Ukosumu
06-27-2008, 03:38 PM
University of Miami redshirt freshman Julian Gamble encountered that very situation earlier this month when he participated in a 13-day trip to Africa with Athletes in Action. Gamble, a 6-9, 240-pound center from Raleigh, N.C., experienced many things on his adventure to West Africa. He played in international games. He stood toe-to-toe against a 7-foot, 4-inch giant from Mali and got his shots swatted by Jared Carter, a 7-2 center from Kentucky. But nothing on his trip had quite as big of an impact as a visit to a local orphanage in Senegal.
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Q: What do you think you learned out there and who did you match up with?
A: I matched up with Jared Carter, who plays for Kentucky. He’s 7-2. And he plays center. It was good for me to play with somebody like that, to play against someone bigger than me. At first, he was blocking my shots because I wasn’t used to it. I had to use my body different ways, use different moves and things like that. There was another guy out there from Valpo. It was Urule Igbavboa [senior]. Playing against season vets, I learned a lot.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/images/2008/06/25/jared_carter.jpg (http://miamiherald.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/25/jared_carter.jpg)
[URL]http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2008/06/qa-with-julian.html
Quips from an interview with Julian Gamble of the University of Miami. I am pulling for Carter so much that any glimpse of him performing like a ball player makes me smile.:icon_biggrin:
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Q: What do you think you learned out there and who did you match up with?
A: I matched up with Jared Carter, who plays for Kentucky. He’s 7-2. And he plays center. It was good for me to play with somebody like that, to play against someone bigger than me. At first, he was blocking my shots because I wasn’t used to it. I had to use my body different ways, use different moves and things like that. There was another guy out there from Valpo. It was Urule Igbavboa [senior]. Playing against season vets, I learned a lot.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/images/2008/06/25/jared_carter.jpg (http://miamiherald.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/25/jared_carter.jpg)
[URL]http://miamiherald.typepad.com/umiami/2008/06/qa-with-julian.html
Quips from an interview with Julian Gamble of the University of Miami. I am pulling for Carter so much that any glimpse of him performing like a ball player makes me smile.:icon_biggrin:
