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Newcomer Profiles

C.J. Garner
Guard•5-10•160•Sophomore • • Silver Spring, Md. South Alabama

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Background: Will sit out the 2009-10 season after transferring from the University of South Alabama... Started 16 games as a freshman... Averaged 4.7 points and 19.6 minutes per game... Attended Springbrook High School, where he played with current teammate Jamal Olasewere... Scored over 1,000 career points... Helped team to 2008 Maryland State Championship... Named team MVP after averaging 21 points per game... Played in the Capital Classic as a senior... Two-time ?rst team all-county selection... Named the Gazette Player of the Year as a senior... Earned All-Met Second Team honors from the Washington Post as a senior. Personal: Born on Feb. 14, 1990... Son of Sheree Evans-Garner and Carl Garner, Sr. ... Major is undecided.

Kurt Joseph
Guard•5-10•180•Freshman • • Morganville, N.J. Marlboro

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Background: Three-time letterwinner in basketball and football at Marlboro High School... Captained both squads as a senior... Earned the basketball team’s Coaches Award as a senior... As a senior, earned the Principal’s Athlete of the Year award. Personal: Born on April 4, 1989... Son of Brenda and Cecil Joseph... Majoring in sports science... Participated in Lead for Diversity as a junior and senior, which is a human-relations peer leadership program for high school students across the state of New Jersey.

2009-10 Long Island University Basketball

Milos Nikolic
Forward•6-10•205•Junior • • Lugano, Switzerland City College of San Francisco

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Background: Attended the City College of San Francisco, which is the same junior college of former Blackbird, Ron Manigault... Attended T.A.S.I.S. in Lugano, Switzerland... Helped team win multiple Under18 and Under-21 Switzerland championships... Also played soccer. Personal: Born on Dec. 22, 1987... Son of Mira and Milutin Nikolic... Parents both played basketball professionally in Europe... Mother won a bronze medal with Yugoslavia at 1980 Olympics... Major is business management.

Long Island Blackbirds • 2009-10 Basketball • www.liuathletics.com

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