UNLV Gets A Big Man

The Wait is over for UNLV Runnin Rebel basketball fans. The 6-foot 10-inch 255-pound forward/center, Brice Massamba has given the Men’s basketball team a signed national letter of intent for next season. The Sweden native has been playing the last two seasons at the Henderson International School in Henderson, Nevada and helped lead his team to a 32-1 record this past season. Massamba averaged 6.4 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game and shot 65.9 percent from the field.

Massamba will join three others to add to this very impressive scouting class. Those three are 6-foot 2-inch Oscar Bellfield from Westchester high school in Los Angles, 6-foot 5-inch Deshawn Mitchell from Monmouth Academy in New Jersey, and 6-foot 8-inch Darris Santee from Midland college in Texas. Also joining these three will be Beas Hamga and his 7-foot 225 pound frame who red shirted last year and will be a freshman for the upcoming season and 6-foot 4-inch guard Tre’Von Willis who transferred from Memphis last year and red shirted for the Runnin Rebels and will be a sophomore in 2008-2009.

These five players will pay nice complement to returners Wink Adams and Joe Darger. Another Sweet 16 appearance is now more obtainable and the Rebels will look to make sure they do everything possible for another trip to the NCAA tournament.

~ by jaybasile on April 30, 2008.