Ralphie Holmes
Wing
Sophomore

6-3
190

Allan Hancock CC
(Santa Maria, CA)
Franklin High School
Philadelphia, PA

Projected Starter at the shooting guard position.

6-8
225

Orange Empire League Honorable Mention last season at Riverside CC. He's a big guy with a nice shooting touch. He averaged 15.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and shot 40.7% from 3-point land. He was also a 74% free throw shooter in college. [more stats]

Projected starter at power forward or small forward.

Zakee Smith
Point Guard
Junior

Averaged 14.6 assists at Panola CC [Panola Stats]. Obviously an excellent ball handler, and an uncanny ability to spot the open man. Zakee was among the nations leaders in assists with a 14.58 average. He also averaged 13.4 points. [Game-by-game stats | Region XIV Stats]

Projected starter at point guard.

First team All-Central Valley Conference selection. Forcheney made 161 field goals out of 239 attempted for a whopping 674 percent - the highest in the Central Valley Conference and his high game score was 30 points. He also had 30 blocks and 33 steals during the season. He averaged 14.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.

Will back up Roundtree but should see significant playing time

Will contend for a starting spot at one of the wing positions

Played for Ruth Lovelace at Boys & Girls HS. Their nickname was the 'Kangaroos'.

Found on the web: "Several New York-area players caught the eye of top JUCO scout Jerry Mullen at the San Bernardino (CA) Showcase on September 15. San Bernardino Valley also ended 3-0 and, according to Mullen, has an emerging big-time player in 6-7 Bron Groomes, whom he recalled as a freshman at South Plains (TX)."

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Will sit this coming year out as a Prop 48. Ronald is extremely athletic, and a prolific leaper who is not intimidated by older, more experienced players. He must sit out this coming year as a Prop 48, but we anticipate significant contributions from him in the 2003-2004 season.[More info on Allens verbal to CSF]

California nominee for McDonalds All-American

Walk-on who shot .396 (40-101) from behind the 3-point arc last season, finishing 48th in the state.

Initially signed with Eastern Washington and coach Steve Aggers (now at Loyola Marymount) but never played... He then played for North Idaho College in 1999-2000 before enrolling at San Bernardino College.

Scouting report (From a search on SoCalHoops):
A great leaper and tremendous inside-outside player...We also listed Gary as a three, but he can and will play the four at times, and can also cover the two. Gary is a very intelligent player with good knowledge of the game, an excellent handle. On his high school team and most traveling teams we've seen him play with he's mostly called upon to be an inside banger, boxing out well, and cleaning the class with his good hops. He can also step out and hit the outside shot, all the way out to three-point range with a great deal of regularity, and in college we'd project him probably as a combo two/three type player, using his good shooting skills as a sort of "power guard" and his ability to slash to the basket to grab boards or drive to the hole when needed. He plays very good defense, and he'll fit in very well with Agger's up-tempo and unselfish style of play.

Another walk-on first reported by Big Allpe Sports. First team All-CIF-SS: Boys Division III-AA who could help provide some much-needed depth at the point guard spot.