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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Ryan Bass leaves CJ for Dunbar
All Dunbar needed last basketball season was a steady — and productive — presence at the point. They got it, for this coming season.
Senior-to-be Ryan Bass, a two-year starting guard for Chaminade Julienne, has withdrawn from CJ and has enrolled at Dunbar. CJ was 11-10 last season. Bass was All-Area Division II as a sophomore and second team as a junior.
The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 18.6 points last season and had nine games of 20 or more points. He put 24 and 22 points on Alter in a pair of losses and 24 on D-II state runner-up Marshall in a 3-point loss.
“Ryan’s no longer with us and we wish him the best of luck,” said CJ coach Joe Staley.
Bass has spent the summer playing with Dunbar’s high-scoring team. The Wolverines blew through Fairmont’s summer tourney unbeaten last week and went 3-1 against defending D-I state champ Columbus Northland, Centerville and Lakota West in a series of 15-minute scrimmages Tuesday following Daequan Cook’s Basketball Skills Camp at Dunbar.
“That’s very unusual to get a player of his caliber,” said Dunbar coach Peter Pullen. “He’s been a tremendous asset this summer. He gives us that missing piece that we were struggling with at the point.
“He’s been through the battles of the GCL, so we know he’s been under fire. He’s just got to get used to playing a little bit more uptempo, which I think fits him real well. A lot of time, he was the quickest player on the court in that league. Now, he’s going to a venue that everyone we play is as quick as he is.”
Bass’ arrival with the Wolverines will offset the expected loss of Williamp Pope. The undersized but effective center averaged 14 points last season, but has spent the summer with Preble Shawnee’s team and hasn’t participated in any of Dunbar’s camps.
The combination of Bass and Geron Johnson, the 2008-09 City League player of the year, should be the area’s most high-scoring backcourt.
Junior Tim Szabo inherits the point for CJ. The Eagles also return regulars Joe Staley, the coach’s son, Matt Vest and Jon Bibbs. Besides plenty of other returnees — CJ had just three seniors last season — another Staley will be on board, sophomore John.
“We’re expecting to have a good basketball team,” said Joe Staley.
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