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Wood and Johnson among memorable VU debuts
Posted by: PaulOren on November 14, 2009 at 4:24AM EST
Not since Lubos Barton has a Valparaiso men's basketball player had such a productive debut as Brandon Wood did on Friday night.

The sophomore guard had 25 points and five rebounds on 9-23 shooting from the field and 4-4 from the charity stripe. Cory Johnson also equaled Tony Falu's mark for most amount of minutes in a debut with 35.

Here is a list of notable/recent players and their Valparaiso debuts in the post-Bryce Drew era.(Apologies for omissions of Milo Stovall, Raitis Grafs and Kikas Gomes...I'm working on them)

Lubos Barton (Nov. 7, 1998 vs. South Carolina) 27 points *Starter*

Tony Falu (Nov. 16, 2001 vs. Purdue) 21 points on 20 shots, five turnovers in 35 minutes *Starter*

Ali Berdiel (Nov. 16, 2001 vs. Purdue) four points, four assists in 13 minutes; key turnover in closing moments of the game

Dan Oppland (Nov. 24, 2002 vs. Syracuse) four points, two steals in 18 minutes

Ron Howard (Nov. 21, 2003 vs. Arkansas-Monticello) four points, three fouls and two turnovers in 15 minutes *Starter*

Moussa Mbaye (Nov. 21, 2003 vs. Arkansas-Monticello) two points, two rebounds, two steals in six minutes

Kenny Harris (Nov. 21, 2003 vs. Arkansas-Monticello) six points, two fouls in 12 minutes

Jimmie Miles (Nov. 21, 2003 vs. Arkansas-Monticello) seven points, three assists, two rebounds in 24 minutes

Shawn Huff (Nov. 19, 2004 vs. Cincinnati) eight points, three rebounds in 22 minutes

Jarryd Loyd (Nov. 19, 2004 vs. Cincinnati) 0 points, one turnover in three minutes

Mohammed Kone (Nov. 23, 2005 vs. IPFW) 15 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and six turnovers in 32 minutes *Starter*

Urule Igbavboa (Nov. 23, 2005 vs. IPFW) 0 points, one rebound in five minutes

Brandon McPherson (Nov. 23, 2005 vs. IPFW) 0 points, one steal in four minutes

Jake Diebler (Nov. 28, 2005 vs. IU-South Bend) four points, two assists in seven minutes

Calum Macleod (Nov. 11, 2006 vs. Calumet) 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in 29 minutes *Starter*

Keaton Fyre (Nov. 11, 2006 vs. Calumet) four points in 11 minutes

Samuel Haanpaa (Nov. 13, 2006 vs. IPFW) 0 points, one rebound, two assists, 0-1 from 3-point in nine minutes

Michael Rogers (Nov. 12, 2007 vs. Grace) two points, two rebounds, two fouls in 10 minutes

Howard Little (Nov. 12, 2007 vs. Grace) three points, five rebounds in 16 minutes

Bryan Bouchie (Nov. 12, 2007 vs. Grace) 11 points, four rebounds in 12 minutes

Erik Buggs (Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Elmhurst) four points, three assists, four steals, four turnovers in 20 minutes *Starter*

Benjamin Fumey (Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Elmhurst) 13 points, three rebounds in 15 minutes

De'Andre Haskins (Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Elmhurst) 15 points, two rebounds in 22 minutes

Cameron Witt (Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Elmhurst) five points, four rebounds in 11 minutes

Logan Jones (Nov. 8, 2008 vs. Elmhurst) six points, three assists, three turnovers, four fouls in 22 minutes

Cory Johnson (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) 21 points, nine rebounds, three steals in 35 minutes *Starter*

Brandon Wood (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) 25 points, five rebounds, three turnovers in 30 minutes *Starter*

Tommy Kurth (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) 0 points, five assists, two steals in 21 minutes

Matt Kenney (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) two points, two rebounds, two assists, four fouls in 20 minutes

Ryan Broekhoff (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) three points, one block, one steal, 1-3 from 3-point in nine minutes

Chris Halvorsen (Nov. 13, 2009 vs. Ball State) two fouls in one minute

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