Maltese basketball defending champions Starlites FIJO have secured their third signing of the summer as they announced US guard/forward Melvin Newbern Jr to their squad on Tuesday.
6'5 guard/forward 🇺🇸 Melvin Newbern Jr (@RiseAboveIt_20) has joined 🇲🇹 Malta title holders Starlites BC after finishing his senior year at @MSUBeaversMBB – announcement made today ✅⚪️🔵 #Malta #TransferNews 🏀 pic.twitter.com/SDaPizMmN5
— Kurt Aquilina (@14Aquilina) August 23, 2022
The 6’5 player out of Minot State university joins a Starlites roster that has already found replacements for last season’s import players, with the benefit of having Matt Attard – the first signing of the three – playing as a local player.
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Newbern joins the Naxxar side right out of college. Last season, he appeared and started in all 16 games in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Two during a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He led the team in scoring with 14.6 points per game while posting the second-highest shooting percentage on the team (56.4%).
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The new signing joins an already powerful squad this coming season as Starlites aim to continue their run of successes after taking the season’s title with a clean 3-0 sweep over Mellieha Libertas at the end of a season in which they took the top seed.
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