Some Familiar Faces Round out Mill Rats Training Camp Roster
Published on October 15, 2013 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Saint John Riptide News Release
(Saint John, NB): The Saint John Mill Rats training camp roster has been finalized with some new editions and some familiar face as well.
"I'm excited to get going with this incredibly talented group of players," said Mill Rats Head Coach Rob Spon. "There will be some difficult decisions to make, but the players that we've put together gives us alot of skill, depth, and interchangeability. This will make our team very versatile and hard to defend, and we have alot of guys here looking to make their mark in this league this year."
Fans will be excited to see familiar faces added to the Port City roster: 6'4 shooting guard from Grandbay-Westfield Mike Anderson, 6'7 sharp shooting fan-favorite forward Steve Deluca, and 6'10 centre from Mali, Africa, Modibo Diarra.
Anderson averaged 3.0 points and 1.5 rebounds for the Mill Rats last season. Steve Deluca contributed 7.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game on 33.9% shooting from beyond the arc. He is the NBL Canada's Three-Point Champion from All Star Weekend in April. Modibo played in a reserve role last season while working himself back into shape, and helped the Mill Rats in a key playoff game last season when called upon.
The Mill Rats are also pleased to announce that 6'6 power forward Damian Gay, a teacher at Rothesay Netherwood School, and 6'5 wing Joshua Jones, who was selected from the Mill Rats minicamp last weekend in New Hampshire, will also be attending training camp.
Gay, who is from Guysborough, Nova Scotia, played college ball at Saint Mary's University and then Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax between 2004-2008. At Mount St. Vincent, he averaged 13.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game his senior season.
Jones is from Bangor, Maine and played at Husson College 2009-2011 where he averaged 19.2 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. He has experience in Germany and participated in the Maine Red Claws (NBA D-League) preseason in 2011.
These five players complete the roster for training camp, which begins on Media Day on Monday Oct 21 at Noon at UNB-Saint John. Media Day is open to fans and will consist of photos, medicals, and an open scrimmage beginning at around 2:30pm.
The full training camp roster is below:
GUARDS
5'11 guard Anthony Anderson (Lynn, MA) University of Massachusetts-Amherst
6'1 point guard Will Blalock (Boston, MA) Iowa State
6'2 point guard Ashton Smith (Scarborough, ON) Indiana University of PA
6'3 guard Doug Herring Jr (Poughkeepsie, NY) Utica College
WINGS
6'4 wing Chris Matthews (Washington, DC) - St. Bonnaventure
6'5 wing Joshua Jones (Bangor, ME) Husson College
6'5 wing David Louis (Elmhurst, NY) Kingsborough CC
6'6 wing Antonio Anderson (Lynn, MA) University of Memphis
FORWARDS
6'5 forward Tyrone Levett (Notasulga, AL) Alabama State
6'7 forward Steve Deluca (Merrimack, NH) Brandeis University
6'6 foward Alex Jackson (St. Louis, MO) University of MO-St. Louis
6'6 power forward Florentino Valencia (Chicago, IL) Toledo University
6'6 power foward Damian Gay (Guysborough, NS) St. Vincent's University
CENTRES
6'10 centre Robert Curtis (Los Angeles, CA) Wayland Baptist
6'10 power forward Terrence Green (Chicago, IL) Augustana College
6'10 centre Modibo Diarra (Bamako, Mali) University of Memphis
7'0 centre Mike Luby (Kenora, ON) Brock University
All players will be in town for the team's training camp slated to begin mid-October.
To buy or inquire about season tickets please contact Julia Higgins at the Mill Rats Fan Zone located in Brunswick Square or contact the Harbour Station Box Office or call 506-657-1234.
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