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Date Posted: 19:40:38 05/12/03 Mon
Author: BU Bearcats Fan
Subject: Interesting report regarding new Bing signee Darel Lucas

This report is straight from the athletics website:

Binghamton University men�s basketball coach Al Walker has announced the signing of junior college guard Darel (pronounced Da-RAIL) Lucas (Wichita, Kan./Redlands CC) to a national letter of intent. Lucas, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, played two seasons for Redlands Community College in El Reno, Oklahoma. He will inherit the role vacated by graduated all-star Anthony Green, and will have two seasons of eligibility at Binghamton.

�Darel Lucas is a terrifically talented point guard,� Walker said. �He is skilled, athletic and tough-minded. We are tremendously excited to have Darel join our basketball family.�

Lucas, who averaged 8.2 points and 5.1 assists this year for the 32-3 Cougars, selected Binghamton after visiting NCAA �Sweet 16� participant Butler. He shot 48% from the field, 37% from three-point range, and was a 73% free throw shooter. The Cougars were ranked as high as No. 3 in the country in the NJCAA Division I poll.

�Darel was the best on-ball defender I�ve had in many years,� RCC head coach Steve Eck said. �He could lock up the other point guard like no other in junior college. Coach Walker is getting a very good ball player.�

Lucas was ranked the ninth best junior college sophomore point guard by The Sporting News prior to the 2002-03 season. As a freshman starter, he averaged 7.5 points and 3.2 assists for a Cougars team that went 30-5 and captured the NJCAA Division II championship. He shot a sizzling 62% from the field.

In high school, Lucas was an all-state player for Southeast High who led his team to the Class 6A state championship game as a senior. He earned four letters and was a second-team All-City selection in 2000-01. He averaged 14.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.6 steals in his career. Lucas also excelled in track, where he was the state-runner-up in the 400 (48.78) as a senior.

Lucas joins freshman guard Troy Bailey and junior forwards Alex Adediran and Robert Todd as newcomers for the 2003-04 season. Bailey and Todd were red-shirts last season. Walker, who loses three starters and four letterwinners from a 14-13 team, still has two more scholarships to give.

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