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The gym UCAM Sports Center has been the scene this morning to officially launch the new base of UCAM Murcia CB, American Curtis Jerrells, who will report to Quintana until end of season.

The U.S. based arrives with the intention of helping the team achieve permanence.

Jerrells, who comes to play in Europe defending the colors of Partizan Belgrade and Fenherbahce Urkel, expressed his satisfaction at his arrival at UCAM Murcia and said that "I can contribute much to this team with my game, my intensity, with my defense, my offense. "

During the event intervened UCAM president, Jose Luis Mendoza, the president of CB UCAM Murcia, Luis Carabante, and the team's coach, Oscar Quintana.

This is a very fast player, left-handed, with great mastery of the ball, which is easy to score and assist.

Despite its 1.85 m.

timing has a good jump, a quality that takes to complete their continuing insights and can score from the line of 6.75.

Sports History

Before coming to Europe, was formed in Curtis Jerrells from Baylor University.

This team spent four seasons progressively increasing their numbers.

In his senior year at Baylor finished with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

After a good career in college, went to the San Antonio Spurs, set in which debuted in the NBA, where he remained two short stages of the season 2009/2010 and 2010/2011.

This past year, he moved to Europe by Partizan Belgrade.

In his first season in the Old World made an average of 12 points and 4 assists in the league Serbia and identical figures in the Euroleague.

Thanks to its good performance, he noticed the Fenherbahce Ulker for this season.

So far, he has played a total of 16 Turkish League games where he averaged 6.5 points and 2 assists per game in 18 minutes.

In the Euroleague has also made very important games for his team, noting especially that faced his former team and against Olympiacos, where he scored 17 points and 5 assists in 22 minutes played.

Source: UCAM