USA EAST COAST PLAYER INFORMATION

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1 USA EAST COAST PLAYER INFORMATION #2 BRYAN RIVERS 6-1 Jr. Guard Pace 2016 Started 26-of-28 games for the Pace University Setters in the season averaging 12.8 points per game and led the team in assists for the second straight year. Named Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Weekly Honorable Mention in February after scoring a career-high 28 points against Adelphi. CVC Player of the Year at the Peddie School in New Jersey. #3 MATT FARRELL 6-1 Jr. Guard Notre Dame 2016 First four career starts came in Notre Dame s run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament where he finished with 26.8 minutes played, 6.5 points per game and 3.5 assists per game. A career 88% free-throw shooter who played in 28 games last season for the Fighting Irish. Won two state titles in high school in New Jersey and was twice named Ocean County player of the year. #4 JEVON CARTER 6-2 Jr. Guard West Virginia 2016 Named to the Big 12 All-Defensive team for the second time in as many years. Appeared in every game for the Mountaineers and averaged 9.5 points per contest while leading the team in steals as well as assists for the second straight season. Led West Virginia in 3-pt. field goals during freshman year. Ranked top-75 amongst senior high school guards in 2014 by ESPN. #5 JEVON THOMAS 6-1 Jr. Guard Seton Hall 2016 Sat out the season after transferring to Seton Hall from Kansas State. At Kansas State, led the team in assists and was second in steals during sophomore campaign. Averaged 4.5 points per game in 25.8 minutes per game. Started 25-of-31 games. Rated as the No. 22 and No. 26 best high school point guard in the country by Scout.com and Rivals.com, respectively.

2 #11 NYKOLAS KING 6-3 Sr. Guard Lycoming 2016 Two-time Second Team All-MAC Commonwealth selection. Started 25-of-27 games for MAC Commonwealth Champion Warriors and led team with 12.7 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game. Scored in double figures 20 times, and tallied three doubledoubles. Career averages of 5.0 rebounds per game and 9.9 points per game on 43.6% shooting. #12 STERLING BROWN 6-6 Sr. Forward SMU 2016 Started 29-of-30 games for SMU averaging 10.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. Shot 60.2% from the field and 53.6% from beyond the arc, good for 2 nd and 1 st in the AAC. His 60.2% 3-pt. shooting is an SMU single-season school record. State of Illinois Mr. Basketball Finalist as a senior in High School and was named All- State third team averaging 13.4 points a game. #13 NICK BAER 6-7 So. Forward Iowa 2016 Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in December. Appeared in all 33 games and averaged 4.8 points and 2.6 boards per game, scoring in double figures five times. Ranked second on the team in blocks. One of four freshman nationally to record 13+ points, 7+ rebounds, and 6+ blocks in a single game. Conference Player of the Year and First Team All-State as a high school senior. #15 MYLES CARTER 6-9 So. Forward Seton Hall 2016 Appeared in 10 games for the Pirates and had two points and a clutch block in the Big East quarterfinals against Creighton. Reached the Chicago Class 4A Sectional Championship game during senior year at St. Rita s of Cascia. Named All-Catholic League South Selection as a senior in high school. Rated No. 50 best high school power forward by ESPN.

3 #20 HARRY FROLING 6-11 Fr. Forward SMU 2016 Incoming freshman at SMU. Played with the Townsville Crocodiles in Australia s National Basketball League during the season. Invited to play for the World team as one of the top-12 international players at the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore. Rated as a four-star recruit by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. Ranked as the 16 th best center of the class of 2016 by 247Sports. #21 MARTINAS GEBEN 6-10 Jr. Forward Notre Dame 2016 Part of a Notre Dame team that reached the Elite Eight in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Shot 55% from the field as a freshman. 1,000-point scorer at St. Maria Goretti High School. Second Team All-Baltimore Catholic League honors and selected to play in the 41 st Annual Capital Classic All-Star Game. Earned Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year honors in campaign.

4 COACH INFORMATION GUY RANCOURT Head Coach Lycoming College Entering his 9th season as head coach of Lycoming College. Has lead the warriors to the NCAA Tournament twice, one MAC Commonwealth title, four MAC Commonwealth title games, earned two Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year honors and one D3Hoops.com Middle Atlantic Region Coach of the Year award. Prior to coming to Lycoming Rancourt spent three years at Stony Brook University and a two year stint at Florida State University. FRED HILL Assistant Coach Seton Hall Fred Hill enters his second year as an assistant at Seton Hall. Hill is in his second stint as an assistant coach for the Pirates where he helped bring in the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation to South Orange in Hill was instrumental in guiding Seton Hall to the postseason in his three years ( ) under head coach Tommy Amaker, which included a run to the Sweet 16 in Hill helped guide four different programs to nine consecutive postseason appearances from MICHAEL LARKIN Assistant Coach St. Michael's Enters his fifth season as a men's basketball coach at Saint Michael's in , and the second as the associate head coach. Larkin served as a graduate intern in and at Rutgers University at Newark, helping the Division III Scarlet Raiders post a cumulative mark while twice competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Tournament, including advancing to the 2011 title game. NICK FRIEDMAN Assistant Coach Miami Nick is entering his second season as Graduate Assistant at the University of Miami. Before joining the Hurricanes Nick interned with the Miami Heat under Assistant to the Head Co0ach, Rich Fernando, as a SportVu Operator. Over the past three years Nick has run one to three month long off-season workout regimens for the following NBA players, Shaun Livingston, Brandon Rush, Earl Clark, Damien Wilkins and Darius Miller.

5 USA EAST COAST NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. CL. POS. SCHOOL 2 Bryan Rivers 6-1 Jr. Guard Pace 3 Matt Farrell 6-1 Jr. Guard Notre Dame 4 Jevon Carter 6-2 Jr. Guard West Virginia 5 Jevon Thomas 6-1 Jr. Guard Seton Hall 11 Nykolas King 6-3 Sr. Guard Lycoming 12 Sterling Brown 6-6 Sr. Forward SMU 13 Nick Baer 6-7 So. Forward Iowa 15 Myles Carter 6-9 So. Forward Seton Hall 20 Harry Froling 6-11 Fr. Forward SMU 21 Martinas Geben 6-10 Jr. Forward Notre Dame Head Coach: Guy Rancourt (Lycoming) Assistant Coaches: Fred Hill (Seton Hall) Michael Larkin (St. Michael s) Nick Friedman (Miami) Director of Operations: Maria Valentyn (St. Michael s) Director of Communications: Eric Schreiner (Louisville) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME HT. CL. POS. SCHOOL 13 Nick Baer 6-7 So. Forward Iowa 12 Sterling Brown 6-6 Sr. Forward SMU 4 Jevon Carter 6-2 Jr. Guard West Virginia 15 Myles Carter 6-9 So. Forward Seton Hall 3 Matt Farrell 6-1 Jr. Guard Notre Dame 20 Harry Froling 6-11 Fr. Forward SMU 21 Martinas Geben 6-10 Jr. Forward Notre Dame 11 Nykolas King 6-3 Sr. Guard Lycoming 2 Bryan Rivers 6-1 Jr. Guard Pace 5 Jevon Thomas 6-1 Jr. Guard Seton Hall Head Coach: Guy Rancourt (Lycoming) Assistant Coaches: Fred Hill (Seton Hall) Michael Larkin (St. Michael s) Nick Friedman (Miami) Director of Operations: Maria Valentyn (St. Michael s) Director of Communications: Eric Schreiner (Louisville) For the latest news and results follow us at: Facebook: East Coast All Stars