Thursday, June 21, 2018

Golden Bulls recruit far and near for basketball roster upgrades

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Johnson C. Smith is recruiting backcourt help for the 2018-19 season.

The Golden Bulls, who advanced to the CIAA championship game last season, added five guards among eight signees as they look to replace CIAA player of the year Robert Davis and Christian Kirchman, last year’s assists leader. JCSU went for scorers in Ervin Bennett, a 6-2 guard who averaged 24.9 points and 6.0 rebounds a game as a senior at Anson Senior High and and Da’Quann Hamrick, who averaged 15 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.1 steals a game as a senior at East Rutherford High. Both are classified as redshirt freshmen.

Michael Roberson, a 6-1 guard from Indianapolis Central Christian, averaged 25 points and 5.8 rebounds per outing last season with the Chargers, who went 17-9. A team captain, Roberson also averaged 2.9 steals per game.

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