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■ Spencer Newman
31 • G
R-Fr. • Daphne, Ala. • 6-3 • 185
Career Highlights: Redshirted last season with an injury … Preferred
walk-on finished as Bayside Academy's all-time leading scorer with 2,232
career points … Averaged at least 20 points per game from his sophomore
through senior seasons, including 22 in his final year when he was named
first-team all-state … Also was named all-region that year and addition
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ally averaged four rebounds, three assists and 2.5 steals per game … At
one point
reported an offer from Oklahoma State before committing to
NC State.
■ Tucker Thompson
42 • C
Sr. • Huntersville, N.C. • 6-10 • 250
Career Highlights: Walked on at NC State after playing at Western
Carolina as a freshman … Last season, saw the court in five games for
seven total minutes and scored six points … Played in all 32 games for the
Catamounts in 2014-15 and made 15 starts … Averaged 3.0 points and
2.8 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per game … Scored a career-high 12 points
against Saint Catherine and had a personal-best 11 rebounds versus VMI …
Was an all-conference performer at Hough High as a senior after averaging
11.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.
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