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Border War Special Basketball Preview Edition Section PAGE 7 Friday, November 6, 2015 Volume 124, No. 60• collegian.com Big Men on Campus New year, new roles One fi nal shot Back in action Clavell, Gillon step into Senior Joe De Ciman sits down Antwan Scott returns to starting lineup with Keegan Pope for a Q&A CSU hoops after injury PAGE 3 PAGE 24 PAGE 2 PHOTO BY EMMETT MCCARTHY COLLE- Go Rams! BEAT the cowboys! 2 S SPORTS Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Antwan Scott ready to fill his role after being granted eligibility By Sam Lounsberry @SamLounz me,” Scott said. “The doctor said it stopped healing, it didn’t heal College basketball was sup- right. So, he shut me down until posed to end last season for Ant- it healed, and it didn’t heal until wan Scott. May.” The CSU guard had over- Scott’s career could have come enough hardship on his ended on the bench. But, he was way to a major Division I pro- granted a sixth year of NCAA el- gram. Once he became a Ram, igibility due to medical hardship there were supposed to be better this summer on July 27. times ahead. The team was ex- “I had to go through sum- pected to do big things behind mer workouts, the whole spring, the leadership of seniors Daniel everything, going to school just Bejarano, JJ Avila and Stanton not knowing,” Scott said. “It was Kidd, and Scott was expected to hard, but I kept my faith, my faith play a major role. in God. It’s But, Scott never really got just a to join that group for its 27-win bless- season. A broken foot requiring surgery kept him out for all but the first four games last year. Scott’s path as a basketball player is far from typical. After spending 2010-2012 at a junior college in Ranger, Texas, he Colorado State guard Antwan Scott shoots during a practice last season. After sitting out last year with a transferred to Idaho for his foot injury, Scott returns to the Rams looking to make a big impact. PHOTO BY ABBIE PARR COLLEGIAN Division I debut, but he never played a game ing, man, to even be out played last year. coaching I’ve ever had. I’ve never there. here (in practice), to put “He is not used to getting as- been held accountable as much Instead, the my shoes on and run up and sists,” Eustachy said. “He’s used as I’m held accountable now.” Wylie, Texas down the court every day.” to receiving them, getting an Being considered account- native used his Now, the 6-foot-1 assist from a player. This is re- able by Eustachy means he will redshirt and inch guard expects to ally the first time in his life that have to become more than just transferred contribute in CSU’s he’s been instructed on how he a shooter, and the guard is em- to Grambling backcourt. should play, instead of just a guy bracing that task. He said his goal State in Louisi- “He’s ecstatic,” CSU who shoots it and gets back in a for the season is to be one of the ana for the 2013-14 head coach Larry Eustachy zone.” Rams’ top defenders. season to be closer said. A greater expectation of dis- Improving shot selection is a to his mother, Theresa, Excited as he is, though, cipline under Eustachy is a rea- priority, too. who had entered a coma. Scott Eustachy needs Scott to ad- son Scott chose Colorado State “I’m not going to be able to missed his first three games as a just his game. In his sole sea- over Tennessee while being re- take 20 shots a game like I did at Tiger after she passed away pri- son at Grambling State, Scott cruited out of Grambling. Grambling, so I have to be able to or to his junior season. was a high-volume shoot- “At Grambling, I was a kuck- drive and kick and get someone He wouldn’t be stopped, er, scoring a team-high 15.7 lehead,” Scott said. “I got to run else a good shot,” Scott said. “It’s though. Not then, and not last points per game on an average around, do what I want to do, no been a struggle for me, especially year after doctors told him he of nearly 12 shot attempts per discipline. Here, there is so much taking bad shots. At Grambling, couldn’t play on his foot in his contest, with over four coming discipline.” I could take any shot I wanted. last guaranteed year of NCAA from 3-point range. The Tigers Scott acknowledges his time Here, I can’t do that.” eligibility. He initially suered notched a 5-24 overall record in at CSU has been the most ben- Look for Scott to come o the the injury at Grambling State 2013-14. eficial for his game, and he has bench to start the season, likely in o-season workouts, and it “Somebody has to be the started feeling more at home in to replace Clavell or Gillon in the lingered with Scott, forcing leading scorer on a bad, bad Fort Collins during his second backcourt. Eustachy said Scott him into surgery before last team, and that’s what he was,” year in CSU’s Adult Education is in his eighth or ninth spot, but season. He was sidelined for Eustachy said. “So, he’s buying Master’s Program. The gradu- the coach said that could easily all but the first four games, in.” ate student earned a degree in change before the season is over. in which he accumulated Joining fellow guards John criminal justice during his stint Scott, though, isn’t worried a mere 33 minutes for the Gillon, Gian Clavell and Joe De at Grambling State, and will have about his minutes. year. Ciman in the backcourt this his master’s come May. “I’m just here to play my “I had surgery in Sep- year means Scott will have team- “It’s been a rocky road,” Scott role,” he said. “Blessed to be back tember (last year), and mates just as talented as him for said. “This has been the best stop, for another year.” then I tried to play and perhaps the first time in his ca- though, when it comes down to Sam Lounsberry can be my foot was just hurting COLLEGIAN FILE PHOTO reer, besides the four games he resources. I’m getting the best reached at [email protected]. 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Letters to [email protected] Display Advertising | 970-491-7467 the editor should be sent to [email protected]. or 970-491-6834 3 S SPORTS Friday, November 6, 2015 Views from the Sixth Man By Emmett McCarthy @emccarthy22 ence play dished out 3.9 assists active on help side when my this year, for better or for worse. per game. On New Year’s Eve, man didn’t have the ball. When With so many players who he erupted for 25 points to de- my man had the ball I’m a pret- like the ball in their hands, and John Gillon earned Sixth liver the Rams a narrow win ty good defender. But, over the with Eustachy’s emphasis on Man of the Year honors last sea- over Boise State. He’s extremely “Next to Jamaal summer and in practice I’ve defense, communication will be son from the Mountain West, efficient offensively and a blur just worked on getting over ball key. and the only competition was with the basketball, which drew Tinsley, I haven’t screens and I’m much better, so “We’ve been here, so we’ve his own teammate: Gian Clavell. some NBA comparison from his those comments won’t be valid got a feel for each other,” Clavell Neither man is a promising coach. had a guy that this year.” said. “Just talking to each other candidate for the award this “I’ve had one guy that could can really get to Clavell was not as efficient in practice, ‘I like when you’re in year, as the two will likely make really go by people, and he end- as Gillon, but it was part of what this spot, I like when you drive up the starting backcourt for ed up being a first-round draft the rim the way made him fun to watch.

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