Well, for your ease and viewing pleasure, here is what I have been able to put together on the Bearkats:
Corey Allmond and Ashton Mitchell combined for 27.8 points per game last year. The two seniors each averaged more than 30 minutes per game to give the Kats experienced leaders on the perimeter.
Allmond, a 6-1 transfer from Howard College, set a school record with 99 treys to rank No. 14 in the nation in three point shooting last year. He scored in double figures in 24 of 30 games including 14 performances of 20 or more points.
Mitchell, a 5-11 three-year letterman from New Orleans, became the fifth point guard under Marlin to lead the Southland and rank in the top 10 nationally in assists. Mitchell ended the season No. 5 in the NCAA with 6.8 assists per game. He also added 12.5 points per contest.
Allmond was a first team All-Southland Conference selection and Mitchell was named to the second team last year. Both are 2010 preseason All-SLC first team picks.
The third returning starter is Preston Brown, 6-6 senior forward who averaged 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds last year as a transfer from Cowley County. He scored in double figures in 10 games last season.
Three other returning players saw extensive playing time as front line reserves.
Lance Pevehouse ranked as the team's fourth-leading scorer (9.1 points per game) and stood second on the team with 50 three point baskets. The 6-2 transfer from San Jacinto College scored in double figures in 11 games including a 23-point performance at Texas-El Paso.
Drae Murray averaged 13.8 minutes per contest as a true freshman in 2009. He totaled 64 assists and scored 5.9 points per game as Mitchell's backup at point guard.
Josten Crow, a 6-4 two-year letterman, is one of the Bearkats' top defenders. Missing the first eight games of the season due to an injury, Crow bounced back to total more than 16 minutes a game in Southland action.
Antuan Bootle plus red-shirt 6-7 Marco Cooper (a transfer from Delaware) bring the Kats additional depth at the post position.
To bolster Sam Houston's inside game, Marlin and his staff recruited two junior college transfers and a pair of high school seniors.
Trevon Charles, a 6-5 forward, earned All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference honors at Western Texas College. He led his team to a 20-10 record and the school's first appearance in the NJCAA Region V tournament in 29 years.
Gilberto Clavell, a 6-7 forward from Collin County Community College, averaged 16.1 points and 6.5 rebounds on a 27-5 team in 2009. A good scorer and defender, he wasnamed North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Co-Defensive Player of the year.
Aaron Thompson, a 6-9 freshman, was All-State and two-time District 5-3A "Defensive Player of the Year" on Burkburnett teams that put together a 60-12 record the past two years and reached the Texas Class 3A state finals in 2008.
