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Roster Set for Season Opener

November 14, 2002 - Continental Basketball Association 2 (CBA 2)
Grand Rapids Hoops News Release


Grand Rapids, MI - The Continental Basketball Association's Grand Rapids HOOPS have settled their roster for the season opener on Friday, November 15 at Idaho.

In order to trim their roster down to the CBA mandated ten active players, the HOOPS released G Tim Kisner and F Marquise Gainous. The team departed to Idaho Thursday morning with a roster consisting of four guards, five forwards and a center. The HOOPS' first round draft pick in the 2002 CBA Draft, C Kelly Wise, will begin the season on the injured reserve list while recovering from a knee injury.

The HOOPS have a handful of players with National Basketball Association (NBA) experience this season, including Kei Madison who was an early-entry candidate in the 2002 NBA draft and was one of the Seattle Supersonics final cuts. Others with NBA time under their belt are F Ira Bowman (1999-02), F Jerald Honeycutt (97-99), and G Eric Murdock (1991-00).

The team also consists of three newcomers to professional basketball scene. Joining Madison on the court will be G Immanuel McElroy, who joins the team after winning 2002 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year honors, and C Antoine Broxsie, who looks to continue his development after graduating from Oklahoma State.

The HOOPS home schedule tips-off on Wednesday, November 20th at the DeltaPlex. For season and group ticket plans please call the HOOPS offices at (616) 559-7936.

2002-03 Roster
Larry Ayuso G 6'3'' 200 USC ‘99
Chris Bacon F 6'9'' 210 Nicholls State ‘01
Ira Bowman F 6'5'' 195 Penn ‘97
Antoine Broxsie C 6'10''241 Oklahoma State ‘02
Jerald Honeycutt F 6'9'' 265 Tulane ‘99
Kei Madison F 6'9'' 220 Okaloosa-Walton C.C. ‘02
Immanuel McElroy G 6'4'' 200 Cincinnati ‘02
Eric Murdock G 6'3'' 190 Providence ‘91
Alex Scales G 6'4'' 190 Oregon ‘00
Kevin Simmons F 6'9'' 265 UNLV ‘99
*Kevin Wise C 6'10''220 Memphis ‘02
*injured reserve



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