Middle Tennessee Basketball
Newcomers
laron dendy
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Center • R-Sr. • 6-10 • 235 Greenville, S.C. • Iowa State 2010-11 (Senior) Took a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules. Iowa State Averaged 7.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per game as Iowa State’s top reserve in the post ... Shot 60 percent (69-115) from the field which is the sixth-best single-season field goal percentage total in school history ... Ended season sixth in the Big 12 in blocked shots ... Against No. 1 Texas, first Big 12 game, recorded 14 points and grabbed six rebounds ...In upset over No. 5 Kansas, scored 10 points after going 5 for 5 from the field and pulled down three rebounds. Indian Hills CC Played two years at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa ... Rated as the 57th-best player in the preseason 2008-09 Juco Junction rankings ... Averaged 8.5 points and 6.3 rebounds as a freshman, earning honorable mention All-Region XI honors ... Suffered a stress fracture in his sophomore season and saw limited action ... Averaged 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and shot 63.3
percent from the field (31-49 FG) in nine games ... Coached by Jeff Kidder ... His IHCC teammates included: Dwight Buycks (Marquette), Dwight Hardy (St. John’s), Marcus Relphorde (Colorado), James Washington (Middle Tennessee) and Delvon Johnson (Arkansas). New Hope Christian HS Ranked as one of the top post players in the Class of 2007 ... Rated as the 63rd-best player in the nation and the 17th-best power forward in the Rivals.com Class of 2007 ... Was the seventh-best player in the Southeast Region in 2007 ... Played at Greer High School [S.C.] as a sophomore, leading his squad to the state title ... Averaged 22.1 points, 11.1 rebounds and 7.3 blocks in his sophomore campaign ... Finished his senior year at New Hope Christian Prep School in North Carolina where he averaged 23.1 points and 12.2 rebounds ... Originally committed to Clemson, but opted to go to junior college.
torin walker
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Center • R-So. • 6-11 • 255 Columbus, Ga. • Oklahoma State 2010-11 (Sophomore) Took a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules. Oklahoma State Played 10 games as a true freshman ... Had five rebounds and two points in 27 minutes of action.
God’s Academy of Dallas played in Gallagher-Iba Arena on Feb. 13, 2009 ... Scored a game-high 18 points in the Herbert Green High School All-Star Classic ... Also recruited by Georgia, Florida State, Tennessee, Texas and USC.
North Side HS Selected first-team All-State for Class AAA as a senior by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Also named All-Bi-City team as both a junior and senior by the Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer... Averaged 15 points, 12.3 rebounds and 5.3 blocked shots per game as a senior ... Named all-region as a junior when he averaged 17 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots ... A consensus threestar center nationally ... Ranked as the No. 14 center prospect in the country by ESPNU ... Scored nine points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had seven blocked shots in 25 minutes in a game vs.
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