For Immediate Release
October 18, 2007
For More Information, Contact: Keith Gentry (901) 333-4114/ (901) 619-1899
Release written by Keith Gentry
SALUQIS’ BASKETBALL TEAM RANKED BY NJCAA
Coming off a 28-7 season and an eighth-place finish in the 2007 NJCAA National Tournament, the Southwest basketball team has earned a number 13 ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division I pre-season poll.
Head Coach Verties Sails Jr. returns three part-time starters off last year’s Region VII championship team – 5’11” point guard Emmanuel Cheers and 6’5” forward A.J. Nance, both from Marion, Arkansas, and 6’0” guard Antonio Young, who prepped at Westwood High School in Memphis. The Saluqis also add three sophomore transfers who should contribute heavily to the success of this year’s team – 6’4” guard Dominique Johnson (St. Clair Community College), 6’7” forward Leon Martin (Vincennes University) and 6’9” Nick Stigger (Connors State College).
Place / College / Location / Record / Points / 1st Pl Votes / Last Week
1 / Chipola College / Marianna, FL / 33-3 / 0 / 0 / 0
2 / College of Southern Idaho / Twin Falls, ID / 30-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
3 / Coffeyville Community College / Coffeyville, KS / 33-5 / 0 / 0 / 0
4 / Midland College / Midland, TX / 29-8 / 0 / 0 / 0
5 / Indian Hills Community College-Ottumwa / Ottumwa, IA / 34-2 / 0 / 0 / 0
6 / Three Rivers Community College (MO) / Poplar Bluff, MO / 26-11 / 0 / 0 / 0
7 / Southwestern Illinois College / Belleville, IL / 24-8 / 0 / 0 / 0
8 / Northeastern Junior College / Sterling, CO / 34-2 / 0 / 0 / 0
9 / Okaloosa-Walton College / Niceville, FL / 23-5 / 0 / 0 / 0
10 / San Jacinto College-Central / Pasadena, TX / 23-8 / 0 / 0 / 0
11 / University of Arkansas-Fort Smith / Fort Smith, AR / 19-12 / 0 / 0 / 0
12 / Highland Community College-Illinois / Freeport, IL / 20-14 / 0 / 0 / 0
13 / Southwest Tennessee Community College / Memphis, TN / 28-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
14 / Hutchinson Community College / Hutchinson, KS / 22-9 / 0 / 0 / 0
15 / Salt Lake Community College / Salt Lake City, UT / 24-9 / 0 / 0 / 0
16 / Georgia Perimeter College / Decatur, GA / 27-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
17 / Arizona Western College / Yuma, AZ / 27-6 / 0 / 0 / 0
18 / Vincennes University / Vincennes, IN / 25-8 / 0 / 0 / 0
19 / Wallace State Community College-Hanceville / Hanceville, AL / 28-4 / 0 / 0 / 0
20 / Itawamba Community College / Fulton, MS / 27-6 / 0 / 0 / 0
21 / South Plains College / Levelland, TX / 26-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
22 / Allegany College of Maryland / Cumberland, MD / 24-9 / 0 / 0 / 0
23 / Paris Junior College / Paris, TX / 27-5 / 0 / 0 / 0
24 / Tallahassee Community College / Tallahassee, FL / 24-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
25 / Cowley County Community College / Arkansas City, KS / 16-15 / 0 / 0 / 0
26 / Mineral Area College / Park Hills, MO / 23-10 / 0 / 0 / 0
27 / Eastern Arizona College / Thatcher, AZ / 23-7 / 0 / 0 / 0
28 / Aiken Technical College / Aiken, SC / 28-9 / 0 / 0 / 0
29 / Shelton State Community College / Tuscaloosa, AL / 24-9 / 0 / 0 / 0
30 / Iowa Western Community College / Council Bluffs, IA / 1-33* / 0 / 0 / 0