Terps sign Baltimore native Sam Cassell Jr.

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BALTIMORE NATIVE
SAM CASSELL JR.

By Matt Bracken

After two years in Massachusetts, Sam Cassell Jr. is coming home for college.

Cassell, a Baltimore native and former St. Frances combo guard, committed to Maryland on Sunday. Cassell picked the Terps over Connecticut, Dayton, Florida State, Villanova, Washington and several others. The hometown school definitely won out," said Carlton “Bub” Carrington, Cassell’s AAU coach with Nike Baltimore Elite. "I know Sam has had an affection for the University of Maryland. He has a good relationship with Coach Bino [Ranson]. I know that they had identified him in the summer time. And they have been very, very persistent. Coach [Mark] Turgeon identified him along with Bino. Once the head coach gets involved, it’s hard to get away." “He is a guard that can score and a guard that can distribute,” Hurd said. “He can do it all. He’s a ball-player above all else. We had a whole new staff this year of assistants. They were coming in, saying ‘I can’t believe the shots he takes.’ I just laughed and said, ‘wait until you see him do it in a game.’ It’s unbelievable. That kid can score lying on his back. It’s uncanny how he puts the ball in the basket.”The biggest factor in Cassell’s development has been his maturation physically and mentally. Hurd said the future Terp’s transformation has been impressive.