Tuesday,
November 1, 2005
FORMER OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUTS HERREN & KISCADEN RETURN HOME
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian College men’s basketball players Grant Herren and Pat
Kiscaden will be returning to their native state of
Florida on November 11-13 as their Blue Hose team will open
the 2005-06 season at the 2005
Disney's Division II Tip-Off Classic held in Orlando, Fla.
Herren
and Kiscaden are both natives of Oviedo, Fla, where they
played their high school basketball at Oviedo High School for
head coach Ed Kershner.
| Herren, a 6-7, 225-pound junior forward, is a returning starter for the Blue Hose this season. Herren, who started 28 of 29 games in 2004-05, averaged 7.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.8 apg, while shooting 58.9% form the field and 63.8% from the free throw line for the Blue Hose. |
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“I'm
extremely excited to open the season at the Disney tip-off
classic,” said Herren. “It will be the first time we have
ever played in Orlando, or even Florida for that matter since
I've been at PC, and will be a great chance for all my friends
and family back home to finally get a chance to watch me play
college basketball.
“Many people have asked or questioned me if we would ever play in Florida knowing that PC is quite a long way to come from Orlando just to see a game. It's great that on our first trip to Florida we actually get to play at Disney’s Wide World of Sports, that will be like playing basketball in my own backyard and will be a great opportunity for my friends and family who aren't able to travel come see me play college basketball for the first time. I can't wait, It will be a homecoming game for Pat and myself.”
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Kiscaden, a 6-3, 190-pound guard, will take over the starting duties at the shooting guard position this season. Kiscaden played in all 29 games last season with 10 starting assignments while averaging 7.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, and 1.9 apg, and shot 39.5% from the field, 37.1% from three-point land, and 80.0% from the free throw line. |
“I've
been looking forward to playing at Disney since last year when
I found out we were going,” said Kiscaden. “It will be fun
to go home and play in front of my family and friends who
haven't seen me play since high school. Hopefully our team
will play well and win the tournament.”
The Blue
Hose, under the direction of 17th-year head coach Gregg
Nibert, return 12 letterwinners and six players that
started at one point from last year’s team which compiled an
18-11 overall record. Nibert, the all-time winningest men’s
basketball coach in the program’s history and a 1979
graduate of Marietta College, enters the 2005-06 campaign with
a 16-year overall record of 282-187. The Blue Hose were
recently picked to finish second in the race for the 2005-06
SAC regular season title behind Catawba College, based on a
preseason coaches poll.
“We are
very excited to have two quality student-athletes out of an
excellent program like Oviedo High School,” said Nibert.
“Coach Kershner’s players are
fundamentally sound and are ready to play college
basketball.”
“Grant
knows the game so well it’s like having two point guards on
the floor,” said Nibert. “He really understands the game
and is an excellent passer and defender.”
“Pat
is one of the best shooters I have ever coached,” said
Nibert. “He is an excellent three-point shooter and free
throw shooter.”
PC will open the 2005 Disney’s Division II Tip-Off Classic on Friday, November 11 against the University of Nebraska-Omaha at 6:30 pm. The Mavericks are coming off a 23-6 overall record in 2004-05 that included a trip to the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Tournament.