Halil Kanacevic — PF, 6-8, 260
Senior, 22 years old
Season (32 mpg): 10.7 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.5 BPG, 3 TO, 3.7 fouls
54% FG (7.5 attempts)
58% free throws (3.6 attempts)
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Opposition Report: Memphis Tigers
Thursday, March 13, 9 p.m. ET
Record
OVERALL: 23-8
CONFERENCE: 12-6
HOME: 15-2
ROAD: 5-5
NEUTRAL: 3-1
— Memphis averages 8.7 steals per game (8th nationally)
— However, its forced 8 steals in two games vs. UConn
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Maurice Creek
G, 6-5, 195
Senior, 23 years old
Hometown: Oxon Hill, MD
Notable: Creek transferred from Indiana to George Washington in May, where he immediately became eligible for his senior season. As a freshman at Indiana in 2009, Creek averaged 16.4 points through his first 12 games (including a 31 point game vs. Kentucky), but a season-ending fractured kneecap (and two more serious injuries in the following years) ultimately led to his departure. Creek has one season of eligibility at George Washington.
Season (29.3 mpg): 14.6 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 1.8 APG
43% FG, 41% three-point (6.2 attempts)
Orlando Sanchez
F, 6-9, 220
Senior, 26 years old
Hometown: Nague, Dominican Republic
Notable: After working—both in the Dominican Republic and Spain—as a teenager to support his family, Sanchez graduated high school at the age of 21 and then enrolled at Monroe College (JC). He then transferred from Monroe to St. John’s and was initially ruled ineligible by the NCAA last fall. But the decision was eventually reversed, and Sanchez was allowed to suit up for the Red Storm. The eligibility issue was nothing nefarious; Sanchez simply logged four minutes of playing time with the Dominican Republic national team in 2010, but since he was over the age of 21, those four minutes counted as one full year of college eligibility.
The decision was reversed, and after graduating high school at the age of 21 and then playing at Monroe College for two years, Sanchez is finally at St. John’s.
Season (21.8 mpg): 7.4 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.1 BPG
50% FG (5.6 attempts)