Cashmere Wright

With UC off until next Wednesday, I set out today to do a story on Cashmere Wright, UC's point guard of the future who signed a letter-of-intent last November.

I wanted to write the story because I had heard Wright is putting up some gaudy numbers during his senior year at Urban Christian Academy in Savannah, Ga. Apparently, he is scoring prolificly, although it's hard to determine exactly how prolificly. The athletic director down there estimated that Wright is averaging about 34 points and 11 or 12 assists. The coach said he'd have to look up the exact numbers and get back to me. The Savannah paper has no record of his stats because the school doesn't always call in its results.

This is not to suggest that Wright is not the real deal, only that sometimes high school stats can be suspect. In addition, Wright, apparently, does not play against the best competition, although he did score 28 against Oak Hill Academy.

Anyway, from what I can gather, Wright should be fun to watch for the next four years. With his quickness and long-range shooting ability, he could be the perfect complement for Deonta Vaughn by preventing opposing defenses from concentrating too much on Vaughn.

As of now, the story is scheduled to run in Sunday's paper.