Praise for James Davis

Northern Colorado fell 69-60 to Wyoming the other night but former Arroyo High backcourter James Davis elicited this analysis from Jonathan Reed: "James Davis played what I would guess was a career high in minutes in the backcourt, and handled himself well. He looks like he is their best on the ball defender."

Davis and Keane aid in win

For Northern Colorado, James (Arroyo High) Davis and Brendan (St. Joseph Notre Dame) Keane performed well in a 99-61 victory over UC Colorado Springs.

The former totaled six points and two assists in 19 minutes of play while the latter enjoyed 12 points in a mere nine minutes of action.

Northern Colorado Coach B.J. Hill has a pair of of Bay Area talents on his 2012-13 roster in Brendan Keane and James Davis, formerly of St. Joseph Notre Dame and Arroyo High respectively.

Keane is now a 6-foot-9 sophomore who averaged nine minutes a game in 27 contests.

The 6-foot-1 Davis, who also stood out in baseball and soccer in high school, redshirted this past season and will be competing for minutes in the backcourt of the Bears.

Northern Colorado went 2-2 on a trip down to Oz last month so Keane and Davis got to throw a few shrimp on the barbie.

Updates on James Davis and Brendan Keane

Arroyo High backcourter James Davis and St. Joseph's Notre Dame big  Brendan Keane both migrated off to Northern Colorado of the Big Sky Conference after their senior seasons.

As freshmen, it appears Davis redshirting while Keane is averaging just over nine minutes a game, scoring two points and grabbing a rebound per contest.