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Brandon Kelley, Francis Cuyler And Jarveious Wright Signed Scholarships.

April 12, 2002|By Herky Cush, Sentinel Staff Writer

 

LEESBURG -- Brandon Kelley and Francis Cuyler say they found themselves a town that loves basketball, and Jarveious Wright said he likes the idea of staying close to home.

The three Leesburg basketball stars signed junior college scholarships on Thursday, Kelley and Cuyler to Cowley County (Kan.) Community College and Wright to Pasco-Hernando Community College.

Leesburg Coach Chad Keller presented the trio to his remaining players on the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams at the school Thursday afternoon.

"We have three guys signing here for their college future,'' Keller told his team. "It is not something you see every day.''

Keller then left it up to his trio of stars to tell why they liked the schools they had chosen.

"The people down there really love their basketball,'' Kelley said as Cuyler chimed in. "They showed us they really would love to have us there and we liked that.''

Cuyler said he and Kelley had talked to the coaches at Cowley and had received a great deal of mail from the school. When they visited Arkansas City, Kan., last weekend, it sealed the deal.

"We had left things open,'' Kelley said. "But when we saw the school and the town, we knew it was for us.''

Cuyler said he was impressed with the school early on and saw how they have been enjoying a great deal of success with the program.

"They have a lot of big men returning,'' Kelley said. "So they can use some help in the backcourt. That means we are going to get the chance to play right off.''

Kelley has been an all-state selection each of the past two years. Cuyler, a starter since his sophomore year, is considered one of the best outside shooters in Central Florida. The pair averaged right at 14 points a game for the Yellow Jackets who this past season, made it to the final four for the first time in 25 years.

Both were around the 3.5 mark in assists per game.

Bobby Bowman, coach at Pasco-Hernando, was there to see the signing of Wright, whom he believes will fall right in line with the other talented players he has recruited from the Lake County area.

"He can do a lot of things for his size,'' Bowman said. "He can defend players his [6-2] size and even bigger.

"He is so active on the floor and he is only going to get better. He plays good defense and has a big upside to him for the future. ''

Wright averaged 8.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals a game.

"I began watching Jarveious back in the Kingdom of the Sun tournament and followed him all year,'' Bowman said.

That early interest is what weighed heavily in Wright's selecting Pasco-Hernando, when the Leesburg forward decided to stick close to home for the first two years of his college play.

"They were interested in me from the start of my senior year,'' Wright said. "I really liked that.

"I feel as if I am going to have the chance to develop my game even more down there.''

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April 12, 2002 

Herky Cush

Sentinel Staff Writer

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