WELCOME TO THE 2nd ANNUAL BLAZER NEW YEAR S CLASSIC! WE ARE FORTUNATE TO WELCOME THREE OF THE TOP PROGRAMS FROM THE MIDWEST TO THIS YEAR S EVENT. NJCAA DIVISION II POWER #4 DES MOINES AREA PERENNIAL POWER NJCAA DIVISION I MOBERLY AREA NJCAA DIVISION I NEOSHO COUNTY JOHN WOOD TRAIL BLAZERS
Moberly Area Community College (12-3) MOBERLY AREA MEN S BASKETBALL No Student-Athlete YR HT Hometown #0 Stephen Strachan 6'3 200 Sophomore Nassau, Bahamas #1 Rashad Lindsey 5'11 160 Freshman St. Louis, Missouri #2 Daniel Dzierzawski 6'0 160 Freshman Ontario, Canada #3 Gustavs Puhovs 6'7 215 Sophomore Riga, Latvia #4 Sean Clancey 6'2 200 Freshman St. Louis, Missouri #5 Chris Clark 6'3 180 Freshman Columbia, Missouri #10 Travon Williams 6'2 170 Sophomore St. Louis, Missouri #11 Jalen Lacy 6'6 200 Sophomore Little Rock, Arkansas #12 Alonzo Burton 5'11 190 Sophomore Kansas City, Missouri #13 Jake Anderson 6'6 190 Freshman Mexico, Missouri #21 Cecil Williams 6'6 210 Freshman Columbia, Missouri #22 Ron Lawton 6'5 205 Sophomore Chicago, Illinois #24 Donta Jones 6'11 235 Sophomore Chicago, Illinois #32 Davin Maybin 6'5 185 Freshman Spartanburg, SC #40 Jon Anderson 6'7 190 Freshman Mexico, Missouri HEAD COACH: PAT SMITH ASSISTANT COACH: CHRIS ELLERSIECK, JASON OWENS, BOB GILLIAM Record 12-3 PPG 80.7 Opp PPG 41.7 FG % 47.5% 3 FG % 37.9% FT % 73.5% WWW.MOBERLYGREYHOUNDS.COM/ #5 Chris Clark 11.9 #1 Rashad Lindsey 11.6 ##24 Donta Jones 8.4 #22 Ron Lawton 3.9 #1 Rashad Lindsey 5.1 #5 Chris Clark 3.2
#4 DES MOINES AREA (13-2) DMACC BEARS BASKETBALL No Student-Athlete POS HT YR Hometown 1 Jon Fuqua F 6 5 SO Maywood, IL 3 Aarias Austin G 6 4 SO Gurnee, IL 4 Trey Sampson G 6 0 SO Cedar Rapids, IA 5 Paris Collins G/F 6 5 FR San Antonio, TX 12 Cam Epps G 5 8 FR Dallas, TX 21 Lewis Wilkins G 6 4 FR Belton, MO 22 Johnny Benson, Jr. G 6 4 FR Milwaukee, WI 23 Jamar Hurdle F 6 7 SO Milwaukee, WI 24 Matt Hislop G 6 2 FR Jewell, IA 25 Marquet Newsome, Jr. G 5 10 FR Normal, IL 32 Elliott DeFreitas F/C 6 9 SO Essex, England 34 Seamus O Sullivan G/F 6 6 FR Brisbane, Australia 40 Alex Kuster G 6 4 FR Burlington, IA HEAD COACH: BJ MCGINN ASSISTANT COACHES: John Bowler, Spencer Esslinger, Zach Pacha, Austin McBeth Record 13-2 PPG 93.1 Opp PPG 67.4 FG % 49% 3 FG % 42.2% FT % 71.8% #23 Jamar Hurdle 17.1 #5 Paris Collins 15.3 #1 Jon Fuqua 10.1 #23 Jamar Hurdle 7.5 #3 Aarias Austin 5.3 #5 Paris Collins 3.1 GO.DMACC.EDU/ATHLETICS/PAGES/WELCOME.ASPX
NEOSHO COUNTY (4-9*) NEOSHO COUNTY PANTHERS No Student-Athlete HT WT POS YR Hometown 0 DeShaun Diggs 6-1 185 G R-Fr. Houma, LA 1 Nik Boone 6-5 185 G So. Fort Worth, TX 2 Tyson Downing 5-11 185 G So. Atchison, KS 3 Tim Billingsley 6-2 200 G So. Bakersfield, CA 4 Marc Moon 6-4 185 G Fr. Elbert County, GA 10 Joseph Acuil 7-0 210 F So. Melbourne, Australia 11 Ryan Schneider 6-2 160 G Fr. St. George, KS 12 Deshawn Terrell 5-9 155 G So. Wichita, KS 13 David Stinson 6-5 190 F Fr. Chicago, IL 14 Jackson Perez 6-1 195 G So. Emporia, KS 15 Brett Frantz 6-3 190 G So. Lawrence, KS 20 BJ Jenkins 5-11 165 G So. Merrillville, IN 21 Freddie McSwain 6-5 200 F Fr. Hinesville, GA 23 Malik Henderson 6-4 190 F Fr. Milwaukee, WI 32 Shamar Charles 6-0 180 G Fr. Houma, LA 34 Garin Vandiver 6-5 315 F So. Emporia, KS 45 Greg Wimberly 6-7 245 F Fr. Thomasville, GA HEAD COACH: JEREMY COMBS ASSISTANT COACH: DEVON CRABTREE, CLINT ISAAC Record 4-9* (7 forfeit losses per NJCAA) PPG 94.3 Opp PPG 66.0 FG % 49.7% 3 FG % 38.7% FT % 73.8% #10 Joseph Acuil 21.7 #20 BJ Jenkins 17.9 #10 Joseph Acuil 11.5 #21 Freddie McSwain 8.1 #20 BJ Jenkins 5.7 #14 Jackson Perez 3.5 GONEOSHO.COM/INDEX.ASPX?PATH=MBBALL
#23 JOHN WOOD TRAIL BLAZERS (9-5) JOHN WOOD BLAZER MEN S BASKETBALL No Student-Athlete POS YR HT WT Hometown 4 Brody Gronewold G SO 6 1 160 Carthage, IL 5 Peter Odia PG SO 6 4 190 Des Moines, IA 10 Jordan Johnson PG SO 5 9 175 Waukegan, IL 12 Andrew Howard F FR 6 7 215 Charlotte, NC 22 Wayde Smith G FR 6 0 175 Pittsfield, IL 23 Da Quan Dixon G SO 6 4 200 Columbia, MO 24 Willie Drake G SO 6 4 170 St Louis, MO 33 Sam Douglas G FR 6 1 165 Quincy, IL 34 Paxton Harmon G SO 6 5 190 Warsaw, IL 42 Ernest Dorema F SO 6 4 205 Columbia, MO 44 Ariel Mendina F FR 6 6 230 Ocala, FL 50 Bruce Ogalat F SO 6 7 190 Port Gentil, Africa HEAD COACH: BRAD HOYT ASSISTANT COACH: BRAD WITHERSPOON, MATT PUGH Record 9-5 PPG 74.1 Opp PPG 65.4 FG % 46.8% 3 FG % 38.9% FT % 71.7% #10 Jordan Johnson 13.7 #4 Brody Gronewold 12.4 #12 Andrew Howard 6.5 #34 Paxton Harmon 5.1 #10 Jordan Johnson 5.8 #4 Brody Gronewold 2.0 JOHNWOODBLAZERS.COM
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