VUU’s Raemaad Wright impresses with rebounding average.
Fred Jeter | 12/16/2021, 6 p.m.
Virginia Union University’s Raemaad Wright has become the “Chairman of the Boards” in CIAA basketball.
The Panthers were 6-2 entering this week with Wright’s powerful rebounding among the leading reasons for the impressive start.
Through games of Dec. 11, Wright was averaging a CIAA-best 9.1 rebounds per contest.
He has had four double-digit rebound outings with a high of 13 against West Virginia State on Nov. 22.
The 6-foot-7, 225-pound junior from King’s Fork High School in Suffolk also averages 8.6 points and leads the Panthers with nine blocked shots.
Graduate student Jordan Peebles paces VUU in scoring at 10.1 points, followed by Keleaf Tate (10.0 points), Demarius Pitts (8.9 points) and Wright.
The Panthers will play host to CIAA rival Winston-Salem State University at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at Barco-Stevens Hall, then head for Florida.
Coach Jay Butler’s squad then will play at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., on Saturday, Dec. 18, and at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Dec. 19.
Following winter break, VUU will return to Barco-Stevens Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 5, to face Bluefield State College.
