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Raiders sign two
FAIRBORN — As expected, Wright State signed two men’s basketball recruits this weekend, making the announcement today, Nov. 17, that guards Tyler Koch and Darian Cartharn will join the team next season.
Koch is a 6-foot-4, 190-pounder from Winchester, Ind., while Cartharn is 6-0, 180, from Canal Winchester, Ohio.
“What I like about Tyler and Darian is both kids are hard workers,” WSU coach Brad Brownell said. “they didn’t play a lot of AAU ball last summer. They stayed home and worked out in their gyms. And both kids are physically ready to play. They’re both well-built kids.”
Koch averaged 22.5 points as a junior when his team was 23-4 and appeared for the second straight year in the Indiana 2A state championship game.
“A lot of bigger schools were looking at him,” Brownell said, “but they told him they wanted to wait and see what he did as a senior. He came here and liked it. That’s a good (recruiting) step for us.”
Cartharn is more of a sleeper, although at least one recruiting service calls him one of the year’s best finds. Cartharn averaged 10 points for a 21-3 team that had B.J. Mullins, a freshman at Ohio State this season.
Wright State has one scholarship left, but Brownell said he is not close to signing another player at this time.
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By Brian
November 17, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Good signings! Now we just need to get a big man in fold!
By Michael
November 17, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this
I really like the Koch kid. He can flat out shot from long range. I don’t know much about Cartharn but he played in the shadows of Mullins last year. Now we just need a post player in the worst way.
By Dan
November 17, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this
Will they rebound? Cause that is what we need most.
By Patrick
November 17, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
These two kids sounds exactly like the kids Wright State signs every year. I’m sure both will contribute to the program. Is there a prohibition on recruiting Dayton Metro Area players by WSU?
By Chris
November 17, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this
WSU desperately needs rebounders!!!
By Mom
November 17, 2008 10:48 PM | Link to this
I agree with the comments about needing rebounders. It’s frustrating to watch WSU miss so many of those rebounds.
By George
November 18, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this
Koch is a possible Mr Basketball candidate. He is a shooting machine ala Pete Campbell. I never heard of Carthan.
By Brandon
November 18, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this
Was anybody else shocked by the number of offensive fouls called in the game? Three, four, or maybe even five are called in a normal game. There had to be 20 called in the game though!
By Shane
November 18, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
yeah, wright state could use someone with some height. The 3 guards 2 forwards have worked okay for Brownell, but it’d be nice to have versatility just in case. Recruiting large isn’t an easy task, it’s one of those growing pains he’s going to need to work on.