By Eric Trent
If teamwork is the recipe for success, Peninsula College men’s basketball is cooking up a 15-course meal.
With nine returning players, including 4 starters, and both their leading scorers, Ryley Callaghan and Deonte Dixon; this team has the makings for one of those “payout” years that coaches laud about.
Add in six talented freshmen, including two top-25 prospects from Alaska, who have already integrated smoothly with the team, and you have the ingredients for a post-season feast.
“We’ve really meshed well. That’s one thing I’ve been happy and excited about. There hasn’t been much lag between chemistry, at all. There’s not much selfishness on the court,” Callaghan said.
“Our best strength right now is how everybody builds each other up. Once we get that unique bond together during practice, then we start playing on the court, everything else will just fall into place,” sophomore post Dmitri Amos said.
The Pirates are also looking to build off a third-place finish at the NWACC in March.
“I thought that the guys worked extremely hard in the offseason both in the weight room and on the court to im- prove themselves individu- ally,” Head Coach Mitch Freeman said.
“If we concentrate on what we can control, which is working hard and being a great teammate, we will be happy with the results that we get,” Freeman said.
