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[ORUTerry]

Kyan Brown is out recruiting - he tweeted that he is not with the team in Fort Wayne, so I assume he is recruiting. Maybe he is in North Carolina.

[ORUJason]

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I'm pretty sure that this is the same church/school (the late Mack Timberlake's) where ORU signed 2 big men a number of years ago, but could never get them eligible. Isn't vcboy a Carolina guy? He could probably give some insight.

About 5 years ago or so ORU signed 2 players from John Hagee's church school in San Antonio, TX and I think another player ending up coming from there to ORU as a walk-on. That school is called Cornerstone Christian. I remember that one of the players was Jonathan Dunn, but I don't remember any of the other 2 player's names. I think that only one of those players ended up actually gaining regular playing time and that was for only 1 year as a bench player.

[dchief42]

 ORUJason, on 15 February 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

About 5 years ago or so ORU signed 2 players from John Hagee's church school in San Antonio, TX and I think another player ending up coming from there to ORU as a walk-on. That school is called Cornerstone Christian. I remember that one of the players was Jonathan Dunn, but I don't remember any of the other 2 player's names. I think that only one of those players ended up actually gaining regular playing time and that was for only 1 year as a bench player.

It was Clement N'Gom, Jonathan Dunn, and Tim Morton They all 3 signed on the same day.


Clement N'Gom
Southern Nazarene
Junior Season - Played in 30 games averaging 2.2 points and 1.6 rebounds a game.
Sophmore Season - started 19 of 30 games, 4.5 points per game, while grabbing 3.4 rebounds per contest

Virginia Union
Freshman Season - in 20 games, scoring 0.6 points per game and grabbing 1.1 rebounds





Jon Dunn
Northwood University
As a Junior: Tabbed as The Sun Conference Player of the Year and NAIA Division II All-Tournament team member...also named to the First Team All-American...led the team in points per game(23.1),minutes per game(33.3), most field goals made(288), 3-point field goals made(92)...also named to the First Team All-Conference

Owens CC
As a Sophmore: averaged 24 points per game

Northwest Shoals
As Freshman: Didnt Find any stats - one season

ORU
As Freshman: Two games 2ppg




Tim Morton
Oklahoma City University
Current Season: 10ppg, 6.2 RPG

ORU
Sophmore Season: 1.6ppg, 1.7 RPG
Freshman Season: Torn ACL, No Stats

[TrueBlue82]

 ORUalum, on 14 February 2012 - 10:56 PM, said:

On Tuesday night, Christian Faith (NC) head coach Ro Russell informed TheRecruitScoop.com that his 2013 6-foot-2 point guard Kaza Keane has elected to declassify to the class of 2012.
“Kaza is upclassing to 2012,” said Russell. “He is ahead academically and has more options and looks for 2012.”

I wouldn't think that a player would declassify to 2012 (speed up the process a year) unless he had already been offered a scholarship by at least one school that he would like to attend. That would lead me to believe that one of the schools currently "on the list" will be the likely choice. Since we have offered, it certainly puts us on the front burner...

[SOLO_Gold]

This recently published article makes no mention of us.

KAZA KEANE IS A WANTED MAN FOR 2012

http://t.co/ypSRgfDc

[ORUTerry]

OKHoops lists Corbin Byford (signed in November) as the #3 Oklahoma recruit for 2012. They list Phabian Glasco (BTW player) at #7.

OKHoops

[vcboy2000]

Not as connected to prep hoops in the Carolinas like I used to be. CFC, which is in Raleigh, has had good teams on and off. Kids that come from that area are usually very fundamentally sound. I look forward to the good news of a solid signing for the Golden Eagles. Coach Kyan knows his stuff.

[ORU GRAD]

Class A recap: Byford leads Comets to Regional Title

February 19, 2012 By Sam Duren Leave a Comment

Despite having one of the best players in Class A last season, the Velma-Alma Comets came up short in their bid to make the state tournament. This year they’re on a mission not to let history repeat itself.
The Comets started the playoffs on fire with a blowout win over Fox in Districts and a double digit victory over Cyril in Area play.
In their area final on Saturday night they faced one of their stiffest test of the season by doing battle with the defending Class A champions, Fort Cobb-Broxton.
Even though ORU signee Corbin Byford got off to a slow start, his teammates didn’t and they built a quick lead in the first frame.
Byford slowly heated up as the game progressed and showed off his versatility in doing it. Anytime he tried to get position down low he was surrounded by Mustangs forcing him to rely on his midrange jumper for much of his 20 points. On defense he routinely swatted shot attempts while also cleaning the glass.
At the half Velma-Alma held a 25-18 lead but OBU signee Gavan Steinmetz lead a furious a charge by aggressively attacking the hoop to start the third quarter. Fort Cobb-Broxton was unable to martian the momentum as the Comets regrouped and took a double digit leading into the fourth quarter. In the final quarter, great free throw shooting by Velma-Alma iced away the game as they won 51-41.

[ORUTerry]

Branson Daugherty leads Merritt over Velma-Alma

Daugherty scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter as the Oilers ruined Velma-Alma's perfect season


BY SCOTT WRIGHT Staff Writer swright@opubco.com Oklahoman 0
Published: March 1, 2012



Velma-Alma's Corbin Byford was the star, but Merritt played the role of spoiler perfectly.
Byford, a 6-foot-7 senior who has signed with Oral Roberts, had 28 points, 10 rebounds and nine blocked shots, but a late 3-pointer by Merritt's Branson Daugherty — his seventh of the day — put the Oilers on top en route to a 52-50 victory in the first round of the Class A boys state basketball tournament at State Fair Arena......


Read more at the Oklahoman

[ORUTerry]

We have eleven returning (5) /incoming players (6) - which leaves us with two open scholarships to fill this Spring. The Spring signing period begins April 11th. I suspect we are looking for another point guard to work in tandem with DJ Jackson and Mikey Manghum.

Returning Players:
Warren Niles
Mikey Manghum
Jake Lliteras
Steven Roundtree
Daman Bell-Holter

Incoming or Red-Shirt Players
DJ Jackson - 5'11" red shirt pg from Arch Bishop O'Hara HS in Kansas City
Korey Billbury - 6'2" guard from Booker T. Washington in Tulsa
Shawn Glover - 6'7" transfer (Utah) wing from Cedar Hill, TX
Kris Obaseki - 6'9" red shirt forward from Manvel HS in Houston
Corbin Byford - 6'6" forward from Velma-Alma HS in OK
Jorden Kaufman - 6'11" center from Andover HS (Kansas)

Our team is very diverse in terms of locations: eleven players from nine different states/country.

[oruvoice]

It would SEEM like we will have some depth next year. If so, might want to be 'conservative' with the final 2 schollies and shoot for a BIG TIME recruit...

[ORUTerry]

Do you mean wait to see if we can get a transfer or border line eligible recruit? I think we have to get another point guard - maybe juco if possible.

[SOLO_Gold]

Although it hasn't been officially announced, it looks like Caleb Tannehill (PG) will occupy one of our schollies.

[ORUTerry]

I thought I heard that he was a recruited walk-on.

[SOLO_Gold]

If that's what you've heard, you're probably right. I'm out of the loop on this one... just assumed because he is at IMG Academy.

He tweeted this today:

RT @CalebTannehill1 Good way to start the day by getting through admissions now I just got to graduate h.s.! instagr.am/p/IhHiePFTTk/

[SOLO_Gold]

 oruvoice, on 23 March 2012 - 02:39 PM, said:

It would SEEM like we will have some depth next year. If so, might want to be 'conservative' with the final 2 schollies and shoot for a BIG TIME recruit...

Would love to see Darian Harris commit to ORU.

[ORUTerry]

Is Harris a 2013 recruit? I agree that he would be a nice player to get. Can always use a shooter.

[ORUalum]

Roderick Camphor

http://twitter.com/#!/RodCamp10
"Like 10 offers for D2. But I got Oral roberts and gardner webb looking at me."

"already. But oral roberts it look like.. But idk yet. About to take all my visit next month"

[ORUTerry]

Dunbar High School in Baltimore is (or at least was) a good program. Camphor seems to shoot well (48% from the field - 38% from the 3-pt line & 80% free throws) and averages 2.3 assists per game - he also averaged more than 3 turnovers per game.

[ORUTerry]

Highland Community College - Men's Basketball Link


Highland, Kansas is in far northeast Kansas. Talk about remote. It is as far from Baltimore as you can get.