IUP’s males’s basketball workforce opens its season November 10th at residence in opposition to Harmony, following up the subsequent evening in opposition to Notre Dame of Ohio. It’s a special expertise for the coach Joe Lombardi and his Crimson Hawks, with seven new gamers on the workforce and three new assistant coaches.
In a dialog with Jack Benedict, Lombardi appears to be like forward to the season along with his typical upbeat strategy, however the coach says there will probably be rising pains with all the brand new faces, and it’ll take a while.
Final week, NCAA.com’s Wayne Cavadi picked IUP because the fourth greatest workforce within the nation regardless of the lack of their three prime scorers from final season. Cavadi cited the expertise of Jaylen Stewart, Dallis Dillard, and Damir Brooks, and he’s excessive on new level guard Garvin Clarke, however he says the important thing will probably be Ethan Porterfield, the middle who fought by way of an damage and sickness plagued season final 12 months and nonetheless received the PSAC Match’s Most Excellent Participant Award for the second 12 months in a row. The 6-9 Porterfield scored 12.5 factors with six rebounds per sport final season. Cavadi names Porterfield to his “Fifteen Gamers to Watch” listing.
Lombardi says Porterfield nonetheless is just not 100% wholesome, however he likes his progress.
You possibly can hear Jack’s dialog with coach Lombardi Saturday at halftime of the IUP soccer sport in opposition to Gannon.
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