Posted on: Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Point guard commits to UH basketball

By Dayton Morinaga
Advertiser Staff Writer

In another point toward the right direction, Logan Lee committed to play for the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team last night.

Lee is a 6-foot-2, 172-pound point guard currently in his freshman year at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.

He is expected to join the Rainbow Warriors for the 2003-04 season, and will have three seasons of NCAA Division I eligibility.

"Hawai'i is a great program with great coaches," Lee said. "That was the deciding factor for me. Everything else — the perfect weather, all the nice people — that's just a plus."

As a senior at John Marshall High in San Antonio last season, Lee averaged 17 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds per game, according to head coach Terry Morris. Lee was the district's most valuable player, and a second-team all-state selection.

"He can be so good, it's scary," Morris said. "His strength is making everybody better. He can shoot, and he has a natural instinct for getting the ball to the right man at the right time."

In July, Lee had 15 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in a Texas high school all-star game. "He should have been the MVP of the game, but his team lost," Morris said.

Lee received several offers from "mid-major" Division I programs out of high school, but turned them down to attend South Plains, a nationally ranked junior college.

"I wasn't real satisfied with the offers I was getting," he said. "I felt I needed a better situation, and when Hawai'i came along, I knew that was the place."

According to South Plains assistant coach Josh Newman, Lee has already earned the starting point guard position for this season.

"He's left-handed, and he can knock down the (3-pointer) or get it to the open man," Newman said. "He really understands the game; he seems to always make the right decisions."

Newman said Lee is "more than capable" of replacing Mark Campbell, UH's starting point guard who is a senior this season.

Lee is the second player in two weeks to commit to the 'Bows. Jeff Blackett, a 6-8 forward at Salt Lake Community College (Utah), committed to UH last week.

Both players said they will sign their official letters of intent during basketball's early signing period, Nov. 13-20.