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FORDHAM??S JERMAINE ANDERSON INVITED TO 2004 CANADIAN SENIOR MEN??S NATIONAL TEAM TRYOUTS

(June 7, 2004) ?C Fordham University junior guard Jermaine Anderson (Toronto, Ontario/Eastern Commerce) has been invited to attend the 2004 Canadian Senior Men??s National Basketball training camp as the squad begins preparations towards the Four Nations Tournament in Beijing and Urumuqui, China, scheduled from July 9th through the 16th. Anderson is one of 26 players to be invited to the training camp, joining such notable players as Canada's second leading scorer at the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2004 NCAA men's basketball championship member, Denham Brown (Toronto, ON); 2003 Senior Men's National Team member and Niagara University standout Juan Mendez (Montreal, QC); and 2002 Development Men's National Team member and recent Bradley University graduate James Gillingham (Guelph, ON). The team will be led for the sixth consecutive year by Jay Triano (Niagara Falls, ON), an eight-year coaching veteran with the Men's National Team program. Triano has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. In 2003, Triano led Team Canada to a fourth place finish at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament and seventh place result at the Pan American Games. Anderson, who just completed his sophomore year at Fordham, is a 6-2, 180-pound guard who appeared in 22 games for the Rams in 2003-04 at point guard, starting 18. He suffered an injury to his mouth in the Saint Joseph??s game on February 18th and missed the last five regular season games. Despite the injury, Anderson averaged 6.6 ppg and 2.5 rpg on the year while also dishing out 58 assists, second best on the team, and registering 19 steals. He scored a season high 13 points in the win over Columbia (1/6/04). As a freshman, Anderson averaged 8.3 ppg and 2.5 rpg while shooting 40.0% (32-80) from three-point land on the year and leading the team with 70 assists.
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