Mustangs Sign Three Former Lamar Players
November 13, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Southeast Texas Mavericks News Release
Three former Lamar standout players have signed contracts with the Southeast Texas Mustangs. Darron Hopkins, Lamar Sanders, and Currye Todd have inked contracts with our new ABA professional basketball franchise for the upcoming 2008-09 basketball season.
The three former Cardinals will be three of eighteen players attending the Mustangs Veterans Training Camp later in November. Players report on November 23rd to compete for the twelve active roster spots on the Mustangs Active Roster that will open up the season for the new professional basketball franchise in Beaumont.
Sanders, Hopkins, and Todd all three had excellent careers at Lamar University. Here is a look at their 2007-08 season stats at Lamar University:
Sanders, Lamar: 30-30 856 28.5 145-226 .642 5-20 .250 55-123 .447 85 126 211 7.0 97 6 75 79 38 47 350 11.7
Hopkins, Darren:30-20 866 28.9 115-277 .415 46-124 .371 58-89 .652 42 93 135 4.5 67 1 69 59 2 24 334 11.1
Todd, Currye: 30-10 488 16.3 87-205 .424 54-123 .439 39-51 .765 8 37 45 1.5 40 0 32 36 2 23 267 8.9
"We are happy to have these young men within our organization. They did an outstanding job for the Lamar University Men's Basketball Program and we're sure they'll be a big help to our Pro Basketball Franchise!" states Mustangs veteran Head Coach Steve Tucker.
Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.
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