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CCRI Knights Men’s Basketball 2011-12 Preview

The 2011-12 men's basketball team has six returning players with game experience, two transfers and a redshirt along with a host of newly recruited talented freshman on its roster as it enters the upcoming season. Head Coach Rick Harris and his staff are preparing the team to compete for the regional and district championships as well as an opportunity to participate in the NJCAA Division II National Tournament held in Danville, Ill. in March.

The team has played in the CCRI/Steve Stanford Collegiate Summer League and participated in a demanding pre-season conditioning program run by Assistant Coaches Carmine Goneconte, Sam Hajinian and Andy Jackson. “We will work each day to improve individually and as a team,” Harris said. “We want to play against the nation's best in March. We also want to put our student-athletes in the best position possible to be recruited by four-year institutions.”

During the 2011-12 season the Knights will again play one of the strongest junior college schedules in the country. They will rely on their returning players to provide leadership, including sophomores Joshua Perry (South Kingstown, R.I.), a 5-foot-10 combination guard; Nick Maglio (Barrington, R.I.), a 6-foot shooting guard; Addison Williams (Boulder, Colo.) a 6-foot-4 wing player; Trevor Mabry (Norwich, Conn.), a 6-foot-6 forward; Christian Canino (Glastonbury, Conn.) a 6-foot-7 forward; and Jeff Schmeltz (Pascoag, R.I.) a 6-foot-8 center. They will be joined by redshirt Brandon Strawn (Longview, Texas), a 6-foot-2 shooting guard and transfers Keith Lackerson (Brooklyn, N.Y.), a 6-foot-3 forward and Rogerio Livramento (Central Falls, R.I.), a 6-foot-6 forward.

The cast of newcomers is fast, athletic and talented. They include Bryan Yarce (Cranston, R.I.), a 5-foot-10 point guard and First Team Rhode Island All-State player; Anthony Henry (Danbury, Conn.), a 6-foot-3 guard/forward; Desmond Williams (Torrington, Conn.), a 6-foot-5 guard/forward; Isaac Medeiros (Johnston, R.I.), a 6-foot-5 forward; Johadd Easterling (Manchester, Conn.) a 5-foot-10 point guard; Branden Barboza (East Providence, R.I.), a 6-foot-5 wing player and Mark Marocco (Cranston, R.I.), a 5-foot-10 guard. 

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