Monterey duo make their commitments
It has been a busy week at Monterey Peninsula College in California. Two MPC players have made commitments to Division One schools. 6-foot-9 Alex Veit is headed to Hawaii, while his frontcourt mate Curtis Harrison will play at Texas-San Antonio.
"Alex went to Hawaii on a visit a few weeks ago," said head coach Blake Spiering. "He had a great time. He just loved it."
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Spiering said schools from the Weest Coast Conference, Big West and Big Sky were heavily recruiting Veit.
"His strength is definitely his athleticism and his overall skill," said the coach. "He is 6-9, 220 and he shoots the absolute crud out of the ball. He can shoot three's, play the high post, play s back to the basket."
Veit was the most valuable player of the Class 4A state tournament his senior season in Salem, Oregon and averaged just under ten points and 5.5 rebounds a game at MPC as a freshman.
"He is getting to be a good defensive player," Spiering said. "He is used to playing behind the man from high school. I like my guys to deny the pot and frontthe post, but he is getting better on defense. He is a player that really makes a difference for the other post players."
Spiering says Harrison is probably a better defender than Veit, but not as strong offensively.
"He is long and athletic as heck," said the coach. "He is great with his back to the basket, he's a good shot blocker and he can get up and down the floor...He can definitely put the ball on the ground two or three times out on the perimeter."
Schools like Boise State, St. Mary's, Santa Clara and Sacramento State were showing interest in Harrison prior to the commitment.
Both players have grade point averages above 3.0 at Monterey Peninsula and should qualify easily.
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