Transfer Results (part 3 of 5)
Ramon Montez, Alcorn State: We had two scholarships to fill, but through some yet undetermined SNAFU, we were only able to extend ONE scholarship offer. And for a while it looked like we might not even be ab]e to fill that one as our offers got turned down with maddening regularity. But in late June we were successful in landing SG Caleb Sanden who hails from Warner Robins, Georgia. We believe Sanden was extremely undervalued this summer by most all colleges going after transfer players…and it’s hard to understand why. Because he started every game in his two seasons with North Alabama averaging 22.2 ppg a freshman and 24.2 ppg last season as a sophomore and had a high of 41 points in one game. He has dropped in over 50% of his FG attempts and over 80% of his free throws, but his accuracy from 3-point distance hasn’t been good. He’s a good defensive player. Sanden was the Conference V Freshman of the Year and then the conference’s Player of the Year as both a freshman and a sophomore. He was named to the All-Conference 1st Team both seasons. He’s a good student, has a decent personality, a good work ethic, is very durable, and isn’t concerned about playing time. So how does a guy with that basketball resume last until the 4th transfer session? Fortunately he did, so we could grab him. He will be our starting SG, pushing Craig Brown (who averaged 12.6 ppg for us last season) to the bench. Brown has the passing and ball-handling abilities to sub at both SB and PG or possibly take over as our staring PG. So even though we were jobbed out of our last scholarship, I believe Sanden has greatly strengthened our team.