millikan program notes

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40th Annual Best In The West--Program Notes:
Millikan--(Dec. 26, 1999)

What:      40th Annual Best in the West Invitational
Where:   Long Beach State & Lakewood High School
When:    December 27, 28, 29 & 30, 1999
Who:      32 of the top boys' teams in the West

4:25 p.m.

West Gym

Millikan v. #4 Clovis West

Game 8

[Note: These are the program notes we wrote for the Official Best in the West Program. We know for a fact that many of the team profiles were edited to save space in the program. So, we thought we'd at least make some use of the original material by posting it up here. Additionally, with some of these teams, we've already done previews here at SoCalHoops, and where they exist, we'll link to them.

Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA): Kelly San Jose, head coach at Long Beach Millikan is looking to improve on last year's 3-7 Moore League finish (8-15 overall). And he's getting good early season performances from Peter Benjamin (6'-0" Sr. G), Dominic Freeman (6'-4" So. F), Sean Burris (6'-2' Sr. G), Marcus Dove (6'-5" Fr. G) and Lance Filer (6'-3" Sr. F), all of whom have had double-figure performances in the early pre-season. But with only two players at 6'-4" (besides Freeman, the other is David Bournovich (6'-4' Sr. F), Millikan will definitely be vertically challenged, but the Rams are hoping to make up for their lack of size with quickness and good outside shooting. So far they're off to a much better start than last year, and things are looking up. Their Best in the West experience will surely prepare them for their Moore League battles ahead with traditional rivals like Compton, Poly, Jordan and new Moore League arrival Cabrillo.

3	Jeff Scott	5'-8" Jr. G
4	Keith Moore	5'-10" Jr. G
5	Marcus Dove	6'-5" Fr. G
10	Vince Green	5'-10" Jr. G
11	Reggie Johnson	5'-9" Sr. G
13	Matt Raitz	6'-3" Sr. F
22	Rodney Spencer	6'-2" Jr. G
23	Ranier Raduc	5'-9" Sr. g
25	Brandon Haynes	6'-2" Jr. G
32	Dominic Freeman	6'-4" So. F
33	Sean Burris	6'-2" Sr. G
34	David Bournovich	6'-4" Sr. F
35	Don Reed	6'-1" Sr. F
44	Peter Benjamine	6'-0" Sr. G

See you there.