lahaina Gateway • Lahaina ■ Robert Collias is at rcollias@ 667-5834 UGJJLTS3 mauinews.com

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WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS No. 0 1 3 4 5 10 11 12 14 20 21 22 23 24 25 32 33

Name Ht. Rashard Kelly 6-7 Zach Brown 6-6 C.J. Keyser 6-3 Samajae Haynes-Jones 6-0 Rod Brown 6-6 Kaelen Malone 6-0 Landry Shamet 6-4 Austin Reaves 6-5 Jacob Herrs 6-3 Rauno Nurger 6-10 Darral Willis Jr. 6-9 Asbjorn Midtgaard 7-0 Brycen Bush 6-0 Shaquille Morris 6-8 Brett Barney 6-9 Markis McDuffie 6-8 Conner Frankamp 6-1 Coach—Gregg Marshall

Pos. F F G G F G G G G C F C G C C F G

NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH Yr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr.

No. 0 1 3 5 10 11 12 13 21 23 25 33 35

Name Ht. Rex Pflueger 6-6 Austin Torres 6-7 D.J. Harvey 6-61⁄2 Matt Farrell 6-1 Temple Gibbs Jr. 6-3 Juwan Durham 6-111⁄2 Elijah Burns 6-8 Nikola Djogo 6-7 Matt Gregory 6-8 Martinas Geben 6-10 Liam Nelligan 6-5 John Mooney 6-9 Bonzie Colson 6-6 Coach—Mike Brey

Pos. Yr. G Jr. F Grad Fr. G-F G Sr. G So. F So. F Jr. G So. F Sr. F Sr. G Sr. F So. F Sr.

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VCU RAMS No. 0 1 2 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 25

Name Ht. De’Riante Jenkins 6-5 Mike’l Simms 6-5 Marcus Evans 6-2 Justin Tillman 6-8 Sean Mobley 6-8 Jonathan Williams 6-1 Issac Vann 6-6 Dylan Sheehy-Guiseppi 6-1 Malik Crowfield 6-4 Marcus Santos-Silva 6-7 Xavier Jackson 6-3 Khris Lane 6-7 Lewis Djonkam 6-9 Tyler Maye 6-1 Coach—Mike Rhoades

Pos. G G-F G F F G F G G F G F F G

Yr. So. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr.

No. 0 1 3 4 10 11 12 13 15 20 23 25 32 33 34 45

Name Ht. Austin Pope 6-6 Dantley Walker 5-10 Nick Anderson 6-1 Dillon Burgess 6-0 Eliet Donley 6-6 Justin Bridges 6-4 Grant Dressler 6-7 Tyler Cartaino 6-6 Kane Keil 6-6 Masa Swain 6-3 Brett Reed 6-8 Erik Scheive 6-10 Matt Southard 6-9 Braden Koelliker 6-8 Morningstar Takapu 6-7 Nate Pollard 7-1 Coach—Eric Bovaird

Pos. Yr. G Sr. G Sr. G Jr. G Fr. F So. G Sr. G Jr. G-F Jr. F Jr. G So. F Jr. F Jr. F-C Sr. F Jr. F Fr. C Sr.

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MICHIGAN WOLVERINES No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 11 12 13 15 22 23 24 25 51 55

Name Ht. Brent Hibbitts 6-8 Charles Matthews 6-6 Jordan Poole 6-4 Zavier Simpson 6-0 Isaiah Livers 6-7 Jaaron Simmons 6-1 Luke Wilson 6-0 M-A Abdur-Rahkman 6-4 Moritz Wagner 6-11 Jon Teske 7-1 Duncan Robinson 6-8 Ibi Watson 6-5 C.J. Baird 6-5 Naji Ozeir 6-7 Austin Davis 6-10 Eli Brooks 6-0 Coach—John Beilein

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS

Pos. Yr. F Jr. G Jr. G Fr. G So. F Fr. G Grad G Fr. G Sr. F Jr. C So. G-F Sr. G-F So. F Fr. F Fr. F So. G Fr.

No. 0 1 2 3 10 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 34 42

Name Ht. Jacob Orender 6-0 Darius McNeill 6-3 Juhwan Harris-Dyson 6-5 Paris Austin 6-0 Justice Sueing 6-7 Austin McCullough 6-4 Jules Erving 6-6 Don Coleman 6-3 Roman Davis 6-7 Derek King 6-3 Nick Hamilton 6-3 Kingsley Okoroh 7-1 Marcus Lee 6-11 Deschon Winston 6-2 Grant Anticevich 6-8 Cole Welle 6-8 Coach—Wyking Jones

Pos. Yr. G Jr. G Fr. G Fr. G Jr. F Fr. G Fr. F Fr. G Jr. F So. G Sr. G Sr. C Sr. F Sr. G Fr. F Fr. F Sr.

No. 0 1 2 4 5 10 12 13 1 23 25 30 41 52

Name Ht. Pos. Markus Howard 5-11 G Ed Morrow 6-7 F Sacar Anim 6-5 G-F Theo John 6-9 F Greg Elliott 6-3 G Sam Hauser 6-8 G-F Matt Heldt 6-10 C Ike Eke 6-9 F Harry Froling 6-11 C Jamal Cain 6-7 F Haanif Cheatham 6-5 G Andrew Rowsey 5-11 G Mike Lelito 6-5 G Cam Marotta 5-10 G Coach—Steve Wojciechowski

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MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES Yr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr.

No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 35 44

Name Ht. Brandon Sampson 6-5 Duop Reath 6-11 Brandon Rachal 6-5 Tremont Waters 5-11 Skylar Mays 6-4 Daryl Edwards 6-3 Galen Alexander 6-6 Kavell Bigby-Williams 6-11 Marshall Graves 6-2 Jeremy Combs 6-7 Randy Onwuasor 6-3 Reed Vial 6-3 Aaron Epps 6-10 Mayan Kiir 6-9 Wayde Sims 6-6 Coach—Will Wade

Pos. Yr. G Jr. F Sr. G Fr. G Fr. G So. G Jr. F Fr. F Sr. G So. F Grad G Grad G Sr. F Sr. F Fr. F So.

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WIN-LOSS TOTALS Maui games only 2017 participants in bold 15-0 1.000 Duke 9-0 1.000 Syracuse North Carolina 18-3 .857 7-2 .778 Dayton 9-3 .750 Illinois Connecticut 9-3 .750 Michigan 10-4 .714 12-6 .667 Arizona Kansas 12-6 .600 Kentucky 10-5 .667 10-5 .667 Vanderbilt Gonzaga 8-4 .667 Michigan St. 8-4 .667 6-3 .667 Iowa 6-3 .667 Ohio St. Purdue 6-3 .667 4-2 .667 Marquette Alabama 2-1 .667 Ball St. 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 Butler 2-1 .667 Charlotte Cincinnati 2-1 .667 Clemson 2-1 .667 Florida 2-1 .667 GeorgeWashington 2-1 .667 Georgia Tech 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 Hawaii 2-1 .667 James Madison 2-1 .667 New Mexico 2-1 .667 Pittsburgh Rice 2-1 .667 Toledo 2-1 .667 Tulane 2-1 .667 Utah St. 2-1 .667 Wake Forest 2-1 .667 Wichita St. 2-1 .667 Arizona St. 9-6 .600 Providence 3-2 .600 Missouri 7-5 .583 Texas 7-5 .583 Villanova 7-5 .583 Indiana 10-8 .555 Louisville 5-4 .555 San Diego St. 5-4 .555 Santa Clara 5-4 .555 UNLV 5-4 .555

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Steve Wojciechowski, now Marquette’s coach, was the tournament MVP in 1997 while playing for Duke.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS 2000—Michael Wright, Arizona 2016—Joel Berry II, North Carolina 2015—Frank Mason III and Wayne Sel- 1999—Joseph Forte, North Carolina 1998—Jason Hart, Syracuse den Jr., Kansas 1997—Steve Wojciechowski, Duke 2014—Stanley Johnson, Arizona 1996—Raef LaFrentz, Kansas 2013—C.J. Fair, Syracuse 1995—Kerry Kittles, Villanova 2012—Brandon Paul, Illinois 1994—Mario Bennett, Arizona St. 2011—Ryan Kelly, Duke 1993—Travis Ford, Kentucky 2010—Kemba Walker, Connecticut 2009—Matt Bouldin and Steven Gray, 1992—Bobby Hurley, Duke, and Anfernee Hardaway, Memphis St. Gonzaga 1991—George Gilmore, Chaminade 2008—Ty Lawson, North Carolina 1990—Billy Owens, Syracuse 2007—Kyle Singler, Duke 1989—Doug Smith, Missouri 2006—Darren Collison, UCLA 1988—Glenn Rice, Michigan 2005—Adam Morrison, Gonzaga 2004—Raymond Felton, North Carolina 1987—Iowa team 1986—Will Perdue, Vanderbilt 2003—Keith Waleskowski, Dayton 1985—Dell Curry, Virginia Tech 2002—Bracey Wright, Indiana 1984—Patrick Langlois, Chaminade 2001—Mike Dunleavy, Duke

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J.P. Oosterbaan celebrates after Michigan won the 1988 title.

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2005—Connecticut 2004—North Carolina 2003—Dayton 2002—Indiana 2001—Duke 2000—Arizona 1999—NorthCarolina 1998—Syracuse 1997—Duke 1996—Kansas 1995—Villanova

1994—Arizona St. 1993—Kentucky 1992—Duke 1991—Michigan St. 1990—Syracuse 1989—Missouri 1988—Michigan 1987—Iowa 1986—Vanderbilt 1985—Michigan 1984—Providence

RECORDS Maui games only Individual Points—43, Adam Morrison, Gonzaga, vs. Michigan St., 2005. Rebounds—21, Derrick Randall, Pittsburgh, vs. Chaminade, 2014. Assists—15, Brandon Granville, Southern California, vs. Memphis, 1999. Steals—10, Jeff Trepagnier, Southern California, vs. Utah St., 1999. Blocks—7, Ray Gromlowicz, UNCCharlotte, vs. Chaminade, 1986; Dan Godfread, Evansville, vs. Missouri,

1989; Arne Alig, Chaminade, vs. Providence, 1991; Jelani McCoy, UCLA, vs. Santa Clara, 1995; Earl Barron, Memphis, vs. Chaminade, 1999; Lonny Baxter, Maryland, vs. Dayton, 2000; Tommy Smith, Arizona St., vs. Utah, 2002; Zach Finley, Princeton, vs. Duke, 2007. Field goals—16, Dell Curry, Virginia Tech, vs. Michigan, 1985; Everick Sullivan, Louisville, vs. Chaminade, 1989. Free throws made—21, Kaspars Kambala, UNLV, vs. Louisville, 2000. 3-pointers—10, Kyle McAlarney,

Notre Dame, vs. North Carolina, 2008; Christophe Varidel, Chaminade, vs. Baylor, 2013; Chase Fischer, BYU, vs. Chaminade, 2014. Turnovers—13, Maurice Houston, Tennessee Tech, vs. Texas, 1993. Team Most points—162, Loyola Marymount, vs. Chaminade, 1990. Fewest points—37, Arizona St., vs. Minnesota, 1991. Rebounds—70, Northeastern, vs. Loyola Marymount, 1990. Assists—37, Northeastern, vs. Loy-

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N Colson, Farrell to lead way for Irish O T R E By ROBERT COLLIAS Staff Writer

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Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell are a rare pair for Notre Dame. Colson, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, has developed from averaging 5.6 points per game as a freshman into a preseason pick as an Associated Press All-American and the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year this fall. Farrell, a 6-1 senior guard who made three field goals in 15 appearances as a freshman, started every game last season, averaging 14.1 points and 5.4 assists. The two have been roommates since they arrived on campus in 2014, and will lead Farrell the Fighting Irish, ranked 13th in the country by the AP, into the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, starting with a game Monday against Chaminade at the Lahaina Civic Center. “We’re brothers,” Colson said. “The way Coach (Mike) Brey recruits it’s kind of in our culture here, just how we handle things. When you have four-year guys that understand the culture, who are easy to play with, guys always ready to come in and battle, I think that’s what you need — four-year guys who get better each year.” Farrell received all-conference honorable mention last season, when the Irish went 26-10, losing to West Virginia in the NCAA tournament’s second round. “It’s been a blessing for me,” Farrell said of playing with Colson. “Obviously, he makes my game better, that’s for sure. … When we first got here we kind of hit it off and we’ve been best friends ever since. On and off the floor, we just know

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er, but he’s an even better person.” Colson averaged 22.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in Notre Dame’s first two games of this season, victories over DePaul and Mount St. Mary’s. The Irish faced Chicago State on Thursday. “He really makes us go,” Brey said. “He’s just a great story in college basketball. He wasn’t a highly rated recruit, but he’s gotten better every year. … When the lights are brightest, he always delivers, and the lights are bright in Maui.” Farrell was averaging 14.0 points and 3.5 assists after two games. “What do they say in baseball? If you’re good up the middle, you’ve got a chance — and I look at us being good up the middle with Bonzie and Matt Farrell,” Brey said. The Irish, who got 30 total points from T.J. Gibbs and 19 rebounds from Rex Pflueger in this year’s first two games, have a tough nonconference schedule even after leaving the Valley Isle. Their first game back on the Mainland is against second-ranked Michigan State, and a meeting with Indiana is scheduled for Dec. 16 in Indianapolis. “I think the difficulty and the challenges and the intensity of our games in Maui will help us get ready, really, for the rest of our nonleague season because we have some very big challenges,” said Brey — who isn’t overlooking the meeting with the Silverswords. “I guess that’s the Catholic championship for the state of Hawaii,” Brey said. “I’m preparing for Chaminade like it’s MATT CASHORE photo an ACC opponent. That’s how we will Preseason accolades for Bonzie Colson of Notre Dame include All- prepare. We have to get ready for an opAmerica honors from the Associated Press, and Atlantic Coast Conference ponent that’s going to play great and have a crowd behind them … so it’s kind of a player of the year recognition. road game.” each other really well. We just have a lot bond that’s going to last a lifetime. ■ Robert Collias is at rcollias@ of fun playing together and I think it’s a “Obviously he’s an unbelievable play- mauinews.com

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C Silverswords counting on added size H By STEFANIE NAKASONE Staff Writer

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Almost nothing is the same as last season for Chaminade, but the Silverswords are seeking a similar outcome. Last year’s team — led by sharpshooters Rohndell Goodwin, Kiran Shastri and Kuany Kuany — used a five-guard staring lineup that produced an 18-11 record and the program’s first PacWest tournament berth since 2014, with a run to the conference semifinals. Those top contributors are gone, and point guard Austin Pope, last season’s PacWest Newcomer of the Year, is the only returning starter. But what this season’s squad lacks in experience, it might make up for in size — 11 of the 16 players on the roster are listed at 6-foot-6 or taller. “This is the biggest team that I’ve ever had, as far as height-wise,� said coach Eric Bovaird, who is in his seventh season with the Silverswords. “So we’re going to look at changing our game a little bit. We probably won’t shoot as many 3s, we’ll probably look to get the ball inside a little bit more and hopefully rebound the ball better.� The difference in playing style was apparent in Chaminade’s 71-58 win over Alaska Fairbanks in the season opener on Nov. 10. The Silverswords were 5-for-17 on 3-pointers, their third-fewest attempts from behind the arc in the past two seasons. Erik Scheive, a 6-10 forward out of Yuba (Calif.) College, led the way with 19 points, helping Chaminade pile up 40 points in the paint. In addition to Scheive, Bovaird said Braden Koelliker, Brett Reed and Grant Dressler are other transfers

he expects to play key minutes. Bovaird praised Koelliker, a 6-8 forward from Colorado State, and Dressler, a 6-7 guard from Sacramento State, as versatile players who can be effective inside and out, while Reed “is probably the hardest-working player that I’ve had in a long time.â€? “He is one of the most competitive kids that I’ve ever coached,â€? Bovaird said of the 6-8 forward out of Cabrillo (Calif.) College. “He refuses to lose and does whatever it takes.â€? Pope was third on last year’s team in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game, and second in assists (2.8). He was moved to point guard midseason and “he’s flourished ever since then,â€? Bovaird said. In addition to adding some weight to gain strength, Pope — a preseason all-conference pick — says he’s also worked at making his jump shot more consistent. In a 71-65 win over Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 11, he had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists, and tied a career high with The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo four blocks. Justin Bridges, who battled knee Austin Pope, shown going for a rebound during last year’s Maui Jim Maui Invitendinitis last season, and Dantley tational, is Chaminade’s only returning starter. Walker are key returnees at guard. Chaminade will face Notre Dame, No. 13 in The Associated Press rankings, in Monday’s first round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. “We all have to lace up our shoes FOR SCHOOLS, CLUBS, EVENTS, BUSINESSES the same way,â€? Pope said. “The ball’s going to be tipped in the air and we’re going to have to make our plays. ‌ I feel like if our guys stay even-keeled, never too high, never too low, I think we’ll be fine.â€? â– Stefanie Nakasone is at snakasone @mauinews.com

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Moritz Wagner can do a lot. The 6-foot-11 junior averaged 12.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game last season, both tops among Michigan’s returning players. The same is true for his 39 steals. He also shot 39.5 percent from 3-point range (45-for-114). None of that, however, is what Wolverines coach Jon Beilein first cites when asked what the team most needs from Wagner this season. “Leadership becomes the thing right now,” Beilein said. “He has it in him. He’s really been very vocal. … Now, you can’t always talk, you have to live it. You have to show it on the court, and I can’t think of anybody better to do that.” Wagner will be put to the test this week in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Michigan, which opened this season 2-0 — getting 28 points and a team-best 23 rebounds from Wagner — and faced Southern Mississippi on Thursday, will play LSU on Monday in the final game of the first round at the Lahaina Civic Center. Also returning from a team that went 26-12 last season and reached the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 is MuhammadAli Abdur-Rahkman. The senior averaged 9.1 points last season, and his 2.0 assists lead the players back from that team. “He’s been a defensive stopper for us, he’s hit big shots,” Beilein said. “He gets to the foul line, he takes the ball to the basket.” Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman will be among the players taking on new roles after some key departures from last season. D.J. Wilson left Ann Arbor as a junior, and was taken 17th overall in the NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. Derrick Walton Jr., who has appeared in one

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Moritz Wagner is the scoring and rebounding leader among Michigan’s returnees from last season, when the Wolverines reached the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. game for the Miami Heat, and Zak Irvin were the Wolverines’ top two scorers last season as seniors. Beilein said Duncan Robinson, who averaged 7.7 points in 20.1 minutes per game last season, will have a role similar to the one he played in 2015-16, when he started 27 games and averaged 11.2 points. Robinson totaled 31 points in the Wolverines’ first two games. Michigan will also count heavily on a pair of players who began their college

careers with different programs. Jaaron Simmons is immediately eligible as a graduate transfer from Ohio, where he ranked eighth in the nation in assists last season, averaging 6.5 per game, along with 17.2 points. Charles Matthews, who sat out last season after moving from Kentucky, totaled a team-high 33 points in his first two games with Michigan. “One brings a wealth — four years — of experience, in Jerron, that we felt we really needed in the backcourt because

Derrick Walton had played so many minutes over the past four years,” Beilein said. “He’s an important part of it. He’s adjusting, as well, to the Big Ten, the length, the size. I have no doubt he’ll continue to grow. “Charles has so many tools. He’s really come out of the gates as a really coachable player. He wants to get better, and he also has the talent to match.” ■ Brad Sherman is at sports@ mauinews.com

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L Tigers seek improvement on defense O U I S I A N A By STEFANIE NAKASONE Staff Writer

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When Will Wade came to Baton Rouge eight months ago, there was one glaring concern the new coach knew his team needed to address. “Our defense has been a focus,” said Wade, who will lead LSU in a matchup against Michigan in the first round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational on Monday at the Lahaina Civic Center. “We’re not very good defensively. Last year our defense was poor, and so we’ve spent a lot of time trying to focus in on our defense, get our guys better defensively, understand positioning, understand the different defenses that we’ll play and how to rotate and move between those defenses. “We’ve probably spent 75 to 80 percent of our time in practice focusing in on defense.” What specifically? “A little bit of everything,” Wade said with a chuckle. “I wish there was just one area.” He did, though, point to his team’s point-of-attack and 3-point defense as particularly concerning, and it’s easy to see why — last season, the Tigers ranked 325th out of the nation’s 351 Division I teams in 3-point field-goal defense (38.3 percent), 326th in field-goal percentage defense (47.2 percent) and 335th in scoring defense (allowing an average of 83.0 points per game). That contributed to LSU’s 10-21 record and led to the dismissal of Johnny Jones and the hiring of Wade away from Virginia Commonwealth. The Rams are also in this year’s Maui Invitational field. VCU and LSU are on opposite sides of the bracket, and could meet on the tournament’s final day. “I was bound to get out there one way or another, huh?” Wade joked. He said he

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Will Wade is in his first season as LSU’s coach after previously holding the same post at Virginia Commonwealth.

and current Rams coach Mike Rhoades are close, having roomed together on road trips while both were assistants. “I’m looking forward to seeing Coach Rhodes and seeing the VCU guys when we’re out there in a little bit less formal situation,” Wade said. “It’d be a different deal if we played them, but we can’t ask

for a re-deal. If we’re in that situation, we’ve got to prepare as hard as we can and put ourselves in a position to try to win.” Among LSU’s key returnees is Duop Reath, the Tigers’ second-leading scorer last season with 12.0 points per game. “He’s a great kid. … A humble kid, a hard, hard, hard worker,” Wade said of

the 6-foot-11 senior center, who was born in South Sudan and moved to Australia at age 9. “He has worked hard on his game to put himself in a position to really have a tremendous season.” Reath thinks his team, which was picked to finish last in the Southeastern Conference preseason poll, has the potential to prove doubters wrong. “We’re a hard-working team,” Reath said. “Just have to make sure to use all of our talent and just use everybody on the team, all 14 of us.” Said Wade: “Our season’s going to come down to just how quickly we can blend everybody together, gel everybody together and get everybody on the same page.” The Tigers’ mix of veterans and newcomers seemed to be falling into place just fine in their 99-59 season-opening win over Alcorn State on Nov. 10. Tremont Waters, a four-star recruit out of Notre Dame High School in Connecticut, had 27 points, five rebounds, six assists and five steals in his college debut. Reath and sophomore Wayde Sims each added 11 points, and junior Brandon Sampson had 10. The Tigers held the Braves to 39.0 percent shooting from the field, including 16.7 percent from 3-point range. It was a positive first step — LSU faced Samford on Thursday before heading to the islands — in what Wade knows will be a long season. “We’re a work in progress right now,” Wade said. “Our offense is way ahead of our defense. … If we can get our defense to catch up, that will give us an opportunity when maybe our shots aren’t falling … to stay in games and be able to win games.” ■ Stefanie Nakasone is at snakasone @mauinews.com

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