Basketball: Does future Aggie have two left feet?
After freshman forward Tai Wesley scored 27 points in Utah State's 86-80 win over Hawaii on Thursday night, the Aggies probably aren't as concerned about having a quality big man next year as they might have been before the game.
But there's an interesting story in the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press today about Bryce Webster, the 6-foot-10 sophomore at Irvine Valley (Calif.) City College who has signed to play for the Aggies next year. Webster started his career at Minnesota before transferring to the junior college in California.
According to the article, Webster has missed Irvine Valley's past two games, one because he had the flu and the other because he showed up for a game with two left-footed basketball shoes.
Because the team didn't have any extra size 18 sneakers sitting around, Webster couldn't play.
"We still won," coach Jerry Hernandez said.
Webster is averaging 12 points and seven rebounds a game for 15-2 Irvine Valley, according to the coach, who describes the big lug as a studious sort who enjoys academics.
"He carries his laptop every day," the coach said.
Now if he could only remember to carry a right-footed Nike.
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It's worth noting that the Aggies have also signed perhaps the best post player in the Utah high school ranks this season, Sky View 7-footer Jordan Stone. He's having an excellent season and leads Class 4A in scoring.
However, Stone has said he plans to go on an LDS Church mission directly out of high school, so he won't be available to the Aggies until 2010.
But there's an interesting story in the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press today about Bryce Webster, the 6-foot-10 sophomore at Irvine Valley (Calif.) City College who has signed to play for the Aggies next year. Webster started his career at Minnesota before transferring to the junior college in California.
According to the article, Webster has missed Irvine Valley's past two games, one because he had the flu and the other because he showed up for a game with two left-footed basketball shoes.
Because the team didn't have any extra size 18 sneakers sitting around, Webster couldn't play.
"We still won," coach Jerry Hernandez said.
Webster is averaging 12 points and seven rebounds a game for 15-2 Irvine Valley, according to the coach, who describes the big lug as a studious sort who enjoys academics.
"He carries his laptop every day," the coach said.
Now if he could only remember to carry a right-footed Nike.
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It's worth noting that the Aggies have also signed perhaps the best post player in the Utah high school ranks this season, Sky View 7-footer Jordan Stone. He's having an excellent season and leads Class 4A in scoring.
However, Stone has said he plans to go on an LDS Church mission directly out of high school, so he won't be available to the Aggies until 2010.
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