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2009-10 Season Preview
New coach Glenn Taplin promises that the 2009-10 edition of D’Youville men’s basketball “will be an up tempo attacking style team.” Taplin inherits a Spartan program that returns seven players from last season’s squad that posted a record of 10-16.
Raysean Johnson (Buffalo, NY/Grover Cleveland) played in 14 games second semester after transferring from Medaille and averaged 12.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Point guard Greg Osika (Depew, NY/Depew) started all 26 games and led the team in assists per game (3.1). Senior Danny Glover (Angola, NY/Lake Shore) is a dangerous three-point threat. Louis Megna (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech) and Shane Canahai (North Tonawanda, NY/Starpoint) were prominent role players that helped primarily with defense and rebounding. Renard Walker (Poughkeepsie, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes) and Andrew Dottin (Mississauga, ONT/Cawthra Park) provide depth in the backcourt.
Taplin says the Spartans will “rely heavily on freshman center Patrick Coyle (Rochester, NY/Bishop Kearney). His inside presence should help anchor the defense.” Also highlighted as prominent first-year contributors are Lionel Ellis (Bronx, NY/St. Raymond’s), Eric Baylor (Buffalo, NY/Riverside), and Sean Kavanaugh (Lancaster, NY/St. Mary’s).
The Spartans begin their first season of competition as members of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference November 18th when they travel to face new conference rival Pitt-Bradford.
