Florida State commit Malik Beasley is one of three double-digit scorers back at St. Francis.
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Drew Catlett (First year)
2013-14 record: 26-7, Class A state champions
KEY RETURNERSMalik Beasley (6-3, Sr., G) – Florida State verbal commitment
Josh Coleman (6-9, Sr., F/C) – Coastal Carolina verbal commitment
Kaiser Gates (6-8, Sr., G/F) – Xavier verbal commitment
Kobi Jordan-Simmons (6-5, Jr., G)
Drew Smith (6-6, So., F)
Chris Steele (6-0, Sr., G)
Nate Waller (6-2, Sr., F)
KNIGHT STORYLINES* Few teams nationally return a bigger portion of their production from a year ago than St. Francis. Six of the top seven from a year ago are back, led by future Seminole Beasley (19.1 points per game), Jordan-Simmons (17.4), Gates (14.4) and Coleman (6.4 points, 8.3 rebounds).
* The Knights played a challenging schedule early on last season, dropping seven games by the end of January. But St. Francis put things together down the stretch, winning 11 games in a row by an average margin of 29 points per game.
* After leading St. Francis to a state title last season, former head coach Cabral Huff was hired as director of basketball operations at Division I Georgia Southern. That opened the door for Catlett, who is a sideline veteran with previous college stops of his own at Georgia State and West Virginia.
KEY DATESDec. 6 – vs.
Miller Grove (Lithonia, Ga.) at Nike Explosion
Dec. 18-23 – City of Palms Classic
Dec. 26-31 – Beach Ball Classic
Jan. 24 – Hilton Invitational
