The Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Basketball: local women's college league starts tonight
Fans of local women's college basketball now have a way to get their fix without having to wait until November.

The Salt Lake City Women's Collegiate Summer League begins tonight at Murray High School, director Cedric Williams announced.

Games will be played every Wednesday night at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at the school at 5400 S. State in Murray.

Williams says that Snow, Salt Lake Community College and Dixie State will have full teams, while six players from Utah State and a few Westminster players will join in. Also, some players from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Southern Utah University are also expected to participate, along wiht a couple of former professional players from overseas.

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A 6-foot-7 wing player from Stone Mountain, Ga., who had an offer from the University of Utah's men's basketball program has committed to Virginia Tech, according to the Roanoke (Va.) Times.

Manny Atkins started on the Tucker High team that won a state championship in 2007. He picked the Hokies over offers from Georgia Tech, Marquette, Clemson, Auburn, Michigan and Utah, according to the newspaper's Doug Doughty.

Atkins averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior .

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