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Bass leaves CJ for Dunbar

The guard collected all-area accolades as a sophomore and a junior.

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By Marc Pendleton, Staff Writer Updated 2:35 AM Wednesday, June 24, 2009

All Dunbar High School needed last basketball season was a steady and productive presence at the point. They got it — for this coming season.

Senior Ryan Bass, a two-year starting guard for Chaminade Julienne, has withdrawn from CJ and enrolled at Dunbar. CJ was 11-10 last season. Bass was All-Area Division II as a sophomore and second team as a junior.

The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 18.6 points per game last season and had nine games of 20 or more points. He put 24 and 22 points on Alter in a pair of losses and 24 on D-II state runner-up Marshall in a three-point loss.

“Ryan’s no longer with us and we wish him the best of luck,” said CJ coach Joe Staley on Tuesday, June 23.

Bass has spent the summer playing with Dunbar’s high-scoring team.

The Wolverines blew through Fairmont’s summer tourney unbeaten last week and went 3-1 against defending D-I state champ Columbus Northland, Centerville and Lakota West in a series of 15-minute scrimmages Tuesday following Daequan Cook’s Basketball Skills Camp at Dunbar.

“That’s very unusual to get a player of his caliber,” said Dunbar coach Peter Pullen. “He’s been a tremendous asset this summer. He gives us that missing piece that we were struggling with at the point.

“He’s been through the battles of the GCL, so we know he’s been under fire. He’s just got to get used to playing a little bit more up-tempo, which I think fits him real well. A lot of the time, he was the quickest player on the court in that league. Now, he’s going to a venue that everyone we play is as quick as he is.”

Bass was unavailable for comment.

Bass’ arrival with the Wolverines will offset the expected loss of William Pope. The undersized but effective center averaged 14 points last season and has spent the summer with Preble Shawnee’s team. He hasn’t participated in any of Dunbar’s camps.

The combination of Bass and Geron Johnson, the 2008-09 City League player of the year, should be the area’s highest-scoring backcourt this coming season.

Junior Tim Szabo inherits the point for CJ. The Eagles also return regulars Joe Staley, the coach’s son, Matt Vest and Jon Bibbs.

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