Pember, a 6-foot-11 senior forward, is a multi-faceted offensive threat for the 27-7 (but 15th-seeded) Bulldogs.
SACRAMENTO — Maybe it’s just pregame hype or a reminder to his players of the dangers of underestimating a 15 seed. But to hear UCLA coach Mick Cronin tell it Wednesday afternoon, the star of UNC Asheville’s Bulldogs might as well be the second coming of two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
“Nobody comes off the top of my head,” Cronin said, listing Arizona’s 6-11 Azuolas Tubelis as “great at driving the ball, but he doesn’t shoot the ball from the perimeter. I guess Mayer from Illinois, if you were to put him in the same position as Pember plays, he’s got the same skills, but he’s a guard.
And there’s this, too: An 83.4% foul shooter, he led the nation in both free throws attempted and made . “… I’m really proud of the growth that we’ve made as a program. It’s just not easy. It’s not easy to get to this place, but here we are.” “It took Drew, I would say, probably six to eight months to really be comfortable in his own skin,” Morrell said. “We had a conversation in December. I’m like, ‘Drew, eventually, man, you’re going to need to kind of take this thing by the reins.’
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