Utah vs. UC Davis Aggies

Corey Hawkins

The Aggies of UC Davis come to town on Friday. They hail from the Big West Conference and are coached by former NBAer Jim Les. The preseason conference media poll picked them to finish fifth in the league.

The media poll also named junior guard Corey Hawkins to the preseason all-conference team. Corey is the son of another former NBAer, Hersey Hawkins, and was recently listed as one of the Top-100 players in the nation by CBS Sports (see no. 80). He had 16 pts/8 rebs/7 asts against Portland in the season opener. Unfortunately, he injured his hand and did not play on Monday against Holy Names College. I have no word as to whether he'll play against the Utes on Friday.

It would be a real shame for the Aggies to suffer another loss to injury. They already lost one of their key players from last year, J.T. Adenrele, to a knee injury during the offseason. They'll greatly miss the 12.6 ppg/5.9 rpg/2 bpg they got from Adenrele a year ago.

But aside from Hawkins, they're counting on points from Josh Richart (17 ppg so far this season) and Ryan Sempkens (25 pts against Holy Names). Sempkens is an outside threat; 75% of his shot attempts last year came from beyond the arc (.461 3FG% in 2012-13).

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Utah announced the addition of three basketball signees for the 2014-15 season. They are:

Brekkott Chapman	F	6'8"	200	Roy H.S. (Roy, UT)
Kyle Kuzma	SF	6'9"	190	Rise Academy (Philadelphia, PA)
Isaiah Wright	PG	6'2"	180	Borah H.S. (Boise, ID)

Kuzma already enrolled and is currently on the team as a redshirt. More details at RunninU.com.
Read the official announcement here.