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IUP STARS RETURN FOR EXHIBITION GAME

By Hometown1 Jul 2, 2024 | 6:20 AM

You may have thought you’d seen the last of some of IUP’s greatest basketball players on the court together, but you have one more chance to revisit past, coming up on July 14th.

 

A team of Division Two all-stars will be playing in this year’s winner-take-all “The Basketball Tournament”, the one-million dollar nationwide tournament featuring past college and pro stars. Former IUP guard Dante Lombardi will be coaching the team and he’s going to coach an exhibition game against his dad, IUP coach Joe Lombardi, at Memorial Field House on July 14th.  Former IUP stars Cobo Diaz and Ethan Porterfield are on Dante’s team, which will match up against former stars Armoni Foster, Chucky Humphries, Malik Miller, Shawndale Jones, and others.

 

Fans will get a chance to meet the players at the event and an autograph session and other interactive events are planned as well.

 

The game is at 6 PM and tickets will be ten dollars.

 

IUP BASKETBALL

Last week we looked at Pitt coach Jeff Capel’s incoming recruits to his basketball team.  Today, we focus on IUP.

Coach Joe Lombardi’s incoming players include:

  • Luke Triggs, a 6-7 forward from Virginia, transferring from Mercyhurst.
  • Tyler Grove,, 6-6 true freshman guard wing from Erie McDowell.
  • Ian Herring, a 6-6 guard from Coraopolis who played at Quaker Valley High School and at Kiski Prep.
  • Bautista Rodriguez, a 6-7 guard/forward from Argentina who most recently played for the Argentine team in the U19 World Cup.
  • Kymani Merraro, a 5-9 point guard from C.O.D.E. Academy in Ontario, Canada
  • Christian Moore, a 6-1 guard from Viginia Beach, transferring from the University of New Hampshire .

For Coach Craig Carey’s women, new recruits include:

  • Alilyonna Jordan, a 6-3 forward from Morgantown West Virginia who goes by “Lily”.
  • Aubry Salepaga, a 5-9 guard from Los Angeles who is transferring from Central Community College in Nebraska.
  • Shamia Strayhorn, a 5-7 guard from Cincinnati, transferring from Wheeling University.
  • Elle Wilkerson, a 5-10 guard/forward transferring from Georgetown College in Kentucky after having also played at Davis & Elkins.
  • Madison Zavasky, a 6-foot true freshman from Pine Richland High School.
  • Naomi Zulueta , a 5-7 guard from Lancaster, transferring from Delaware State.