March 30, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS, IN-- Old Dominion's Gerald Lee will be one of the 20 top senior Division I basketball players invited to play in the Reese's College All-Star Game Friday in the Lucas Oil Stadium. Thegame is scheduled for April 2 at 4:30 pm. Will be televised by CBS College Sports.
Legendary former Purdue coach Gene Keady will coach team Reese's while Bill Hodges, wholed Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA Championship game, will coach TeamHershey's.
Lee was named first team All-District 10 along with Chaisson Allen of Northeastern, Charles Jenkinsof Hofstra, Cam Long of George Mason and Larry Sanders of VCU.
The 6-10 Lee helped lead the Monarchs to a 27-9 record which included the CAA regular season andTournament Championship. ODU advanced to the NCAA tournament as a number 11 seed and knockedoff sixth seeded Notre Dame, before losing to Baylor in the next round. The 27 wins is the second mostin school history.
Lee completed his career with 1,624 points which ranked him 11th all-time at ODU. He was 22 pointsshy of Alex Loughton ('06) who ranks 10th and one point better than Kenny Gattison ('86). Lee alsoplayed an ODU best 137 games breaking the mark of 135 set last year by Jonathan Adams. Lee joinedfellow teammates Ben Finney, Frank Hassell, Kent Bazemore, Keyon Carter, Darius James and TrianIliadis as owners of a new school record of 36 games played in a single season.
Lee will also play in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament next week.
Reese's All-Stars (orange uniforms)No. NamePOS.Ht.Wt.Hometown/College or University1Jerome RandallG5-10172Chicago, IL/California3Tre'von HughesG6-0193New York, NY/Wisconsin5Chris KramerG6-3214Huntington, IN/Purdue11Michael RollG6-5200Aliso Viejo, CA/UCLA13Tyren JohnsonF6-8204Edgard, LA/Louisiana-Lafayette15Aubrey ColemanG6-4200Houston, TX/Houston21Patrick ChristopherG6-5220Compton, CA/California23Dominic CalegariF6-10240Berkeley, CA/UC Davis25Art ParakhouskiC6-11266Belarus/Radford31Eric BoatengC6-10257England/Arizona State33Bryan DavisF6-9250Dallas, TX/Texas A&M
Head Coach: Gene Keady, PurdueAssistant Coaches: Bruce Weber, IllinoisMatt Painter, PurdueGame Managers: Brandon Laird, Jay Morris
Hershey's All-Stars (white uniforms)No.NamePOS.Ht.Wt.Hometown/College or University2Scottie ReynoldsG6-1187Herndon, VA/Villanova4Deonta VaughnG6-1190Indianapolis, IN/Cincinnati10Jermaine BealG6-3205Desoto, TX/Vanderbilt12Rodney GreenF6-5210Philadelphia, PA/LaSalle14Edwin UbilesF6-6205Poughkeepsie, NY/Siena20Lazar HaywardF6-6225Buffalo, NY/Marquette22Ryan WittmanF6-7215Eden Prairie, MN/Cornell24Robert GlennF6-7205Indianapolis, IN/IUPUI30Jeff FooteC7-0265Lockwood, NY/Cornell32Gerald LeeC6-10250Finland/Old Dominion34Adam KochF6-8255Ashwaubenon, WI/Northern IowaHead Coach: Bill Hodges, Indiana StateAssistant Coaches: Jeff Jones, AmericanIndiana State Seth Greenberg, Va. TechManager: Richard RomeoGame Managers: Chris Carlson, Ross Land
Note: all players in the game are seniors
Players have been selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
About the National Association of Basketball CoachesLocated in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.