Nov. 12, 2008

Chicago, Ill.- UIC head men's basketball coach Jimmy Collins announced on Wednesday, Nov. 12 that Louis Green (Hillside, Ill./St. Joseph H.S.) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Flames beginning in the 2009-10 campaign.

Green is a 6-foot-9, 240-pound center who plays for legendary head coach Gene Pingatore at St. Joseph High School in Westchester. A varsity starter since his sophomore season, Green was a teammate of current NCAA Division I student-athletes Demetri McCamey and Evan Turner on the Chargers' 2007 IHSA Sectional championship squad.

"Louis is a young man who likes to be aggressive around the basket," said Collins. "However, he is not limited to that. He can step out and hit the 15-footer, he handles the ball well, he can pass it well, and he fits into our program in terms of being a smart player who is very coachable, and he is only going to get better.

"He is also learning from a legend and a man I really respect in Gene Pingatore, who is known across the coaching profession as a great developer of talent."

Green played this past summer with the Illinois Flames AAU team under coach Dedrick Shannon.