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basketball recruiting Head Coach Mike Brey Is Ecstatic With 2014 Haul who played in the FIBA Under-19 World Championships, averaging 5.9 points lass of 2014 recruits Martin Geben, and 14.2 minutes per game in nine cona power forward from Hagerstown, tests. At roughly 240 pounds before stepMd., and Bonzie Colson, a small forward ping foot on campus, the St. Maria Gorefrom Barrington, R.I., signed their Na- tti High School product will be called tional Letters of Intent with Notre Dame upon to contribute as a freshman. Nov. 13, giving head coach Mike Brey a "He's got a great body and strength on two-man haul that will him already. Certainly enroll next year. with the bodies similar Brey said the four-star to him that we're losing, Geben and three-star Sherman and Knight, Colson — who can play he becomes an imporboth small and power tant guy right away," forward — fulfilled the Brey said. "What I love needs the Irish identiabout him is he's a highfied from the beginning energy guy, a physical of the recruiting process. guy already at a young "We really targeted age. He loves playing frontline guys after post defense and is good recruiting what we with the basketball. Both thought was a really of these guys stay in that good perimeter and one trademark of our profrontline guy in the cur- 247Sports rates Hagerstown (Md.) St. gram of big guys that rent freshman class," Maria Goretti standout Martin Geben, can make decisions with a 6-9 Lithuania native, as the No. 22 Brey said. "But to come power forward and the No. 105 overall the basketball. back and add these two recruit in the country. "He's ready to do guys, I'm really excited. photo courtesy 247sports stuff for us because of They're great fits for us. his physicality. He's 235… Two guys that will be able to play as 240 pounds, and that's before he's gotfreshmen and need to be ready to play ten into our strength program. I think as freshmen because we lose [fifth-year he'll make big jumps in the six weeks center] Garrick Sherman and [fifth-year this summer. forward] Tom Knight." "Playing in the national program, he's Geben, the nation's No. 22 power for- played against other big guys and older ward and No. 105 overall player accord- guys over there in Lithuania. It's just a ing to 247Sports, is a native of Lithuania great experience for him." By Andrew Owens C