Kane switching to #50 - mufanatehc - 07-09-2012 04:22 PM
Quote:July 9, 2012
By JACK BOGACZYK
HERDZONE.COM COLUMNIST
HUNTINGTON – What’s in a number?
DeAndre Kane said, “It means a lot.”
When the Marshall men’s basketball star takes the floor as a junior in the 2012-13 season, there will be something different about the Thundering Herd’s top returning scorer.
It will be his uniform number. The shooting guard is switching from 24 to 50, for a very special reason.
“I want to honor my dad,” Kane said.
Calvin Kane died on Feb. 7 in Pittsburgh. His college basketball-playing son flew home for his father’s last hours, then flew to Orlando, Fla., for a midweek Herd date with UCF, then returned to the Steel City for the funeral and missed Marshall’s home game with East Carolina.
The younger Kane won a Pennsylvania state title in 2007 at Schenley High. His father did the same in 1978.
“I’m switching from 24,” Kane said. “When I was in high school, I had No. 2, but Kobe Bryant is my favorite player, so I switched mine to his 24, and ever since then I’ve been rockin’ out with it.
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RE: Kane switching to #50 - lmckay92 - 07-12-2012 03:33 PM
Good for Kane. Hope he's matured.
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