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Long Beach State Gets LOI's
From Four Players--(Apr. 27, 2000)

According to a press release issued yesterday by Long Beach State, the 49'ers have received signed LOI's from three players, one high school player, Terrence Watkins (6'-6" Sr. F) from Inglewood, NY, and two JUCOS: Michael Darrett (6'-1" So. G) from Central College in Olney Illinois, and Lemi Williams (6'-6" So. F) from Mineral Area JC. And our friends over at Recruiting USA also tell us that Coach Wayne Morgan also got another LOI from a third JUCO star, Vance Lawhorn (6'-8" So. PF), who played at Dixie College in St. George, Utah this past season. Lawhorn, who attended Las Vegas Western HS, shot 65% from the field last year, and averaged 19 ppg and 8 rpg. According to R-USA, Lawhorn had also been recruited by Nevada, Pepperdine, Rutgers and Virgina Tech.

The other three recruits were described in the official press release issued by the CSILB's sports information director yesterday:

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 26) - Wayne Morgan, the head men’s basketball coach at Long Beach State, announced today that three players have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Long Beach State in the fall. Signing their names on the dotted line were: Michael Darrett (G, 6-1, 200, Jr., Olney (IL) Central College), Terrance Watkins (F, 6-6, 205, Fr., Inglewood, NY/Bishop Loughlin HS) and Lemi Williams (F, 6-6, 205, Jr., Mineral Area JC).

Darrett comes to LBSU from Olney Central College in Illinios where he averaged 14.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. Darrett shot .474 from the field and .362 from the 3-point line on the year and was named first team all-conference and first team all-region. Olney finished the season at 23-7, won the Great River Athletic Conference championship, but lost in the first round of state regional action. Darrett hails from Bosse High School in Evansville, IN where he participated in the Top 20 High School All-Star Game after his senior season.

Watkins is a true freshman out of Bishop Loughlin High School in Inglewood, New York. Watkins was rated as the fifth-best player in the state this season

Williams averaged 18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game last year at Mineral Area (MO) JC in leading his squad to a 19-13 record and a second place conference finish. Williams shot .460 from 3-point range and .530 from the field overall in earning unanimous All-Region 16 and All-MCCAC honors as a sophomore. Mineral Area lost in the semifinals of the regional tournament this past year. As a freshman Williams averaged 13.0 points and 3.0 assists per game and was a first team all-conference selection. Williams hails from Hayti, Missouri and prepped at North Pemiscot High School.

Darrett, Watkins and Williams join the three early signees for the 49ers who are:
Cedric Lusk 
(F, 6-7, 185, Junior, Cerritos JC, Bellflower, CA/Bellflower HS)
Kevin Roberts (F, 6-6, 190, Freshman, Petaluma, CA/Casa Grande HS)

Tadeu Souza (F, 6-8, 230, Junior, Mineral Area (MO) JC, Sao Paulo, Brazil)