Message-ID: <26618367.1075848299163.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 05:14:00 -0700 (PDT) From: truorange@aol.com To: truorange@aol.com Subject: True Orange, May 14, 2001, Bulletin Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: TruOrange@aol.com X-To: TruOrange@aol.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Clint_Dean_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: DEAN-C X-FileName: cdean.nsf Special Late-Breaking Bulletin I just got this from UT. I didn't have time to edit it much. Enjoy. Jerry Barnes Signs Top JC Guard A junior college combo guard has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball next season at The University of Texas, head coach Rick Barnes announced Monday morning. Terrell Ross (Laurel, Md./Allegany College) will join the Longhorns and have two years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2001-02 campaign. "Terrell is a versatile player with good size who can help our backcourt play in many ways," Barnes said. "He handles the ball and sees the floor well, can score and defend, and is a good worker. The most attractive thing about Terrell is that he comes from one of the most storied junior college programs in the nation and received great coaching while at Allegany." Ross (6-4, 190), the starting point guard for the past two years under legendary coach Bob Kirk at Allegany College (Cumberland, Md.), averaged 9.3 points, 7.7 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game while earning first-team NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Division I All-America and first-team All-Region XX honors during his sophomore season. He led the Trojans to an overall record of 32-3 and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division I Championship this past year. Ross converted 52.2% of his field goals, 33.8% (20-of-59) from three-point range and 74.3% (81-of-109) from the free throw line as a sophomore. In his freshman campaign, Ross helped Allegany to a 28-2 record and a No. 3 ranking in the final NJCAA Division I poll. He averaged 8.1 points, 7.5 assists (2.92 assist-to-turnover ratio) and 5.1 rebounds per game while hitting 63.1% of his field goals and 47.2% (17-of-36) from three-point range during his freshman year. Ross received honorable mention NJCAA Division I All-America and first-team All-Region XX accolades. Ross joins a duo of fall signees on the Longhorns roster: T.J. Ford (Houston, Texas) and Chris Wright (Redwater, Texas). UT will also gain the services of junior walk-on forward Deginald Erskin (Gonzalez, Texas) who sat out the 2000-01 campaign under NCAA transfer rules but was allowed to practice with the team.