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LONG ISLAND NETS ACQUIRE CHARLIE MARQUARDT
The Long Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, have acquired guard Charlie Marquardt from the available player pool.
Marquardt (6’3”, 185) participated in Long Island’s local player tryout on September 30 and joined the team for training camp before being waived on October 27.
Prior to joining the Nets, Marquardt played four seasons (2013-17) at Molloy College on Long Island. In 28 games (all starts) as a senior, he recorded averages of 21.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.2 steals in 35.9 minutes per game. The Rockaway Beach, N.Y., native led the East Coast Conference in scoring last season en route to All-Conference First Team honors and set a single-game record in the ECC Finals when he scored 51 of Molloy’s 86 points on March 5 against Saint Thomas Aquinas College. He also led Molloy in scoring, 3-point field goal percentage (.411) and free throw percentage (.912) as a senior.
LONG ISLAND NETS FINALIZE OPENING NIGHT ROSTER
The Long Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, have finalized their roster
for the start of the 2017-18 season.
Long Island will open the season at home against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on Saturday, November 4, at 7 p.m. at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The team set the opening night roster today by waiving forward Buay Tuach.
Long Island’s full roster is as follows:
# NAME POS HT WT DOB COLLEGE/COUNTRY ACQUIRED
35 Milton Doyle G 6’4” 180 10/31/93 Loyola Chicago/USA Affiliate
1 Kendall Gray C 6’10” 240 05/05/92 Delaware State/USA Returning
0 Prince Ibeh C 6’10” 245 06/03/94 Texas/USA Returning
5 Tahjere McCall G 6’5” 190 08/17/94 Tennessee State/USA Affiliate
2 Akil Mitchell F 6’8” 235 06/26/92 Virginia/USA Returning
44 J.J. Moore F 6’6” 215 05/25/91 Rutgers/USA Returning
21 Kamari Murphy F 6’9” 218 12/14/93 Miami/USA Affiliate
00 Yakuba Ouattara G 6’3” 185 01/24/92 France Two-Way Contract
11 Shannon Scott G 6’1” 185 12/21/92 Ohio State/USA Returning
30 Jeremy Senglin G 6’2” 190 03/24/95 Weber State/USA Affiliate
24 Jacob Wiley F 6’8” 213 09/04/94 Eastern Washington/USA Two-Way Contract
20 Thomas Wimbush F 6’7” 195 12/08/93 Fairmont State/USA Draft
