April 13, 2019
Transfer Time
The "experts" think this is the second-best recruiting class Coach Sims has ever had, behind the
Daniel Warnock-Jack Senn-Todd DeHaven group he brought in three years ago. Remember, DeHaven took a redshirt his freshman year, so he's now a class behind his senior teammates.
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2018 Recruiting Rankings
# Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
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63. Lafayette Patriot League PG Ben Miele *** 0 0 3 1 0
108. American Patriot League C James Zimmer *** 0 0 2 1 1
154. Navy Patriot League C Andrew Wilson *** 0 0 1 2 1
186. Holy Cross Patriot League SG Brian McCrory *** 0 0 1 0 1
230. Army Patriot League C Delmer Kilmer ** 0 0 0 1 3
274. Bucknell Patriot League PF Isaac Gavin ** 0 0 0 1 1
287. Colgate Patriot League SF Gary Stone ** 0 0 0 2 0
290. Lehigh Patriot League SG Edward Smith ** 0 0 0 1 2
Ben Miele is the conference's most highly-rated incoming freshman, #112 in the national listings.
I held on to one of the five scholarships I could have offered to this year's class, so I knew I'd be active in the transfer portal this spring. It turns out I'll have two scholarships to work with, because
James Standard has chosen to leave the program.
In the first transfer round, we sign
Asdrubal Cruz, a center who joins us from Savannah State.
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#43 C Asdrubal Cruz - Lafayette - Sophomore
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Height: 6-7
Weight: 224
High School: Rowlett High School
Hometown: Rowlett, TX
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 44 8 26 0 17 16 76 33 54 23 40 7 19 66 44 49
2018: 40 8 24 0 15 16 70 29 49 21 38 7 19 62 44 36
Potential: C F D F D D A C B D C F
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Redshirting
Academics: 79
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2017 High School: Rated * and #805 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2018 Transfered from Savannah State
Asdrubal possesses all the qualities of a
Blue Collar Man except shot-blocking ability. He's a rugged defender and an eager rebounder, and he could develop into a decent low-block scorer. He'll spend a year in Lafayette's program, and he'll have three years of eligibility beginning in 2020/21.
We pick up another transfer in the second round: wing
Joseph Hubbard, lately of Oregon State.
Code:
#1 SF Joseph Hubbard - Lafayette - Sophomore
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Height: 6-5
Weight: 206
High School: Linden High School
Hometown: Linden, CA
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: 24 36 45 44 47 19 24 35 35 20 63 16 47 73 67 69
2018: 22 34 41 40 43 17 22 31 33 18 57 16 45 69 65 54
Potential: C D B C C D D C C D B D
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Redshirting
Academics: 63
Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00
Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2017 High School: Rated ** and #708 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
2018 Transfered from Oregon State
Hubbard is considerably more promising than the players we were looking at late in the recruiting period last year. He does no one thing exceptionally well, but he does nearly everything fairly well. At worst, James should be a helpful rotation player when he takes the floor for us in 2020.
James Standard, the hometown boy who decided to transfer, has picked Texas Pan-American, which is a long, long way from Easton, PA.