Tuesday, March 27, 2001
UC lands much-needed, 'physical' 6-10 recruit
By Michael Perry
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Rebounding help could be on the way for the University of Cincinnati. Derek Hollman, a 6-foot-10, 265-pound power forward from Panola College in Carthage, Texas, has verbally committed to attend UC.
“It's just a perfect fit,” Panola coach Scott Monarch said Monday. “He is exactly what they're looking for, and they're exactly what Derek's looking for.”
Hollman, who averaged 12 points and 12.8 rebounds, is scheduled to make his official recruiting trip to UC the weekend of April 7. He has relatives in Cincinnati and has been to the city several times, Monarch said.
“His game is not real hard to describe,” said Russ Blake of JucoJunction.com. “He's a physical inside presence who likes to do the dirty work. He's not a great offensive player, but that's not what he wants to be. He wants to be a defensive-oriented, rebounding-type player. And he adds an element of toughness.”
Hollman, from Itta Bena, Miss., made a football recruiting visit to Notre Dame out of high school but signed with South Florida to play basketball.
He was academically ineligible, so Hollman attended Gulf Coast College in Panama City, Fla. Last season, he enrolled at Tennessee State but was not on the team. Hollman left when coach Frankie Allen was fired, and followed Monarch — an assistant at Tennessee State — to Panola.
Other schools recruiting Hollman included Florida State, Miami, TCU, Alabama and LSU.
Moustapha Diagne, a 7- foot, 220-pound center from Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, is scheduled to visit UC the weekend of April 14, his coach Leon Spencer said.
Diagne, a native of Senegal, West Africa, averaged 14.5 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. He has visited Alabama and New Mexico.
Hollman and Jimmy Hubbard, who led Johnson County (Kan.) Community College to the Division II national junior college athletic association championship, are expected to sign letters of intent in April. That would bring UC to the maximum number of scholarships. However, Jason Maxiell, who signed in November, has not achieved the test score to be eligible, and there is a chance at least one Bearcat will not return. So UC is continuing to recruit.
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