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PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball #15 in Basketball Times and #25 in NABC Preseason Poll

10/29/2008

One WVIAC basketball team and three individuals have earned mention in the pre-season issue of Basketball Times magazine. Head coach Bob Rukavina's Pitt-Johnstown squad is ranked #15 in the publication's NCAA Division II Top 20. Alderson-Broaddus' Stan Hall, Fairmont State's Thad McFadden, and West Virginia State's Ted Scott are listed among the top 25 players in the division. In addition, the Mountain Cats were ranked #25 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Preseason Poll... (NABC Poll)
Pitt-Johnstown returns seven lettermen, including four starters, from last season's 23-8 squad that reached the East Region semifinals. The Mountain Cats also claimed the WVIAC regular season title with a 17-3 league mark. Pitt-Johnstown will be led this season by the trio of Marcus Tullis (Johnstown, Pa.) (6-6, Sr., F, 14.3 ppg), Quinton Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (6-3, Sr., G, 12.7 ppg), and William Sharpe (Johnstown, Pa.) (5-10, Sr., G, 6.6 ppg, 6.1 apg).
Hall (6-3, Sr., G) earned first team All-East Region honors last season and helped Alderson-Broaddus to the WVIAC Tournament championship. The native of Canton, Ohio chipped in 17.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game for the 26-7 Battlers.
McFadden (6-2, Sr., G, Flint, MI) averaged 21.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game as he played a key role in Fairmont State's resurgence to a 19-10 record last year. The first team All-WVIAC pick also picked up the Galperin Award as the league tournament's leading scorer after pouring 62 points in a pair of games, including a 35 point, 6 rebound effort in a quarterfinal heartbreaking loss to West Virginia State.
Scott (6-2, Sr., G), a first team All-American during the 2006-07 season, will be back after for his senior year after missing much of 2007-08 due to injury. The Columbus, Ohio native led the WVIAC in scoring with 27.0 points per game two seasons ago. He tallied 29.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per contests in a pair of contests last year before losing the remainder of the season to injury.

The complete Basketball Times team and individual Division II ratings follow:

Basketball Times Top 20
1. South Carolina-Aiken
2. Findlay (Ohio)
3. Gannon (Pa.)
4. Bentley (Mass.)
5. Augusta State (Ga.)
6. Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
7. Central Washington
8. Grand Valley State (Mich.)
9. Florida Southern
10. C. W. Post (NY)
11. Minnesota State-Mankato
12. Central Oklahoma
13. Northern Kentucky
14. Northern State (SD)
15. Pitt-Johnstown
16. Winona State (Minn.)
17. Northwest Missouri State
18. Philadelphia
19. Lenior Rhyne (NC)
20. Clayton State (Ga.)

Basketball Times Division II Top Players:
Pre-season Player of the Year - Chris Commons, USC-Aiken
Lucas Alves, BYU-Hawaii
Jake Beitinger, Central Washington
Drake Beranek, Nebraska-Kearney
Josh Bostic, Findlay
Duke Crews, Bowie State
Stephen Dennis, Kutztown
Darren Duncan, Merrimack
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
Rod Eldridge, Florida Southern
Lew Finnegan, Bentley
Kyle Goldcamp, Gannon
Stan Hall, Alderson-Broaddus
Craig Heiman, Concordia (Minn.)
Hunter Henry, Northwest Missouri State
Anthony Hilliard, Elizabeth City State
Malcolm Ingram, Philadelphia
Nick Kohs, Christian Brothers
Thad McFadden, Fairmont State
Jake Morrow, Minnesota State-Mankato
Kevin Ratzsch, Northern State
Matt Rogers, Southwest Baptist
Jonathan Schmidt, C.W. Post
Ted Scott, West Virginia State
Garrett Siler, Augusta State
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