.png&type=webp)
Bowling Green State University Athletics
Canton Timken Teammates Sign With BGSU Men’s Basketball
November 11, 2010 | Men's Basketball
Bowling Green, Ohio – Bowling Green State University men's basketball coach Louis Orr has announced that Canton Timken High School teammates Jehvon Clarke and Desmond Rorie have signed National Letters of Intent to play at BGSU beginning in the fall of 2011. Clarke is a 6-foot-1 point guard and Rorie is a 6-foot-9 post player.
Clarke and Rorie have been instrumental in leading Canton Timken High School to a high level of success. The program has gone 62-7 over the past three years, including 40-0 in PAC-7 play. Both players lettered as freshmen and were regular starters each of the past two seasons.
“Coach Rick Hairston and Assistant Coach Antwan Williams do a great job of building a winning program and developing young players as people,” Orr, in his fourth year at Bowling Green, said.
Clarke, who is the son of assistant coach Williams, is a highly-recruited playmaker who averaged 15.5 points, 5.6 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a junior. He also made 35.6 percent of his three-point attempts.
“Jehvon is dynamic,” Orr said. “He's good in the open floor, he can score for himself and get to the rim, he can make open shots, and he can create for others. With Joe Jakubowski graduating after this year, we need another playmaker and Jehvon fits into our system. He is a quality young man and is highly seasoned, having played AAU with the Ohio Basketball Club.”
Although he flew under the radar of college recruiters, Rorie is a 220-pound big man with a long wingspan. He averaged 3.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game a year ago, but his talent and potential is unmistakable.
“Desmond is one of the most athletic big men in the state,” Orr said. “He runs the floor well, is a good shot blocker, is mobile, and has huge upside – I think more than any big guy in the state of Ohio. If he continues to work, he can be a presence and can add size alongside freshman Cameron Black.”
Clarke and Rorie have been instrumental in leading Canton Timken High School to a high level of success. The program has gone 62-7 over the past three years, including 40-0 in PAC-7 play. Both players lettered as freshmen and were regular starters each of the past two seasons.
“Coach Rick Hairston and Assistant Coach Antwan Williams do a great job of building a winning program and developing young players as people,” Orr, in his fourth year at Bowling Green, said.
Clarke, who is the son of assistant coach Williams, is a highly-recruited playmaker who averaged 15.5 points, 5.6 assists and 3.0 steals per game as a junior. He also made 35.6 percent of his three-point attempts.
“Jehvon is dynamic,” Orr said. “He's good in the open floor, he can score for himself and get to the rim, he can make open shots, and he can create for others. With Joe Jakubowski graduating after this year, we need another playmaker and Jehvon fits into our system. He is a quality young man and is highly seasoned, having played AAU with the Ohio Basketball Club.”
Although he flew under the radar of college recruiters, Rorie is a 220-pound big man with a long wingspan. He averaged 3.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game a year ago, but his talent and potential is unmistakable.
“Desmond is one of the most athletic big men in the state,” Orr said. “He runs the floor well, is a good shot blocker, is mobile, and has huge upside – I think more than any big guy in the state of Ohio. If he continues to work, he can be a presence and can add size alongside freshman Cameron Black.”
Saturday, February 28
Wednesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 18
Monday, February 16