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Patrick Baldwin Jr. is moving on. The 6-foot-9 forward announced on social media Friday that he is declaring for the NBA draft after a disappointing freshman season at UW-Milwaukee. Baldwin played in just 11 games for the Panthers, who were coached by his father, averaging 12.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists. Patrick Baldwin Sr. was fired after UWM finished 10-21 and 8-14 in the Horizon League in his fifth season as coach.
Ian Begley: Former UIC star Tai Odiase, the back-to-back DPOY in the Horizon League, has committed to playing with the Phoenix Suns in Summer League, per ESPN sources.
Lakers Draft Workouts: Day Five. Keifer Sykes: Sykes stuffed the stat sheet for his entire college career, ranking among the Horizon league’s top six in assists for each season, and within the top three in scoring for the past three. The two-time conference Player of the Year, Sykes showed off his athleticism at the NBA Draft Combine by recording the second-highest vertical leap (43.0 inches). “I played college ball for four years, so I’m just trying to show (NBA teams) a mix of everything,” Sykes said. “My all-around game: rebounding, passing, shooting. I can run a team; leadership. So I’m just trying to show them as much as I can in an hour.”
Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) announced Wednesday that Bill Benner will be Senior Vice President of Corporate, Community and Public Relations, effective Nov. 18. Benner, who has vast experience in the Indianapolis community and sports scene, succeeds Greg Schenkel who is retiring from Pacers Sports & Entertainment. Most recently, Benner served as the Horizon League’s Senior Associate Commissioner for Operations and Communications since 2010.
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