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Jaguars Land First Signee
Virginia prep product inks with
men's basketball program
Web Posted 5/9/08

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State
men's basketball head coach Dip Metress
announced Friday that Virginia prep product
Travis Keels has signed with the program and
will join the Jaguars for the Fall, 2008
semester.
A 6-8, 175-pound forward, Keels averaged
13.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game as a
senior at L.C. Bird High School in
Chesterfield, Va. Keels earned All-District,
First Team honors and was also an
All-Richmond Metro selection. He is the
first signee for the 2008-09 Jaguar
recruiting class.
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Bowman Headed To Final Four
Senior selected to compete in ESPN
slam dunk contest
Web Posted 4/1/08

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State’s
Tyrekus “AJ” Bowman is headed for his second
national television appearance in less than
a week.
The two-time All-American senior forward
has been selected to compete in ESPN’s Slam
Dunk Contest on Thursday, April 3 in San
Antonio, Texas, site of this weekend’s NCAA
Men’s Basketball Final Four. St. Mary’s
University, just outside of downtown San
Antonio, and Greehey Arena will serve as the
host facility for the event.
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Winona
State Tops ASU For National Title
ASU's Bowman sets NCAA Championship
Game record
Web Posted 3/29/08

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Augusta
State’s magical run to the National
Championship came up just short on Saturday
afternoon as the Jaguars fell to Winona
State 87-76 in the final game of the Elite
Eight. The No. 3 Warriors claimed their
second national championship in three years
after trailing by as many as 15 in the first
half and by 12 at halftime. With the loss,
ASU’s most successful season in school
history comes to an end with a 27-7 record
while Winona State, who set an NCAA
single-season wins record, finishes 38-1.
After a back-and-forth opening to the
game, the 10th-ranked Jaguars took control
of the first half with a 10-0 run with under
six minutes to go.
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