Irvine Valley duo with D1 looks

The Irvine Valley College Lasers are currently 16-14 and hoping to make a run to the California juco post season. JucoJunction had a chance to talk to Head Coach Jerry Hernandez on two of his talented players.

Ceylon Elgin-Taylor: (SO) 6-foot-2 (180) from San Jose, CA.

"Ceylon is a true point guard. He has a great basketball IQ and logs a lot of minutes for us night in and out," said Hernandez.

Elgin-Taylor is averaging 13.2 ppg, 4.7 assists and 4.2 rebounds in 37 minutes of action. Ceylon visited Montana-(offered) back in the fall. UT San Antonio-offered, Southern Utah-offered, Weber State-offered, Northern Iowa, Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas State and UT-Chattanooga are following him this spring.

"Ceylon, nicknamed Junior, shoots a lot of free throws each game for us," said Hernandez

Marcus Blackshire: (FR) 6-foot-6 (225) from Mission Viejo, CA.

Blackshire is power forward with 3 years left at the next level.

"Marcus attended classes last year at Irvine Valley and used his redshirt year up," said Hernandez.

Blackshire attended Naval Prep Academy in Rhode Island after high school.

"Marcus is a wide body that creates space and angles in the paint," said Hernandez.

Marcus is averaging 10.2 ppg and 8.5 rebounds on the season for the Lasers. Northern Arizona and St Francis (PA) are keeping tabs on the power forward.