It’s early
August 2018, and Green Bay’s month-long search for talent has ended. Coach Linc Darner’s staff files into a meeting room to begin sifting intelligence gathered from watching games in side gyms. By the time they finish, prospects populating the program’s recruiting board will be sorted and prioritized. As their deliberations unfold, one name slowly gathered momentum: Amari Davis.
The 6-foot-3 combo guard’s lean 175-pound frame never cut an imposing figure in the layup line. And over that summer, the native of Trotwood, Ohio, a suburb just to the west of Dayton, hadn’t carved a destructive path through the Under Armor Association circuit. In 11 games for Ohio C2K Elite, Davis averaged a modest 6.7 points and posted an 86.8 offensive rating metrics that kept his list of suitors confined to the Horizon League and Mid-American Conference.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WAFB) - The Southern menâs basketball team saw its season come to an end against Grambling in the quarterfinal round of the SWAC Basketball Tournament at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala.
The Jags fell 72-67 in overtime to the Tigers. Southern finished 8-11 overall and 8-6 in the SWAC.
Harrison Henderson came off the bench to lead the Jaguars with 20 points. He also had seven rebounds. SWAC Freshman of the Year Terrell Williams Jr. had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Samkelo Cele chipped in 11 points and grabbed seven boards.