Basketball: Southern Utah lands a pair of Aussies
It worked (and is still working) for the University of Utah, so maybe it will for Southern Utah University as well.
SUU men's basketball coach Roger Reid has landed a pair of giants from the land down under, getting commitments recently from a couple of high school seniors in Australia.
Committing to sign with the T-birds when the November early signing period begins are 6-foot-10 Matt Hodgson and 7-footer Nate Crombie. Hodgson weighs 225 pounds and Crombie is 220.
Hodgson verified the commitment in an email earlier today, saying that Reid -- the former coach at BYU -- and assistant coach Ron Carling, the ex-Alta High coach, personally visited him in Australia.
Hodgson said he also had offers from Washington State, Valparaiso and Pacific. He is currently averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks per game at Ipswich Grammar School in Queensland, he said.
"Coach Carling and Coach [Reid] have treated me like a secondary son, and although I know they will push me extremely hard when I get over there, I will always be welcome with open arms into their family environment, which they have said to me," Hodgson wrote. "I was so impressed with them as people and I know that if there were more people like Coach Carling and Coach Reid involved with basketball, it would be a much more enhancing environment."
Crombie plays for the Queensland Academy of Sport and has been a member of the Australian National Junior Team.
-- Jay Drew
SUU men's basketball coach Roger Reid has landed a pair of giants from the land down under, getting commitments recently from a couple of high school seniors in Australia.
Committing to sign with the T-birds when the November early signing period begins are 6-foot-10 Matt Hodgson and 7-footer Nate Crombie. Hodgson weighs 225 pounds and Crombie is 220.
Hodgson verified the commitment in an email earlier today, saying that Reid -- the former coach at BYU -- and assistant coach Ron Carling, the ex-Alta High coach, personally visited him in Australia.
Hodgson said he also had offers from Washington State, Valparaiso and Pacific. He is currently averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks per game at Ipswich Grammar School in Queensland, he said.
"Coach Carling and Coach [Reid] have treated me like a secondary son, and although I know they will push me extremely hard when I get over there, I will always be welcome with open arms into their family environment, which they have said to me," Hodgson wrote. "I was so impressed with them as people and I know that if there were more people like Coach Carling and Coach Reid involved with basketball, it would be a much more enhancing environment."
Crombie plays for the Queensland Academy of Sport and has been a member of the Australian National Junior Team.
-- Jay Drew
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